This is an ARCHIVED version of the Kwantlen University College Calendar for
2004-2005 and is provided for historical reference only. See the current version of the
Calendar for updated information.
The on-line version of the University College Calendar is the Official version.
In the event of conflict between the printed version and the online version, the
on-line version will prevail.
Effective date of this course calendar information, unless otherwise indicated, is Sept. 1, 2004 to Aug. 31, 2005.
Music
All course credits in Music are under review and subject to change.
MUSI 1000 cr-2
Ensemble Musicianship
This course will give Certificate students an opportunity to learn
the basic skills of ensemble rehearsal and performance. The course
involves listening skills, practical drills in rhythm and sight reading,
and group preparation of exercises and selected repertoire.
This course is an introduction to the written aspects of musical
language including essential notation skills in all clefs, major and
minor scales, circle of 5ths, modes, intervals, basic chord
structures, cadences, transposition, and basic musical terms. This
course will also include practice of rhythmic skills.
This introductory course is for the musician who has had minimal
formal musicianship training. It is designed to develop rudimentary
aural musicianship through singing English-language folk songs
and other composed music. Solfege (moveable doh), hand signs,
and rhythm syllables will be taught to assist the student to read,
write and hear music. Pentatonic, major and minor scales and the
intervals found in those scales will be taught. The beginning skills
in improvisation, part-work and conducting will be covered.
Prerequisites: Acceptance in the Certificate in Music Program or permission of
instructor.
This course will concentrate on the development of aural skills that
lead to an understanding of Western music from the Medieval,
Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods. The amateur musician
or novice will acquire skills in hearing rhythm, melody, harmony,
color, texture, and form.
This course includes the study of technique, hand position, finger
strengthening, note reading and the study of introductory keyboard
harmony, elementary transposition and etudes for the student with
no previous keyboard experience.
Prerequisites: Acceptance into Certificate in Music Program or by permission of
the instructor.
The Certificate Chamber Ensemble course will be in seven
sections: orchestral strings; guitar; wind and brass; piano;
percussion; jazz-vocal; jazz-instrumental. Students will form
chamber ensembles according to instrumentation and ability. The
groups will be formed each semester in consultation with faculty.
Each group will receive coaching by performance faculty and will
perform in master classes and recital. Placement in ensembles is by
audition and/or interview.
Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Certificate in Music Program or audition
and/or interview
Kwantlen Strings rehearses and performs a wide variety of
repertoire from the 16th century to the present, including music
from the Pre-Baroque, Rococo, Classical, Romantic, and 20th
Century repertoire. Works by composers such as Gabrieli, Corelli,
Geminiani, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Brahms, Tchaikovsky,
Barber, and Vaughan Williams, as well as works by contemporary
Canadian composers, will be performed. Placement in ensemble is
by audition and/or interview.
Prerequisites: Ensemble placement according to instrumentation by audition
and/or interview in consultation with performance faculty at the discretion of the
conductor
The Kwantlen Wind Ensemble rehearses and performs a wind
ensemble repertoire from the 16th century to the present, as well as
some orchestral transcriptions, marches, musicals and much more.
Contemporary works by Canadian composers will be included.
Placement in ensemble is by audition and/or interview.
Prerequisites: Ensemble placement according to instrumentation by audition
and/or interview in consultation with performance faculty at the discretion of the
conductor
The Kwantlen Chorus will rehearse and perform works for large
and small ensembles from the 16th century to the present in
Western Classical tradition as well as works from the folk, jazz,
popular, and musical theatre idioms, with emphasis on Canadian
choral compositions. This course is open to all students in the
Certificate in Music program.
Prerequisites: Placement according to voice type by interview
MUSI 1020 cr-3
Rudiments of Music II
This course is a continuation and application of the basic skills
developed in Rudiments of Music I including transposition and
transcription of more complex musical structures, musical terms,
chord building and basic progressions, simple voicing, basic
arranging, applied rhythmic patterns, introduction to transposing
instruments, basic ornamentation, and rudimentary analysis. This
course will also include a continuation of rhythmic practice.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1010 or permission of instructor.
This course is a continuation of the skill development begun in
MUSI 1011 to develop aural musicianship. Solfege (moveable doh)
and hand signs including chromatic alterations will be taught.
Modes will be added to the major and minor scales learned the
previous semester. Bass lines, and common harmonic progressions
from the Classical period will be covered. Skill development in
part-work, improvisation, and conducting will be continued.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1011 or permission of instructor.
