82 courses in Waterloo’s course catalog for 2020–21 (Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021), from UW Open Data. ucalendar asks programs not to read that year’s calendar, so this stands in for it. Original: ucalendar.uwaterloo.ca/2021/COURSE/course-MUSIC.html
The styles, forms, techniques, and terminology of Western music through lectures and listening, as exemplified by great works from all eras of music history. [Note: The ability to read music notation is not required.]
Antireq: MUSIC 110
LEC · Course ID 006944On ucalendarMUSIC 100 today
Taught at Wilfrid Laurier University. Refer to WLU calendar for details.
LEC · Course ID 016353On ucalendarMUSIC 100W today
An intensive study of music from around the globe and throughout the ages, employing several approaches in studying how music reflects and responds to its diverse social, political, and historical contexts.
Antireq: MUSIC 100
LEC · Course ID 015135On ucalendarMUSIC 110 today
An introduction to the primary skills of music practice emphasizing the reading and writing of musical notation. Students will learn elementary keyboard, listening, and sight-singing skills. [Note: For students with minimal musical background. Does not fulfil Music major or minor requirements.]
LEC · Course ID 006948On ucalendarMUSIC 111 today
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department ensembles: Chamber Choir, Chapel Choir, University Choir, Vocal Techniques, Orchestra, Instrumental Chamber Ensembles, Jazz Ensemble, World Music Ensemble. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. [Note: For musical reasons, admission to any particular ensemble is at the discretion of the director. Audition required for some ensembles. Contact music department prior to first day of class. Course will be graded on a CR/NCR basis.]
ENS · Course ID 006951On ucalendarMUSIC 116 today
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department ensembles: Chamber Choir, Chapel Choir, University Choir, Vocal Techniques, Orchestra, Instrumental Chamber Ensembles, Jazz Ensemble, World Music Ensemble. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. [Note: For musical reasons, admission to any particular ensemble is at the discretion of the director. Audition required for some ensembles. Contact music department prior to first day of class. Course will be graded on a CR/NCR basis.]
Prereq: MUSIC 116
ENS · Course ID 006952On ucalendarMUSIC 117 today
LEC · Course ID 014538On ucalendarMUSIC 121W today
LEC · Course ID 011735On ucalendarMUSIC 122W today
An examination of the styles, forms, and development of 20th century popular music. The social, commercial, and technological aspects of popular music are considered.
LEC · Course ID 006959On ucalendarMUSIC 140 today
Taught at Wilfrid Laurier University. Refer to WLU calendar for details.
LEC · Course ID 006967On ucalendarMUSIC 160W today
LEC · Course ID 006968On ucalendarMUSIC 161W today
MUSIC 181AW is typically held in the Fall and must be taken before MUSIC 181BW. MUSIC 181AW and 181BW are quarter credit courses. A grade for MUSIC 181AW will be submitted only after completion of 181BW.
LEC · Course ID 015668On ucalendarMUSIC 181AW today
MUSIC 181AW and 181BW are each 0.25 credit course, that must both be completed in order to receive credit. A grade for MUSIC 181AW will be submitted only after completion of 181BW.
LEC · Course ID 015669On ucalendarMUSIC 181BW today
LEC · Course ID 013404On ucalendarMUSIC 202W today
LEC · Course ID 015306On ucalendarMUSIC 203W today
LEC · Course ID 013888On ucalendarMUSIC 208W today
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department ensembles: Chamber Choir, Chapel Choir, University Choir, Vocal Techniques, Orchestra, Instrumental Chamber Ensembles, Jazz Ensemble, World Music Ensemble. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. [Note: For musical reasons, admission to any particular ensemble is at the discretion of the director. Audition required for some ensembles. Contact music department prior to first day of class. Course will be graded on a CR/NCR basis.]
Prereq: MUSIC 117
ENS · Course ID 006981On ucalendarMUSIC 216 today
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department ensembles: Chamber Choir, Chapel Choir, University Choir, Vocal Techniques, Orchestra, Instrumental Chamber Ensembles, Jazz Ensemble, World Music Ensemble. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. [Note: For musical reasons, admission to any particular ensemble is at the discretion of the director. Audition required for some ensembles. Contact music department prior to first day of class. Course will be graded on a CR/NCR basis.]
Prereq: MUSIC 216
ENS · Course ID 006982On ucalendarMUSIC 217 today
LEC · Course ID 012128On ucalendarMUSIC 218W today
A study of conducting techniques appropriate for song leading, choral rehearsal, and public performance. The course will include score analysis and rehearsal procedures for music from a wide variety of historical styles.
