The Capstone Seminar serves as an integrative experience for music majors, providing an opportunity to draw together and synthesize their cumulative coursework and creative experiences. This course ...

This course investigates a diverse set of musical pieces to introduce analytical tools such as harmonic structure, counterpoint, voice leading, sonic analysis, textual/musical hermeneutics, historical ...

How do we capture the impact of music through words? And what different approaches do musicians, scholars, journalists, and fans take when writing about what they hear? This course invites students to ...

In this introductory course to the musics of the world, we will survey several rich and dynamic performance and cultural practices from around the globe. Through ethnographic case studies, hands-on ...

“Until the lion has a historian of his own, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter” (African proverb, and Swart, 2023). When the lenses of historical inquiry are shifted from a human ...

For experienced ballet dancers. Weekly rehearsals throughout the semester culminating in a performance in block 8. (Not offered 2025-26).

This course examines representations of the Mafia and Italian culture through film. Filmic analysis is undertaken through an array of films from both Italy and the United States. Emphasis is placed on ...

What makes a piece of music feel cohesive, powerful, or surprising? And how do we uncover the deeper workings beneath its surface? In this course, students will break down music into fundamental ...

How do our listening habits shape our perceptions of the world around us? And what can our responses to sound reveal about our identities and communities? This course invites students to move beyond ...

This course provides students with instruction on Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) fundamentals, focusing on recording, editing, and mixing techniques essential for music production. Using the Ableton ...

This course explores music and cultural belonging in the contemporary American Southwest, and the many interweaving forms of music-making across the region. We will examine how tapestries of ethnicity ...

In this course we will study the role of music and musical instruments in museums, considering both the literal and figurative “museumification” of music. We will explore a particular moment in ...