This course is a continuation of the development of the aural
musicianship skills acquired in the first semester including rhythm,
melody, harmony, color, texture, and form through examples from
the end of the Classical period of music, through the Romantic
period to the present day. This course will also include listening to
jazz and non-Western musical styles.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1013, or permission of instructor
This course is a continuation of the development of skills in Class
Piano I including the development of technique, simple
transpositions, simple sight reading and repertoire.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1014 or permission of the instructor
MUSI 1026 cr-2
Certificate Chamber Ensemble II
This second-level Certificate Chamber Ensemble course will be in
seven sections: orchestral strings; guitar; wind and brass; piano;
percussion; jazz-vocal; jazz-instrumental. Students will form
chamber ensembles according to instrumentation and ability. The
groups will be formed each semester in consultation with faculty.
Each group will receive coaching by performance faculty and will
perform in master classes and recital. Placement in ensembles is by
audition and/or interview.
Students will rehearse and perform a wide variety of repertoire
from the 16th century to the present, including music from the Pre-
Barques Rococo, Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century repertoire.
They will perform works by composers such as Gabrieli, Corelli,
Geminiani, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Brahms, Tchaikovsky,
Barber, and Vaughan Williams, as well as works by contemporary
Canadian composers. Placement is by audition and/or interview.
Students will rehearse and perform wind ensemble repertoire from
the 16th century to the present as well as some orchestral
transcriptions, marches, musicals and much more, including
contemporary works by Canadian composers. Placement is by
audition and/or interview.
Students will rehearse and perform works for large and small
ensembles from the 16th century to the present in Western Classical
tradition, as well as works from the folk, jazz, popular and musical
theatre idioms, with emphasis on Canadian compositions.
Entrance by interview and/or audition.
Students will develop a basic knowledge of the guitar fretboard in
the lower positions. They will study fretboard harmony (using
open-string chords), scales, and arpeggios, and will develop basic
music reading skills.
Note: For students whose first instrument is guitar.
Prerequisites: Audition and/or interview
MUSI 1033 (formerly 1025) cr-2
Fretboard II (Certificate)
Students will continue to develop a basic knowledge of the guitar
fretboard in the lower and intermediate positions. They will study
fretboard harmony (using barre- and open-string chords), scales,
and arpeggios, and will continue to develop basic music reading
skills.
Note: For students whose first instrument is guitar.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1030 or permission of the instructor
MUSI 1102 cr-2
Music and Computers
This course will focus on the acquisition of primary and secondary
knowledge and skills in the interface between acoustic and
electronic instruments and the MIDI-based technology of
computer applications to music. Numerous and varied software
and hardware configurations will be explored in this non-
traditional but comprehensive course.
Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Certificate in Music Program or permission
of the instructor.
Students will work one-on-one with an instructor (vocal or
instrumental) on the interpretation and performance of repertoire,
and on technical and sight reading requirements.
Students will begin to develop a full knowledge of the harmonic
and melodic capabilities of the guitar fretboard. They will study
fretboard harmony (using four-note chord voicings), scales, and
arpeggios, and will cultivate music reading skills in lower and
intermediate positions.
Note: For students whose first instrument is guitar.
Students will study basic musical concepts, including elementary
acoustics, notation, intervals, scales, modes, chords, and rhythm.
They will apply these in the writing of species counterpoint and
simple four-part harmony, and in the analysis of representative
historical examples.
This course is designed to develop aural musicianship through
singing English-language folk songs and other composed music.
Solfege (moveable doh), hand signs, and rhythm syllables will be
taught to assist the student to read and write music. Pentatonic,
major, minor and modal scales and corresponding intervals will be
taught. Beginning skills in improvisation, part-work, and
conducting will also be covered.
Prerequisites: Acceptance in the Diploma in Music Program or permission of
instructor.
This course is an introductory survey of music and important
musical traditions in Western and selected non-Western cultures.
The course provides a broad perspective of achievements in music
through two series of lectures; an historical survey of the principal
styles and monuments of Western music from the Middle Ages to
the 20th century, and a final series of lectures focusing on musical
traditions independent of the West. Emphasis is placed on
developing aural skills by listening to representative works of
Western and non-Western music.
Prerequisites: Acceptance into Diploma of Music Program or permission of
instructor
Students will begin to develop basic keyboard skills. They will
study keyboard harmony (chord progressions and harmonization)
and will develop the ability to use simple accompaniment patterns
and to harmonize simple melodies. Students will also develop
skills in sight-reading and transposition.
Prerequisites (revised:Jan 2005): Acceptance into the Diploma in Music
program, and piano skills equivalent to RCM Grade III
Corequisites: MUSI 1150 or permission of instructor
Students will work one-on-one with an instructor (vocal or
instrumental) on the interpretation and performance of repertoire,
and on technical and sight reading requirements.