Prereq: MUSIC 270
LEC · Course ID 006986On ucalendarMUSIC 222 today
LEC · Course ID 006987On ucalendarMUSIC 224W today
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar, and orchestral instruments. [Note: Royal Conservatory Grade 8 Level. Audition required. Contact music department prior to first day of class. Studio Fee.]
Coreq: One of MUSIC 116, 117, 216, 217, 316, 317
STU · Course ID 006988On ucalendarMUSIC 226 today
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar, and orchestral instruments. [Note: Studio Fee]
STU · Course ID 006989On ucalendarMUSIC 227 today
The study of music from a behavioural science perspective. Topics include auditory perception, creativity and aesthetic experience, emotive human responses, and the social psychology of music activities. Recent research in the field of music cognition will be explored in detail.
Prereq: MUSIC 100 or 110
LEC · Course ID 006990On ucalendarMUSIC 231 today
A survey of music studied in a cross-cultural perspective with regard to its sound, performance practices, meanings, and functions from selected world traditions found in the diverse cultures of Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America, Europe, and the Middle East.
Antireq: MUSIC 245
LEC · Course ID 015136On ucalendarMUSIC 232 today
A multidisciplinary survey of rhythm in selected musics examined in terms of scientific, symbolic, and experiential knowledge that connects it to the concepts of time, history, biology, evolution, anthropology, philosophy, psychology, and contemporary globalized culture.
LEC · Course ID 015137On ucalendarMUSIC 233 today
A survey of the development of jazz schools and individual styles as well as a study of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic improvisation. Styles will be demonstrated through recordings and live performance.
LEC · Course ID 006991On ucalendarMUSIC 240 today
An examination of the techniques, styles, and functions of music in film, and how music interacts with image and narrative to create meanings. Weekly screenings of films selected from the 1930s to the present.
LEC · Course ID 011587On ucalendarMUSIC 246 today
LEC · Course ID 010915On ucalendarMUSIC 252W today
A study of major developments in western music during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, including Gregorian chant, mass, secular songs, instrumental music, and other musical genres that flourished under courtly and church patronage from the early Christian church to 1600.
LEC · Course ID 007001On ucalendarMUSIC 253 today
A study of Baroque and Classical music of the 17th and 18th centuries in cultural, political, and artistic contexts. Topics include the development of opera, choral music, symphony, sonata, and the music of Monteverdi, Bach, Handel, Mozart, and others.
LEC · Course ID 007002On ucalendarMUSIC 254 today
A study of music of the 19th century in cultural, political, and artistic contexts. Topics include the development of principal forms in the music of Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Chopin, Wagner, Verdi, Brahms, Bruckner, and others.
LEC · Course ID 007003On ucalendarMUSIC 255 today
A study of music of the 20th and early 21st centuries in cultural, political, and artistic contexts. Topics include modern and contemporary composers' challenges to traditional musical ideals in the music of Debussy, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Cage, and others.
LEC · Course ID 007004On ucalendarMUSIC 256 today
A survey of the great symphonies from Haydn to Stravinsky, through lectures and listening. A portion of the course will be devoted to works being performed by the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra during the term. [Note: The ability to read music notation is not required.]
LEC · Course ID 007009On ucalendarMUSIC 260 today
An introduction to the themes, sources, forms, and nature of opera through selected works from Monteverdi to Britten. The course explores ways that drama is interpreted through music and considers opera in a broader context of social and artistic issues. [Note: The ability to read music notation is not required.]
LEC · Course ID 010205On ucalendarMUSIC 261 today
A survey of the great masterpieces for vocal ensemble from Medieval times to the present studied through reading, lecture, and listening. Principle choral genres of each historical era are studied and discussed including works performed by the Grand Philharmonic Choir during the term. [Note: The ability to read music notation is not required.]
Antireq: MUSIC 290 taken winter 2015
LEC · Course ID 015138On ucalendarMUSIC 262 today
LEC · Course ID 007011On ucalendarMUSIC 264W today
LEC · Course ID 007013On ucalendarMUSIC 265W today
The study of basic melodic, harmonic, and voice leading concepts including an introduction to figured bass and functional harmony. Ear-training, sight-singing, and keyboard lab sessions will be integrated with written and analytical work. [Note: A basic knowledge of scales, triads, and music notation is required.]
LEC · Course ID 007018On ucalendarMUSIC 270 today
LEC · Course ID 007019On ucalendarMUSIC 270W today
The study of harmony, counterpoint, and form of 18th and early 19th century music. Sight-singing, ear-training, and keyboard lab sessions will be integrated with written and analytical work.
