Catalogue 2004-05

• USC Thornton School of Music
  • Undergraduate Degrees
  • Graduate Degrees
  • Courses of Instruction
    • Choral Music
    • Sacred Music
    • Composition
    • Conducting
    • Electroacoustic Media
    • Jazz Studies
    • Music Education
    • Music Ensemble
    • Music History and Literature
    • Music Industry
    • Performance (Early Music)
    • Performance (Guitar)
    • Performance (Keyboard Studies)
    • Performance (Strings)
    • Performance (Vocal Arts)
    • Performance (Wind and Percussion)
    • School of Music

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Courses of Instruction

School of Music (MUSC)

310 Computer Recording for the Performing Musician (2, FaSp) Fundamentals of computer music production for music students. Recording and editing multitrack digital audio using computer software. Open to music majors only, with the exception of majors in music industry.

400m The Broadway Musical: Reflection of American Diversity, Issues, and Experiences (4, FaSpSm) Selected Broadway musicals serve as a catalyst for inquiry into human diversity, cross-culturalism, and significant social and political issues. (Duplicates credit in former MUED 400m.)

410 Movement Training for Musicians (2, max 4, FaSp) Movement training for musicians, stressing body awareness and control through a combination of dance and mind/body techniques. Includes alignment, energy flow, relaxation techniques, music/movement coordination. (Duplicates credit in former MUPF 410.)

422 The Beatles: Their Music and Their Times (4) Music, lyrics, recordings, production techniques, career strategy, social ramifications, and especially the technological impact of the musical group known as The Beatles. (Duplicates credit in former MUPF 422.)

423 Classic Rock: Popular Music of the Sixties and Seventies (2) Critical examination of the lyrics, structure, associated mythology, technology, and evolving styles of popular music reflecting the turbulent societal changes during the Sixties and Seventies. (Duplicates credit in former MUPF 423.)

430m Music and the Holocaust (4, FaSp) Study of the creation and performance of Holocaust-related music from 1933 to the present, including interaction with other arts.

450m The Music of Black Americans (4, FaSp) The musical contribution of Africans and African Americans to American society. Musical genres and the relationship between music and society will be topics for examination.

460 Film Music in the Sound Era: History and Function (4, FaSp) A survey of the art and craft of film music as practiced by outstanding composers in motion pictures since 1930.