Prerequisites: Students must successfully pass an audition to meet all
requirements of MUSI 1154, 1254, 2354, 2454, or permission of the
department.
Students will work one-on-one with an instructor (vocal or
instrumental) on the interpretation and performance of repertoire,
and on technical and sight reading requirements. They will also
participate in master classes as required by the instructor.
Students will work one-on-one with an instructor (vocal or
instrumental) on the interpretation and performance of repertoire,
and on technical and sight reading requirements.
This course will focus on the analysis of the piano solo and
chamber music repertoire of the Baroque period of music. Piano
performance majors will be required to perform.
Prerequisites: Entrance to the Diploma in Music program, or permission of
instructor
Students will work one-on-one with an instructor (vocal or
instrumental) on the interpretation and performance of repertoire,
and on technical and sight reading requirements.
MUSI 1166 cr-2
Diploma Chamber Ensemble I
The Chamber Ensemble course will be in seven sections:
orchestral strings; guitar; wind and brass; piano; percussion; jazz-
vocal; jazz-instrumental. Students will form chamber ensembles
according to instrumentation and ability. The groups will be
formed each semester in consultation with faculty. Each group will
receive coaching by performance faculty and will perform in
master classes and recital. Placement in ensembles is by audition
and/or interview.
Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Diploma in Music program or permission of
the instructor.
Kwantlen Strings rehearses and performs a wide variety of
repertoire from the 16th century to the present, including music
from the Pre-Baroque, Baroque, Rococo, Classical, Romantic and
20th century repertoire. Works by composers such as Gabrieli,
Corelli, Geminiani, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Brahms,
Tchaikovsky, Barber, and Vaughan Williams, as well as works by
contemporary Canadian composers will be performed. Placement
in ensemble is by audition and/or interview. This course is open to
all music majors and other Kwantlen students. Members of the
community may participate on a non-credit basis.
Prerequisites: Ensemble placement according to instrumentation by audition
and/or interview in consultation with performance faculty at the discretion of the
conductor of each ensemble.
The Kwantlen Wind Ensemble rehearses and performs wind
ensemble repertoire from the 16th century to the present as well as
some orchestral transcriptions, marches, musicals, and much more.
Contemporary works by Canadian composers will be included.
Placement in ensemble is by audition and/or interview. This
course is open to all music majors and other Kwantlen students.
Members of the community may participate on a non-credit basis.
Prerequisites: Ensemble placement according to instrumentation by audition
and/or interview in consultation with performance faculty at the discretion of the
conductor of each ensemble.
The Kwantlen Chorus will rehearse and perform works for large
and small ensembles from the 16th century to the present in the
Western Classical tradition, as well as works from the folk, jazz,
popular and musical theatre idioms with emphasis on Canadian
choral compositions. This course is open to all music majors and
other Kwantlen students. Members of the community who wish to
gain experience in choral singing and vocal development may
participate on a non-credit basis. Entrance is by interview and/or
audition.
Prerequisites: Placement according to voice type by interview
This course is designed to provide the music student with
information about the many aspects of business involved in a
successful musical endeavour including programming, advertising,
audience development, marketing, sponsorship, union
involvement, rehearsing and performance. Recording, copyright
law, teaching and other topics will be presented. Guest speakers
from the music community as well as government and union
representatives will share their knowledge with the students.
Prerequisites: Acceptance into Cert. Dip. Program, or permission of instructor
Students will work one-on-one with an instructor (vocal or
instrumental) on the interpretation and performance of repertoire,
and on technical and sight reading requirements.
Students will continue to develop a full knowledge of the harmonic
and melodic capabilities of the guitar fretboard. They will
undertake advanced level studies in fretboard harmony, scales,
arpeggios, and modes, and will cultivate music reading skills in
upper positions.
Note: For students whose first instrument is guitar.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1133 or permission of the instructor
Students will study late Baroque and Classical diatonic harmony
through writing and analysis. They will examine the function of all
diatonic triads in choral and keyboard styles. They will also look at
musical form (period, binary, rounded binary, ternary) and
combine their knowledge of harmony and form in the
composition of a short original work.
This course is a continuation of the skill development begun in
MUSI 1151 to develop aural musicianship. Solfege (moveable doh)
and hand signs, including chromatic alterations will be taught. Bass
lines, and common harmonic patterns from the Classical period
will be covered. Skill development in part-work, improvisation, and
conducting will be continued.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1151 or permission of instructor
The following course is reading and writing intensive.
MUSI 1253 cr-3
History of Music I
This course is an historical and stylistic investigation of European
music and musical life from Greek antiquity to circa 1600. Selected
problems in the fields of theory, notation, and performance
practices will also be addressed. Emphasis is placed on developing
aural skills by listening to representative works.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1153, or permission of instructor.