Prereq: MUSIC 270
LEC · Course ID 007020On ucalendarMUSIC 271 today
A hands-on introduction to music and technology, including recording, audio editing, digital signal processing, and Musical Instrumental Digital Interface (MIDI). Course work will foster a practical understanding of digital music production software and techniques, and involve electroacoustic or acoustic composition. [Note: Studio Fee]
Prereq: MUSIC 100 or 110
LEC · Course ID 007025On ucalendarMUSIC 275 today
LEC · Course ID 007026On ucalendarMUSIC 275W today
LEC · Course ID 014321On ucalendarMUSIC 280W today
A special study of a selected topic in music. Consult department for details. [Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of three times.]
Prereq: Level at least 2A
LEC · Course ID 010206On ucalendarMUSIC 290 today
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department ensembles: Chamber Choir, Chapel Choir, University Choir, Vocal Techniques, Orchestra, Instrumental Chamber Ensembles, Jazz Ensemble, World Music Ensemble. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. [Note: For musical reasons, admission to any particular ensemble is at the discretion of the director. Audition required for some ensembles. Contact music department prior to first day of class. Course will be graded on a CR/NCR basis.]
Prereq: MUSIC 217
ENS · Course ID 007036On ucalendarMUSIC 316 today
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department ensembles: Chamber Choir, Chapel Choir, University Choir, Vocal Techniques, Orchestra, Instrumental Chamber Ensembles, Jazz Ensemble, World Music Ensemble. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. [Note: For musical reasons, admission to any particular ensemble is at the discretion of the director. Audition required for some ensembles. Contact music department prior to first day of class. Course will be graded on a CR/NCR basis.]
Prereq: MUSIC 316
ENS · Course ID 007037On ucalendarMUSIC 317 today
A continuation of the study of conducting techniques begun in MUSIC 222. The course focuses on the development of analytical and musical skills including score study, aural skills, and gestural clarity.
Prereq: MUSIC 222
LEC · Course ID 007038On ucalendarMUSIC 322 today
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar, and orchestral instruments. [Note: Studio Fee]
Prereq: MUSIC 100 or 110; 227, 270; Music majors and minors. Coreq: One of MUSIC 116, 117, 216, 217, 316, 317.
STU · Course ID 007039On ucalendarMUSIC 326 today
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar, and orchestral instruments. [Note: Studio Fee]
STU · Course ID 007040On ucalendarMUSIC 327 today
This course employs various methods to explore questions of musical meaning. Through study and discussion of selected sources from antiquity to the present, such themes as imitation, abstraction, beauty, and other debated issues will be examined in historical context and in relation to the other arts.
Prereq: Level at least 2A
LEC · Course ID 007041On ucalendarMUSIC 332 today
This course explores how landscape is represented in music from Vivaldi and Beethoven to popular genres and Canadian music. Topics include the role of landscape and music in cultural identity, ways in which music evokes space and place, music and the environment, soundscape, and site-specific music.
Prereq: Level at least 2A
SEM · Course ID 015139On ucalendarMUSIC 333 today
An examination of women's roles in music from a cross-cultural perspective. Topics include women's music as a genre, historical accounts of women's music-making, the effects of gender ideology on women's musical activities, and music behaviour and performance in inter-gender relations.
Prereq: Level at least 2A. Antireq: WS 334
LEC · Course ID 007042On ucalendarMUSIC 334 today
This course examines music's role in peace and conflict from a variety of perspectives through listening, reading, discussion, and using examples from around the world. Topics include the use of music in dissent and resistance, and as an instrument of propaganda, conflict, and peacebuilding.
SEM · Course ID 015140On ucalendarMUSIC 335 today
Antireq: MUSIC 380W or MUSIC 380E
LEC · Course ID 014881On ucalendarMUSIC 353W today
A spring term seminar approximately three weeks long, taught on location including daily lectures, attendance at music performances, and tours to places of cultural importance. Past and possible future locations include Vienna, London, Leipzig, South Africa, Morocco, Bali, and Estonia. [Note: Additional costs will apply. This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of four times.]
FLD · Course ID 007045On ucalendarMUSIC 355 today
LEC · Course ID 012987On ucalendarMUSIC 359W today
A study of the music written for solo voice from the 17th century to the present.
Prereq: MUSIC 100 or 110
LEC · Course ID 007049On ucalendarMUSIC 361 today
A study of music for solo piano from its 17th and 18th century antecedents to the present. Using historical and analytical approaches, individual works will be considered within a tradition of particular forms, genres, and styles.
