MUS 499

Spring 2021 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 25-May 5

Proseminar in Music

SHOW FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

Credit: 0 TO 4 hours.

Special preparation in specialized fields of musicology, composition-theory, performance, and music education.

0 to 4 undergraduate hours. 0 to 4 graduate hours. Approved for Letter and S/U grading. May be repeated to a maximum of 16 hours. Prerequisite: Senior or graduate standing in music or music education; consent of instructor.

My Favorites

My Schedule

Section Status updates every 10 minutes.

MUS 499 class schedule data for spring 2021
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
10014	Independent Study		ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending		Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required
48023	Online	AB2	9:00AM -10:20AM	TR	n.a.	Holden, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: The Art of Beatmaking II Section Info: TOPIC: “The Art of Beatmaking II." This course is the second course in the School of Music's Beatmaking course sequence and gives students an opportunity to explore further urban and popular music beatmaking (traditionally referred to as instrumental music composition) from a lens of analysis, creativity, and technical understanding. Students work directly with a music industry professional to apply their creative and technical understanding to produce original music of their own. NOTE: This course is for experienced DAW users.
45607	Online	AJK	4:00PM -5:50PM	T	n.a.	Kruse, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Hip-Hop, Schooling & Music Ed Section Info: “Hip Hop, Schooling, and Music Education.” This course explores Hip-Hop scholarship, media, and musicianship focusing primarily on music teaching and learning as it occurs in and out of school contexts. Students will gain introductory understandings of Hip-Hop history and culture, engagements of Hip-Hop culture in school settings, and contemporary socio-cultural and sociopolitical issues in Hip-Hop. Students will also create original Hip-Hop music employing idiomatic tools and processes.
23780	Laboratory Online Lecture	ART ART	2:00PM -3:50PM ARRANGED	F n.a.	Music Building n.a.	Fieldsteel, E Timoleontos, D Fieldsteel, E Timoleontos, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Audio Recording Techniques I Section Info: An introduction to the basic principles and best practices of audio recording, including an overview of physical properties of sound (acoustics/psychoacoustics), analog and digital audio, microphones and microphone placement, and best recording practices within a recording studio environment. The course will be presented as a combination of lectures with hands-on projects to familiarize students with proper gain and signal staging, microphone placement, and recording practices. Grading will be based on assigned lab projects and written exams. Lab times will be assigned. This course is restricted to senior and graduate music majors. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Music department.
36466	Online	C	3:00PM -3:50PM	R	n.a.	Fieldsteel, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Intro to Contemp Approaches Section Info: Continuation of MUS 499C from the previous semester. Intermediate synthesis, sampling, and audio processing techniques using SuperCollider, including modulation synthesis, waveshaping, granular synthesis, FFT techniques, custom signal processing effects, and various large-scale project considerations. Instructor permission required.
23802	Online	CS4	12:30PM -1:50PM	MW	n.a.	Coleman, B Davis, O Megill, A Solya, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Choral Studies IV Section Info: "CHORAL STUDIES" is a four-semester course sequence that will explore the skills necessary for a conductor to become an efficient and inspiring rehearser: rehearsal technique; group vocal techniques; diction and aural skills; and choral styles beyond the canon (topics for this section will vary on each offering). Requires consent of instructor outside of the MM and DMA in Choral Music/Conducting. Restriction(s): Not intended for Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
45516	Independent Study	CSM	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Taube, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Section Title: CS + Music Mentoring Section Info: CS + Music mentor course. Permission of instructor required. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Music department.
55584	Online	ENC	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Peterson, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 1 hours Section Title: ENCORE at UIUC Section Info: TOPIC: "ENCORE at the University of Illinois." The University of Illinois Encore series is a series of fifteen asynchronous panel discussions on a variety of timely topics including entrepreneurship, careers in the arts, cultural sensitivity, music education and the composition process. Led by conducting faculty and including expert panelists from around the country, ENCORE will begin in February 2021. Topics include: Careers in ensemble singing, oratorio singing, and early music; The Commissioning Process; How to start/run/get involved with a community-based music organization/ensemble; Share your musical talent! Rewards and challenges of making music with people with special needs (all) and United Sound; Band, Choir and Orchestra-Teaching the Large Ensemble in the Urban Setting; From Music Major to a Career in Arts Management; Cultural Sensitivity in the Arts; Music and the Military. Careers in the Military ensembles for instrumentalists and vocalists. Exploring the lifestyle, career, and audition process.; Full-Time Employment as a musician: teaching private lessons and gigging – what’s it all about?; Life as a White House Musician: Peter Wilson, Retired first violinist, US Marine Band; Recording Session: Listening with a Critical Ear; Musical Leadership: Are You Striving to Be Successful or Significant?; Panel Discussion on Diversity and Race in the Collegiate Band World; “I Wish I Had Known: Lessons from recent music education graduates”; Creating a Brave Space for the LGBTQ Community in your Large Ensemble Settings.
