have studied privately in the performance area every semester and be enrolled for private lessons in the term of the recital. Prerequisite: MP381, Junior Recital. (Fall and Spring) MP491 Off-Campus Ensembles (1) Students may be given credit for participation in certain off-campus ensembles that do not duplicate or approximate ensemble opportunities on campus. Music faculty approval required. MP491PY Portland Youth Philharmonic MP491SB Salem Concert Band MP491SC Salem Chamber Orchestra MP491SY Salem Youth Symphony MP491WM Willamette Master Chorus
Music MU102 Introduction to Music (2) This course offers instructions in basic aspects of music including rhythm, pitch, notation, aural discrimination, sight reading, and keyboard orientation. No previous knowledge of music is required. (Spring) MU111AS Aural Skills I (1) Students will build skills in sight singing and ear training at the beginning level. Emphasis is on the recognition and reproduction of intervals, scales, and triads, along with rhythmic exercises. Solfege and hand signs will be used. There is no prerequisite for this course. (Fall) MU113 Music Theory I (3) This course provides study of the basic harmonic elements of music, with emphasis on notation, scales, intervals, triads, key signatures, and beginning 4-part voice leading. Includes experience in the use of the computer for notating music. The student must be concurrently enrolled in MP131 or have demonstrated equivalent piano skills in an audition. The student must also be concurrently enrolled in MU111AS or have demonstrated mastery in a placement test. (Fall) MU121AS Aural Skills II (1) Students will receive further training in sight singing and ear training, utilizing
intervals, scales, and triads in melodies. Rhythmic and melodic dictation will be included. Prerequisites: MU111AS and MP131 or consent of instructor. (Spring) MU122 Music Appreciation (2) This class is a study of the elements of music as found in classical music literature of all historic periods. Includes listening to recorded music. (Alt) MU123 Music Theory II (3) This course explores elementary harmony, including the nature of triads, cadences, harmonic progressions, and non-harmonic tones as well as further study of voice leading. The student must be concurrently enrolled in MP141 and MU121AS or have demonstrated equivalent skills. Prerequisites: MU113, MU111AS, and MP131. (Spring) MU132 Technology in Worship Ministries (2) This course explores the role of technology in corporate worship services. Students will become familiar with sound systems, video systems, recording, MIDI, etc. (Fall or Spring) MU160WA Worship Arts Practicum (0) The student will participate weekly in a local church ministry for a minimum of 2 hours per week. May be taken up to 4 times. (Fall and Spring) MU202 Introduction to Worship Studies (2) This is a study of biblical, historical and cultural aspects of worship, enabling students to develop a broader understanding of worship. Field trips will be taken to explore different church worship traditions and philosophies and how they have developed historically. (Fall) MU211AS Aural Skills III (1) This is a continuing study of ear training and sight singing, including altered tones and melodic and harmonic dictation. Prerequisites: MU121AS and MP141 or consent of instructor. (Fall) MU213 Music Theory III (3) Students will continue to study harmony, including non-dominant seventh chords, altered non-harmonic tones and secondary dominants, modulations to closely related
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