Prereq: MUSIC 100 or 110
LEC · Course ID 007050On ucalendarMUSIC 362 today
The origins of the Christian hymn and its development up to the present. The course considers the hymn as theological, poetic, musical, cultural, and spiritual expression, and the use of hymns in a variety of worship settings. [Note: This course fulfils an Area 2 requirement for Religious Studies majors.]
LEC · Course ID 007051On ucalendarMUSIC 363 today
The nature of worship and the role of music within worship in historical, theological, and cultural perspectives. Field trips to services of various traditions. [Note: This course fulfils an Area 2 requirement for Religious Studies majors.]
LEC · Course ID 007052On ucalendarMUSIC 364 today
The study of chromatic harmony as well as melodic and formal aspects of 19th century music. Ear-training, sight-singing, and keyboard lab sessions will be integrated with written and analytical work.
Prereq: MUSIC 271
LEC · Course ID 007058On ucalendarMUSIC 370 today
The study of the compositional aspects of 20th century music, including extended tonality, atonality, 12-tone writing, neo-classical idioms, and contemporary compositional procedures. Lab sessions will cover non-tonal melodic reading and complex chord structures.
Prereq: MUSIC 370
LEC · Course ID 007059On ucalendarMUSIC 371 today
An exploration of the discipline and craft of composing and arranging. Topics include choral, chamber ensemble, and orchestral techniques; electronic music; and charting for popular music. The course includes both score preparation and opportunities for recital performances of original works.
Prereq: MUSIC 271
SEM · Course ID 007064On ucalendarMUSIC 376 today
An independent term project completed under tutorial guidance of a faculty advisor.
RDG · Course ID 007066On ucalendarMUSIC 380 today
This course examines the role of women in Western art music from the Middle Ages through the 20th Century, whether as composer, patron, or performer. Special attention is paid to the broader cultural and socio-political contexts in which these musical activities took place.
LEC · Course ID 010140On ucalendarMUSIC 380KW today
LEC · Course ID 007068On ucalendarMUSIC 380W today
An independent term project completed under tutorial guidance of a faculty advisor.
RDG · Course ID 007069On ucalendarMUSIC 381 today
LEC · Course ID 012152On ucalendarMUSIC 381W today
A special study of a selected topic in music. Consult department for details. [Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of three times.]
SEM · Course ID 007072On ucalendarMUSIC 390 today
A study of a selected topic in global music. Consult department for details. [Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of two times.]
SEM · Course ID 015141On ucalendarMUSIC 392 today
LEC · Course ID 012590On ucalendarMUSIC 394W today
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department ensembles: Chamber Choir, Chapel Choir, University Choir, Vocal Techniques, Orchestra, Instrumental Chamber Ensembles, Jazz Ensemble, World Music Ensemble. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. [Note: For musical reasons, admission to any particular ensemble is at the discretion of the director. Audition required for some ensembles. Contact music department prior to first day of class. Course will be graded on a CR/NCR basis.]
Prereq: MUSIC 317
ENS · Course ID 016091On ucalendarMUSIC 416 today
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department ensembles: Chamber Choir, Chapel Choir, University Choir, Vocal Techniques, Orchestra, Instrumental Chamber Ensembles, Jazz Ensemble, World Music Ensemble. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. [Note: For musical reasons, admission to any particular ensemble is at the discretion of the director. Audition required for some ensembles. Contact music department prior to first day of class. Course will be graded on a CR/NCR basis.]
Prereq: MUSIC 416
ENS · Course ID 016068On ucalendarMUSIC 417 today
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar, and orchestral instruments. [Note: Studio Fee]
STU · Course ID 007076On ucalendarMUSIC 426 today
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar, and orchestral instruments. [Note: Studio Fee]
STU · Course ID 007077On ucalendarMUSIC 427 today
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar, and orchestral instruments. Students perform a senior recital. [Note: Studio Fee]
STU · Course ID 013997On ucalendarMUSIC 428 today
LEC · Course ID 014353On ucalendarMUSIC 475W today
LEC · Course ID 012298On ucalendarMUSIC 481W today
A research seminar for Music majors designed to give students an opportunity to develop research techniques through individual research projects and regular meetings with other students and faculty.
Prereq: Level at least 3A Music
SEM · Course ID 012958On ucalendarMUSIC 491 today
An independent research project for Honours Music students. The topic is determined through consultation between the student and a faculty advisor.
Prereq: MUSIC 491
PRJ · Course ID 007083On ucalendarMUSIC 492 today
LEC · Course ID 012709On ucalendarMUSIC 494W today