40019	Practice	FRS	5:30PM -8:30PM	W	Krannert Center for Perf Arts	Gunn, N Wigley, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Section Title: Freshman Showcase Section Info: Freshman Showcase for BMA Majors. Restriction(s): Restricted to students with Freshman class standing.
23822	Online	GER	12:30PM -1:50PM	W	n.a.	Stone, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Grad German Diction Section Info: Remedial German diction course for graduate voice performance majors; does not count toward degree requirements.
23779	Online	GT1	9:00AM -9:50AM	MW	n.a.	Guzman Borrero, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Beginning Group Guitar Section Info: Beginning Group Guitar Restriction(s): Not intended for Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
23877	Online	GT2	4:00PM -4:50PM	MW	n.a.	Sanchez Portuguez, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Beginning Group Guitar Section Info: Beginning Group Guitar Restriction(s): Not intended for Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
23826	Online	GT4	1:00PM -1:50PM	TR	n.a.	Sanchez Portuguez, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Beginning Group Guitar Section Info: Beginning Group Guitar Restriction(s): Not intended for Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
23824	Online	GT5	2:00PM -2:50PM	TR	n.a.	Sanchez Portuguez, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Beginning Group Guitar Section Info: Beginning Group Guitar Restriction(s): Not intended for Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
36472	Independent Study	H1	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Yeung, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Ensemble Repertoire-Harp Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Music department.
45577	Online	IHM	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Hobson, I	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 0.5 hours Section Title: Ian Hobson Masterclass Section Info: Topic: "IAN HOBSON PIANO MASTERCLASS." This course is open to students who would like to participate in one half-hour piano masterclass with Ian Hobson. Masterclasses will be scheduled remotely. Contact Prof. Hobson for more information at ihobson@illinois.edu. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Music department.
40076	Online	IPM	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	n.a.	Holden, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Intro to Pop Music Songwriting Section Info: TOPIC: "Introduction to Pop Music Songwriting." This course introduces the basic concepts and framework for writing Rap, Pop, R&B, Country, and Rock songs featuring guest lecturer Game from BusyworksBeats.com.
36476	Online	JA2	1:00PM -1:50PM	MW	n.a.	McNeill, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Grad Jazz Arranging II Section Info: Graduate Jazz Arranging II for MM and DMA in Jazz Performance students. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Music department. Restricted to students with Graduate class standing.
36482	Online	JC2	11:00AM -11:50AM	TR	n.a.	Pugh, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Grad Jazz Composition II Section Info: Graduate Jazz Composition II for MM and DMA in Jazz Performance students. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Music department. Restricted to students with Graduate class standing.
36487	Online	JFR	1:00PM -1:50PM	F	n.a.	McNeill, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Jazz Forum Restriction(s): Restricted to Music or Jazz Performance major(s).
36474	Online	JK2	1:00PM -1:50PM	MW	n.a.	Stephens, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Grad Jazz Keyboard II Section Info: Graduate Jazz Keyboard II for MM and DMA in Jazz Performance students. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Music department. Restricted to students with Graduate class standing.
36484	Online	JS2	9:00AM -9:50AM	MW	n.a.	Bridgewater, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Grad Jazz Improv Styles II Section Info: Graduate Jazz Improvisation Styles II for MM and DMA in Jazz Performance students. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Music department. Restricted to students with Graduate class standing.
64393	Online	LAW	2:00PM -3:50PM	F	n.a.	Daval, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 1 hours Section Title: Performing Arts and Law Section Info: TOPIC: "Survey of General Law for Performing Artists." A practical overview of legal topics related to the performing arts for teachers, artists, performers, composers, and entrepreneurs. Contracts, business forms, employment and labor, taxes and the internet are among the subjects included. Note: The Fall section of this course will deal with Copyright Laws.
