printer friendly pageMUSIC 1A: Music, Mind, and Human Behavior
An introductory exploration of the question of why music is a pervasive and fundamental aspect of human existence. The class will introduce aspects of music perception and cognition as well as anthropological and cultural considerations.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Berger, J. (PI)
;
Granzow, J. (PI)
MUSIC 1SI: Introduction to Indian Classical Music
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Schultz, A. (PI)
MUSIC 5G: Introduction to Gu-Zheng
Introduction to Chinese music through learning how to play Gu-Zheng, a 21-stringed traditional Chinese instrument. The cultural, social, and historical significance of Gu-Zheng. 15 Gu-Zheng techniques, how to read Chinese music and Gu-Zheng notation, and two simple classic Gu-Zheng pieces. May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times. There is a fee for this class. Please visit
http://music.stanford.edu/Academics/LessonSignups.html for class fee and signup information.(AU)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
Instructors:
You, H. (PI)
MUSIC 8A: Rock, Sex, and Rebellion
Development of critical listening skills and musical parameters through genres in the history of rock music. Focus is on competing aesthetic tendencies and subcultural forces that shaped the music. Rock's significance in American culture, and the minority communities that have enriched rock's legacy as an expressively diverse form. Lectures, readings, listening, and video screenings.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-AmerCul, GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP
MUSIC 11Q: Art in the Metropolis
This seminar is offered in conjunction with the annual "Arts Immersion" trip to New York that takes place over the spring break and is organized by the Stanford Arts Institute (SAI). Participation in the trip is a requirement for taking part in the seminar (and vice versa). The trip is designed to provide a group of students with the opportunity to immerse themselves in the cultural life of New York City guided by faculty and the SAI programming director. Students will experience a broad range and variety of art forms (visual arts, theater, opera, dance, etc.) and will meet with prominent arts administrators and practitioners, some of whom are Stanford alumni. For further details and updates about the trip, see
http://artsinstitute.stanford.edu.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Hinton, S. (PI)
MUSIC 12A: Introductory Piano Class
"(A=level 1; B=level 2; C=level 3)There is a fee for this class. Please visit n
http://music.stanford.edu/Academics/LessonSignups.html for class fee and signup information.Class is closed by design. Please register on the waitlist and show up on the first day of class to receive a permission number for enrollment. Preference to department majors"
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors:
Zerlang, T. (PI)
MUSIC 12B: Introductory Piano Class
This class is closed by design. To enroll, please sign up on the Axess waitlist and show up on the first day to receive a permission number for re-enrollment. Your place on the waitlist will be considered a reservation. If the waitlist is closed, there are no more spaces in the class. (A=level 1; B=level 2; C=level 3) Please visit
http://music.stanford.edu/Academics/LessonSignups.html for class fee and signup information.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors:
Zerlang, T. (PI)
MUSIC 12C: Introductory Piano Class
This class is closed by design. To enroll, please sign up on the Axess waitlist and show up on the first day to receive a permission number for re-enrollment. Your place on the waitlist will be considered a reservation. If the waitlist is closed, there are no more spaces in the class. (A=level 1; B=level 2; C=level 3.) May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times. There is a fee for this class. Please visit
http://music.stanford.edu/Academics/LessonSignups.html for class fee and signup information
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 15 units total)
Instructors:
Zerlang, T. (PI)
MUSIC 13Q: Classical Music and Politics: Western Music in Modern China
Preference to sophomores. Social history, cultural studies, China studies, international relations, and music. From the Italian Jesuit, Matteo Ricci who presented a clavichord to the Chinese emperor to the emergence of a modern generation of Chinese musicians.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom
Instructors:
Cai, J. (PI)
MUSIC 17Q: Perspectives in North American Taiko
Preference to sophomores. Taiko, or Japanese drum, is a newcomer to the American music scene. Emergence of the first N. American taiko groups coincided with increased Japanese American activism, and to some it is symbolic of Japanese American identity. N. American taiko is associated with Japanese American Buddhism. Musical, cultural, historical, and political perspectives of taiko. Hands-on drumming. Japanese music and Japanese American history, and relations among performance, cultural expression, community, and identity.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-AmerCul, GER:DB-Hum, WAY-CE, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Sano, S. (PI)
;
Uyechi, L. (PI)
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