Goucher College 2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalogue

Feb 17, 2025

Goucher College 2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

Music Major

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The music major provides a solid foundation in music history, theory, and practical musicianship, as well as a degree of specialization at the upper level in various areas of the field. Students may specialize in computer music, jazz, music history, performance, theory and composition, or the arts administration concentration through a variety of elective courses in addition to the core curriculum. Writing proficiency in the major may be earned in either MUS 249 or MUS 360. Music majors may not audit private instruction courses, but may audit ensembles. Students who wish to explore interdisciplinary connections with other subjects may also do so. (See Music in the Individualized Major and MUS 395 : Senior Interdisciplinary Project in Music.)

Core Curriculum

Six credits (four semesters) of private instrumental or vocal lessons
Four semesters of ensemble participation, which include one semester of chorus and three semesters chosen from the following ensembles: chorus, chamber singers, chamber music, African drum and dance ensemble, opera and musical theatre workshop, jazz ensemble, or orchestra. With the permission of the instructor, students may choose either to enroll for credit or audit.
MUS 105 - Music Theory I: Introduction to Tonal Practice (3 Cr.)
MUS 106 - Music Theory II: Homophonic Practice of the 18th and 19th Centuries (3 Cr.)
MUS 115 - Music in Western Civilization, 1000-1750 (3 Cr.)
MUS 117 - Music in Western Civilization, 1750-1900 (3 Cr.)
MUS 121 - Musicianship I (3 Cr.)
MUS 205 - Music Theory III: Counterpoint (3 Cr.)
MUS 223 - Improvisation (1.5 Cr.)
MUS 226 - Musicianship II (3 Cr.)
MUS 228 - Keyboard Harmony (1.5 Cr.)
MUS 241 - Conducting (1.5 Cr.)
MUS 249 - Music of the 20th and 21st Centuries (3 Cr.)
MUS 306 - Music Theory IV: 20th- and 21st-Century Practice and Advanced Analysis (3 Cr.)
MUS 360 - Classical Style and Beethoven (3 Cr.)

Music Major Electives

Students should select three courses from the following list and one of the senior capstone projects listed below.

Concentration in Arts Administration

For students who wish to develop a career that includes both the business management area of music and the art of music. Arts administration is a rapidly expanding field, and Goucher is in the forefront in developing an undergraduate concentration in this area. Students wishing to pursue the Arts Administration concentration should refer to the Business Management Department for more details.

Requirements include:

Music Major Core Curriculum (listed above) with the following electives.

Note:

* MUS 290 is a three-four credit internship in music as an integrative exercise in arts administration. With the approval of the department and the adviser in arts administration, the required college wide off-campus experience may be used to satisfy this requirement.