40080	Online	MR1	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Taube, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Music Rep and Composition Section Info: TOPIC: "Music Representation and Composition." Online section. This course explores designing and implementing music composition software. The first third of the course is spent building a working composition system called 'musx' that implements classes of musical events and containers, functional tools for manipulating symbolic musical information, file based input and output, and scheduling services for running musical generators and computing musical scores. The second third of the course uses the musx system to explore a variety of different algorithmic techniques for computing compositions: mapping and transformation, pattern generation, Markov chains, cellular automata, and chaos, and microtonality and spectral composition. The last part of the course will consist of individual composition projects that involve extending and augmenting the musx system to suit the interests of each composer. The final exam will consist of a concert and demonstration of the final projects. Prerequisites: You must be able to program in Python3 and be reasonably fluent with music theory concepts such as pitches, intervals, chord types, scales, rhythm, tempo, dynamics and articulation. Requires the consent of the instructor. Please contact Prof. Rick Taube (taube@illinois.edu) if you have any questions.
36468	Lecture-Discussion	MRC	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	Music Building	Taube, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Music Rep and Composition Section Info: TOPIC: "Music Representation and Composition." Face to face section. This course explores designing and implementing music composition software. The first third of the course is spent building a working composition system called 'musx' that implements classes of musical events and containers, functional tools for manipulating symbolic musical information, file based input and output, and scheduling services for running musical generators and computing musical scores. The second third of the course uses the musx system to explore a variety of different algorithmic techniques for computing compositions: mapping and transformation, pattern generation, Markov chains, cellular automata, and chaos, and microtonality and spectral composition. The last part of the course will consist of individual composition projects that involve extending and augmenting the musx system to suit the interests of each composer. The final exam will consist of a concert and demonstration of the final projects. Prerequisites: You must be able to program in Python3 and be reasonably fluent with music theory concepts such as pitches, intervals, chord types, scales, rhythm, tempo, dynamics and articulation. Requires the consent of the instructor. Please contact Prof. Rick Taube (taube@illinois.edu) if you have any questions.
40017	Lecture-Discussion	OPP	11:30AM -12:50PM	F	Smith Memorial Hall	Gunn, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Opera for Pianists Section Info: TOPIC: "Opera for Pianists." A study of operatic repertoire for vocal coaches, accompanists, and conductors with strong piano skills. Students will study, play, and sing arias and ensembles from standard works. A working knowledge of French, German, and Italian and experience with vocal music is highly recommended. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Music department.
23791	Online	POP	12:00PM -12:50PM	MW	n.a.	Robards, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Popular Music Styles-Pianists Section Info: TOPIC: "Popular Music Styles for Pianists." This course introduces elementary to advanced concepts of playing popular musical styles including Blues, Folk, Motown/R&B, Soul, Rock, Heavy Metal, Country, Bluegrass, Gospel, Blues, Folk, Great American Songbook, Disney, etc. through listening and playing music in these styles. We will explore how to play piano versions of songs that were originally performed by popular music groups and artists including guitar-led styles and groups using drums. Prerequisite: Admission in music as a piano, organ, harpsichord, accompanying, jazz or conducting major; or enrollment in MUS 164, 174 or 431 equivalent; or consent of instructor. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Music department.
55652	Online	STT	1:00PM -3:30PM	W	n.a.	McCall, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Social Transform, Tech & Music Section Info: TOPIC: "Social Transformation, Technology and Music." As musicians, artists, pedagogues, and scholars, we are inherently positioned to inspire hope, personal courage, and change. In this course, undergraduate and graduate music students will respond to contemporary issues in society through the use of critical theory (e.g., critical race theory, double consciousness theory, gift theory) technology, and the arts. The goal of this course is to encourage undergraduate and graduate students to imagine what their own artistic and creative actions might look like toward assuming a role to socially transform the world around them.
36492	Online	V	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Haken, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: String Orchestra Repertoire Section Info: String orchestral repertoire