printer friendly pageMUSIC 125: Individual Undergraduate Projects in Composition
May be repeated for credit a total of 14 times. Prerequisites: music major, and one quarter of 123.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
15 times
(up to 45 units total)
MUSIC 126A: Introduction to Thoroughbass
The development of continuo techniques and skills for figured-bass realization. Performance and analysis of selected repertoire, using thoroughbass principles and exercises based on historical theoretical treatises. Prerequisite: 21.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-3
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 7 units total)
Instructors:
Berger, T. (PI)
MUSIC 127A: Instrumentation and Orchestration
Individual instruments, instrumental groups within the orchestra, and combinations of groups. Arrangements from piano to orchestral music. Score analysis with respect to orchestration. Practical exercises using chamber ensembles and school orchestra. Prerequisite: 23.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-CE
Instructors:
Aquilanti, G. (PI)
MUSIC 127B: Advanced Orchestration
Through analysis and writing exercises, students develop proficiency in advanced orchestration practices. The course covers techniques currently used in film scoring as well as form basis for new experimental orchestral composition.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors:
Rose, F. (PI)
MUSIC 127C: Band Arranging
Develop skills and techniques related to arranging for marching and concert bands; emphasizes instrumentation, transposition, and voicing.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Gavin, R. (PI)
MUSIC 128: Stanford Laptop Orchestra: Composition, Coding, and Performance (CS 170)
Classroom instantiation of the Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk) which includes public performances. An ensemble of more than 20 humans, laptops, controllers, and special speaker arrays designed to provide each computer-mediated instrument with its sonic identity and presence. Topics and activities include issues of composing for laptop orchestras, instrument design, sound synthesis, programming, and live performance. May be repeated four times for credit. Space is limited; see
https://ccrma.stanford.edu/courses/128 for information about the application and enrollment process. May be repeat for credit
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
4 times
(up to 20 units total)
Instructors:
Wang, G. (PI)
;
Atherton, J. (TA)
MUSIC 129: Advanced Ear-Training/Musicianship
A course in advanced aural analysis and musicianship skills for students who have completed the
Music 24 series. Topics of study include analysis by ear of large scale forms, chromatic or extended-tertian harmony, modulations to distantly related keys, chromatic or atonal melodies, modal harmony and melody, as well as alternative forms of aural analysis.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
4 times
(up to 8 units total)
Instructors:
Arul, E. (PI)
MUSIC 130A: Introduction to Conducting
Baton techniques and rehearsal procedures. The development of coordination of the members of the body involved in conducting; fluency in beat patterns and meters; dynamics, tempi, cueing, and use of the left hand in conducting. Prerequisites: 122B and diagnostic musicianship exam given first day of class.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors:
Aquilanti, G. (PI)
MUSIC 130B: Elementary Orchestral Conducting
The theory, technique, and practice of instrumental conducting, with training in the art of physical gesture. Studies in clef reading, transposition, and structural analysis to develop the skills needed to read orchestral scores. Topics include baton technique; rehearsal procedure; working with soloists, singers, and composers; and conducting symphonic works as well as concertos, oratorio, opera, and Broadway musicals. Selected repertoire from the Baroque through contemporary periods will be studied and conducted in class. Prerequisite:
MUSIC 130A or instructor's permission.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors:
Phillips, P. (PI)
MUSIC 130C: Elementary Choral Conducting
Techniques specific to the conducting of choral ensembles: warm-ups, breathing, balance, blend, choral tone, isolation principles, recitative conducting, preparation, and conducting of choral/orchestral works. Prerequisite: 130A.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors:
Wait, G. (PI)
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