Music Courses Offered

The following courses are offered within the Music Department:

 

MUSI 111: Aural Skills I

MUSI 112: Aural Skills II

 

MUSI 115: Musical Appreciation (3 credit hours – Fall)

Music Appreciation is a course designed to familiarize the student with the various media of music performance and to acquaint the student with certain landmarks of the musical repertoire. Emphasis will be placed upon the development of an appreciation of the stylistic characteristics of various periods of music.

 

MUSI 131: Theory of Music I (3 credit hours – Fall)

The fundamental rudiments of music are included in Theory of Music I. The course includes an integrated study of the fundamentals of traditional harmony of the 18th and 19th centuries and the development of fluency in sight reading, ear training and harmonic analysis.

 

MUSI 132: Theory of Music II (4 credit hours – Spring)

This course is a continuation of MUSI 131with emphasis on more advanced materials and structure.

 

MUSI 136: String Instrument Methods (1 credit hour – Odd year Spring)

Group instruction in string instruments for the major in music education. Instruments are supplied.

 

MUSI 137: Woodwind Instrument Methods (1 credit hour – Even year Spring)

Group instruction in string instruments for the major in music education. Instruments are supplied.

 

MUSI 138: Brass Instrument Methods (1 credit hour – Odd year Fall)

Group instruction in woodwind instruments for the major in music education. Instruments are supplied.

 

MUSI 139: Percussion Instrument Methods (1 credit hour – Even year Fall)

Group instruction in percussion instruments for the major in music education. Instruments are supplied.

 

MUSI 142: Piano Profe

MUSI 151: Orchestra (1 credit hour – Fall and Spring)

Students have an opportunity to rehearse and perform with the Salina Symphony Orchestra. Open by audition only.

 

MUSI 160: Philharmonic Choir (1 credit hour – Fall and Spring)

The larger concert choir at KWU. This group tours nationally each year and performs a variety of music from classical to contemporary.

 

MUSI 162: Instrumental Ensemble (1 credit hour – Fall and Spring)

Various small instrumental groups form each year. Groups perform in convocation and various meetings during the year.

 

MUSI 164: Jazz Ensemble (1 credit hour – Fall and Spring)

A select ensemble that focuses on jazz techniques and repertoire. The jazz ensemble stays busy preparing for concerts, festivals and community functions.

 

MUSI 166: Wind Ensemble (1 credit hour – Fall and Spring)

This ensemble is a select organization. The ensemble stresses original works and specializes in performing the richest and most demanding repertoire. The wind ensemble stays busy performing at concerts, festivals, tours, and community functions.

 

MUSI 167: Wesleyan Chorale (1 credit hour – Fall and Spring)

A small select vocal ensemble that focuses on jazz and chamber repertoire. This group tours each year.

 

MUSI 180-197: Applied Music (1 credit hour – On demand)

One half-hour lesson per week of Applied Music is offered for bass, bassoon, cello, clarinet, euphonimum, flute, french horn, guitar, oboe, percussion, piano/keyboard, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, tuba, viola, violin, voice. Enrollment is by instructor permission only.

 

MUSI 215: Music History I (3 credit hours – Even year Fall)

This course is a study of the development of music from the Greek antiquity through Renaissance with emphasis on the rise of stylistic and formal characteristics. The influence of social, political, economic and religious conditions on musical evolution is presented.

 

MUSI 216: Music History II (3 credit hours – Odd year Spring)

This course is a continuation of MUSI 215. It is a study of the development of music from the Baroque era to the present.

 

MUSI 231: Theory of Music III (3 credit hours – Fall)

This course is a continuation of MUSI 132 with emphasis on more advanced materials and structure.

 

MUSI 232: Theory of Music IV (3 credit hours – Spring)

This course is a continuation of MUSI 231 with emphasis on more advanced materials and structure.

 

MUSI 236: Basic Conducting

 

MUSI 239: Choral Conducting

 

MUSI 286: Special Topics (Variable credit – On demand)

 

MUSI 300: Secondary Instrumental Method

 

MUSI 337: Secondary Choral Method

 

MUSI 338: Elementary Music Methods (3 credit hours – Even year Fall)

A course for elementary education students presenting the rudiments of music, elementary ear training, tonal and rhythmic problems and terminology. Music activities in the kindergarten and elementary school through grade six. School visitation included. Prerequisites: MUSI 215, EDU 240 and admission to the Teacher Education program.

 

MUSI 339: Secondary Music Methods (3 credit hours – Odd year Spring)

A course on the instruction and music activities in the junior and senior high school. School visitation included. Prerequisites: MUSI 215, EDU 240 and admission to the Teacher Education program.

 

MUSI 460: Church Music Internship (3 credit hours – On demand)

Internship is a specially arranged opportunity for practical experience with guidance and evaluation by a qualified mentor.

 

MUSI 471: Music Recital (1 credit hour – On demand)

Students will prepare and offer a recital with the guidance and evaluation of a member of the music faculty.

 

MUSI 485: Special Topics (Variable credit – On demand)

 

MUSI 490: Independent Study (Variable credit – On demand)