Fall 2014 Syllabi

 

 
 

School of Music Course Syllabi

 
 
 
Fall 2014
 
 

Classes listed below are offered at the George Mason School of Music.

For a complete listing of all classes offered at George Mason University,
please visit Patriotweb at https://patriotweb.gmu.edu/ and click on "Schedule of Classes."

For classes with two numbers listed, the lower number is the undergraduate section and the higher number is the graduate section.
 
 
 

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

 
  100.001 Fundamentals of Music Delaney   365.201 Lab for Lecture 001 Wuttke  
  100.002 Fundamentals of Music Hudson 366.001 Class Percussion Halligan  
  100.003 Fundamentals of Music Healey 366.201 Lab for Lecture 001 Wuttke  
  100.004 Fundamentals of Music Palacios 367.001 Class Guitar McCarthy, G.  
  101.001 Introduction to Classical Music Christensen 367.201 Lab for Lecture 001 Taylor  
  101.DL1 Introduction to Classical Music Walden 368.001 Class Voice Berger  
  102.001 Popular Music in America Green 368.201 Lab for Lecture 001 Billingham  
  102.002 Popular Music in America Bergman, M 379.001 Jazz Improvisation Carroll  
  102.004 Popular Music in America Delaney 380.001 Wind Symphony Stokes/Kilkenny  
  103.001 Musics of the World Robinson, G. 381.001 SATB Chorale Billingham  
  103.002 Musics of the World Beckwith 383.001 Symphonic Band Lapple  
  103.003 Musics of the World Robinson, G. 385.001 University Singers Engebretson  
  103.004 Musics of the World Sarmientos 387.001 Symphony Orchestra Layendecker  
  103.005 Musics of the World Sarmientos 389.001 Vocal Jazz/Sound Cheque Engebretson  
  107.001 Jazz & Blues in America Purcell 389.002 Instrumental Jazz Ensemble Carroll  
  113.001 Aural Skills I Steffey 389.003 Instrumental Jazz Workshop Parrell  
  113.002 Aural Skills I Liotta 391.001 Conducting I Maiello  
  114.004 Aural Skills II Billingham 391.002 Conducting I Engebretson  
  115.001 Theory I Rendler 393.002 Music Admin and Mgmt Wuttke  
  115.002 Theory I Rendler 432.001 Music History Society IV Owens, T.  
  171.001 Keyboard Skills I Miller, A. 432.002 Music History Society IV Green  
  171.002 Keyboard Skills I Kim 461.001 Teach Gen Music Elem/Mid Stephansky  
  171.003 Keyboard Skills I Mirtcheva 461.201 Lab for Lecture 001 Billingham  
  213.001 Aural Skills III Cote 464.002 Instrumental Music Methods I Wuttke  
  213.002 Aural Skills III Maiello 464.201 Lab for Lecture 001 Wuttke  
  214.001 Aural Skills IV Maiello 467.001 Instrumental Music Meth I - Orchestra Taylor  
  215.001 Theory III Rendler 485.001 Chamber Ensembles Adams  
  215.002 Theory III Rendler 485.002 Opera Scenes Aler  
  251.001 Art of Teaching Music East/Lapple 485.003 Jazz Instrumental Chamber Ensemble Beach  
  254.001 Music and Technology Guessford 485.004 Steel Pan Ensemble Provost  
  259.001 Music in Computer Technology Rothenberg 485.005 Afro Cuban Ensemble McCarthy, J.  
  273.001 Keyboard Skills III Kim 485.006 SoundCheque Vocal Ensembe Engebretson  
  273.002 Keyboard Skills III Yi 485.007 Percussion Ensemble Kilkenny  
  273.003 Keyboard Skills III Miller, A. 485.008 GMUnit/Timesquared Engebretson  
  280.001 Green Machine Nickens 485.009 M3E Contemporary Music Ensemble Bergman, M.  
  280.002 Drumline Nickels 485.010 Guitar Ensemble Snitzler  
  300.001 Recital Attendance Owens, T 485.011 Baroque Chamber Orchestra Owens, M.  
  301.001 Music in Motion Pictures Knoeckel 485.012 Healing Arts Ensemble Smith  
  311.001 Jazz Studies Beach 485.013 Brass Ensemble Snedecor  
  319.001 Class Comp and Arranging Nickens 485.015 Trad Jazz Ensemble Robinson, D.  
  325.001 Performance  Sem/Vocal Lit. I Miller. P. 485.018 Vocal Jazz Ensemble Purcell  
  332.001 Music History Society II Green 485.019 Flute Choir Lapple  
  332.002 Music History Society II Beckwith 490.001 Musical Comm in Context Bergman, R.  
  341.001 Diction for Singers I: Italian/English Hearden        
  352.001 Vocal Pedagogy and Lab Wenner   Applied Music Undergraduate    
  353.001 Instrument Pedagogy and Lit. Taylor  
  354.001 Electronic Composition Guessford  
  361.001 Class Strings: Violin/Viola/Cello/Bass Taylor  
  361.201 Lab for Lecture 001 Taylor  
  363.001 Class Wdwnds:Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone Berkshire-Brown  
  363.201 Lab for Lecture 001 Wuttke  
  365.001 Class Brass : Trumpet/French Horn Porter  
 

GRADUATE COURSES

 
  501.001 Graduate Theory Review Taylor, M.
685.008 GMUnit/Timesquared Engebretson  
  525.001 Performance Sem/Vocal Lit. I Miller, P. 685.009 M3E Contemporary Music Ensemble Bergman, M.  
  532.001 Music History Review I Weismann 685.010 Guitar Ensemble Snitzler  
  541.001 Diction for Singers I: Italian/English Hearden 685.011 Baroque Chamber Orchestra Owens, M.  
  553.001 Instrument Pedagogy and Lit Taylor 685.012 Healing Arts Ensemble Smith  
  592.001 Intro to Jazz Improvisation Carroll 685.013 Brass Ensemble Snedecor  
  611.001 Analytical Techniques Bergman, R. 685.015 Trad Jazz Ensemble Robinson, D.  
  640.001 Intro to Ethnomusicology Robinson, G. 685.019 Vocal Jazz Ensemble Purcell  
  661.001 Psyc of Teaching Music Billingham 687.001 Symphony Orchestra Layendecker  
  662.001 Intro to Music Research Gerber 688.001 Opera/Music Theater Ensemble Aler  
  681.001 SATB Chorale Billingham 689.001 Instrumental Jazz Ensemble Carroll  
  681.002 University Singers Engebretson 689.002 Instrumental Jazz Workshop Parrell  
  682.001 Wind Symphony Stokes/Kilkenny 710.001 Frank Zappa: American Composer Smith  
  683.001 Symphonic Band Lapple 730.001 Music of Charles Ives Owens, T.  
  685.001 Chamber Strings Adams 860.001 History & Philosophy of Music Education Wuttke  
  685.002 Opera Scenes Aler        
  685.003 Jazz Instrumental Chamber Ensemble Beach   Applied Music Graduate    
  685.004 Steel Pan Ensemble Provost  
  685.005 Afro Cuban Ensemble McCarthy, J.  
  685.006 SoundCheque Vocal Ensemble Engebretson  
  685.007 Percussion Ensemble Kilkenny