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ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE
Music The Music section of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts offers the entire Albertus community an opportunity to hear fine music and to participate in its making. Through its courses, students can gain a comprehensive view of music and enjoy listening intelligently to the major works of our musical heritage. Personal creative work is fostered through performances and special projects. Music Minor 18 Credits Required MU 111 Introduction to Music (3 credits) MU 112 Fundamentals of Music (3 credits) 12 credits additionally divided among lecture or performance courses with a maximum of 6 credits in performance-choir, vocal or instrumental study.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS MU 111 Introduction to Music Discussion and demonstration of music as a means of emotional expression and communication throughout various historical eras. The course deals first with musical basics such as instruments of the orchestra, elementary theory, musical structure, and syntax. These skills will then be applied to a deepened understanding of the evolution of musical styles from the Renaissance to the present with class and outside-of-class listening to recordings of representative masterworks. General education option for Part A. Generally offered when there is sufficient demand. 3 credits MU 112 Fundamentals of Music Elementary theory including interval recognition, scales, keys, chord types, melodic construction, and rhythm. Fundamentals of music notation will be included. Generally offered when there is sufficient demand. 3 credits MU 113 Fundamentals of Music: History, Theory, Practice This course combines theoretical fundamentals of music with instrument or voice training, so that the abstract concepts of music theory are correlated with practical usage. A history of the evolution of the instrument will be included, from early forms to the great masters. Generally offered when there is sufficient demand. 3 credits MU 211 Music of the 16th –18th Centuries Survey of musical styles from the late Renaissance through the Classic Era, with emphasis on masterpieces of Bach, Handel, Hayden, and Mozart. Keyboard works, sonata and concerto, opera and oratorio, symphonic and chamber music will be included. General education option for Part A. Generally offered when there is sufficient demand. 3 credits