MUSIC 300- Applications of Music Theory

Instructor: Dr. Steven Errante

	web:	www.uncw.edu/music/errantes
	e-mail:	errantes@uncw.edu
	phone:	962-3399
	office:	CA 1024
	hours:	MWF 10 - 11 a.m. by appointment: MWF noon, T-Th 2 p.m.

Attendance: attendance records are not kept; however, you are responsible for all of the material covered in class and must turn in assignments on time regardless of class attendance

Text: (already purchased for 111/112/211) Kostka-Payne: Tonal Harmony

Grading: (approximate) 70% on projects, 30% on quizzes and final examination. All projects are due on date assigned at the beginning of class (late papers will be accepted up to the next class meeting and reduced one full letter grade; beyond that, late papers are not accepted). Tests or quizzes involving played examples cannot be made up except in cases of extreme personal emergency.

Examination: Final examination is Wednesday, April 29, 11:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.

GOALS OF THE COURSE

To use the skills acquired in the previous three semesters for practical analysis and creative projects (see descriptions below). There will also be an introduction to 20th-century techniques.

SCHEDULE

Week 1 Jan. 7 - 9	Early 20th-century harmony- Debussy and Ravel (Kostka/Payne, Chapter 28)
Week 2 Jan. 12 - 16	Introduce Song Project
Week 3 Jan. 21 - 23	Song Project continues (due Jan. 28)
Week 4 Jan. 26 - 30	Song performances; More 20th C (Kostka/Payne, Chapter 28)
Week 5 Feb. 4 - 10	(Stravinsky, Schönberg, etc.)
Week 6 Feb. 9 - 13	Quiz on early 20th C techniques (Feb. 13)
Week 7 Feb. 18 - 20	Analysis, writing about music (no class Feb. 16)
Week 8 Feb. 23 - 27	Work on term papers (due. March 18)
Week 9 Mar. 2 - 6	Textures in tonal music, introduce Choral Arrangement Project (due April 1)
Week 10 Mar. 16 - 20	Writing piano accompaniments
Week 11 Mar. 23 - 27	Analysis of later 20th-century music (Kostka-Payne, Chapter 28)
Week 12 March 30- Apr. 3	Transcription/Arrangement project (next two weeks)
Week 13 Apr. 6 - 8
Week 14 Apr. 13 - 17	Performances
Week 15 Apr. 20 - 24	Review for final examination
Week 16 Apr. 27	(comprehensive, covering MUS 111, 112, 211, and 300)

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