Students will continue to develop basic keyboard skills by
furthering their study of keyboard harmony (chord progressions
and harmonization) and develop their ability to harmonize
melodies using simple accompaniment patterns. They will
continue to improve their skills in sight-reading and transposition.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1154 or by audition and/or interview
Corequisites: MUSI 1250, or permission of instructor
Students will work one-on-one with an instructor (vocal or
instrumental) on the interpretation and performance of repertoire,
and on technical and sight reading requirements.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1155 or permission of the department head.
Students will work one-on-one with an instructor (vocal or
instrumental) on the interpretation and performance of assigned
repertoire, and on technical and sight reading requirements. They
will participate in master classes as required by the instructor.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1156 or (1157 with successful audition)
Students will work one-on-one with an instructor (vocal or
instrumental) on the interpretation and performance of repertoire,
and on technical and sight reading requirements.
Prerequisites: MUSI 11571165 with successful audition)
This course will focus on the analysis of the piano solo and
chamber music repertoire of the Classical period of music. Piano
performance majors will be required to perform.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1158 or permission of instructor
Students will work one-on-one with an instructor (vocal or
instrumental) on the interpretation and performance of repertoire,
and on technical and sight reading requirements.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1165
MUSI 1266 cr-2
Diploma Chamber Ensemble II
This second level Chamber Ensemble course will be in seven
sections: orchestral strings; guitar; wind and brass; piano;
percussion; jazz-vocal; jazz-instrumental. Students will form
chamber ensembles according to instrumentation and ability. The
groups will be formed each semester in consultation with faculty.
Each group will receive coaching by performance faculty and will
perform in master classes and recital. Placement in ensembles is by
audition and/or interview.
Kwantlen Strings rehearses and performs a wide variety of
repertoire from the 16th century to the present, including music
from the Pre-Baroque, Baroque, Rococo, Classical, Romantic, and
20th Century repertoire. Works by composers such as Gabrieli,
Corelli, Geminiani, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Brahms,
Tchaikovsky, Barber, and Vaughan Williams, as well as works by
contemporary Canadian composers, will be performed. In this
second-level ensemble, placement is by audition and/or interview.
Kwantlen Wind Ensemble rehearses and performs wind ensemble
repertoire from the 16th Century to the present as well as some
orchestral transcriptions, marches, musicals, and much more.
Contemporary works by Canadian composers will be included. In
this second-level ensemble, placement is by audition and/or
interview.
In this second level course, the Kwantlen Chorus will rehearse and
perform works for large and small ensembles from the 16th
century to the present in the Western Classical tradition, as well as
works from the folk, jazz, popular and musical theatre idioms with
emphasis on Canadian choral compositions.
Students will study advanced diatonic harmony and begin the study
of chromaticism. They will cover seventh chords, sequences, modal
borrowing, secondary dominant chords, and modulation. They will
also examine the form of inventions and fugues.
This course is a continuation of the skill development in MUSI
1251 to develop aural musicianship. Figured bass and common
harmonic patterns from polyphonic (Baroque) music will be
covered. Skill development in part-work, improvisation, and
conducting will be continued.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1251 or permission of instructor
The following course is reading and writing intensive.
MUSI 2353 cr-3
History of Music II
This course is an historical and stylistic investigation of European
music and musical life from circa 1600 to the end of the 18th
century, i.e. from the beginning of Baroque styles in chamber,
theatre, and church music, to the culmination of the Classical
period in the works of Haydn and Mozart. Selected problems in
the field of performance practices will also be addressed. Emphasis
is placed on developing aural skills by listening to representative
works.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1253 or permission of instructor
Students will begin to develop a higher level of keyboard skills by
furthering their study of keyboard harmony (chord progressions
and harmonization) and by developing their ability to harmonize
melodies using simple accompaniment patterns. They will
continue to improve their reading skills (sight-reading and
transposition.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1254 or by audition and/or interview
Corequisites: MUSI 2350, or permission of instructor
Students will work one-on-one with an instructor (vocal or
instrumental) on the interpretation and performance of repertoire,
and on technical and sight reading requirements.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1255 or permission of department chair.
Students will work one-on-one with an instructor (vocal or
instrumental) on the interpretation and performance of assigned
repertoire, and on technical and sight reading requirements. They
will participate in master classes as required by the instructor.
Prerequisites: MUSI 12561257 with successful audition)
Students will work one-on-one with an instructor (vocal or
instrumental) on the interpretation and performance of repertoire,
and on technical and sight reading requirements.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1257 or (1265 with successful audition)
This course will focus on the analysis of the piano solo and
chamber music repertoire of the Romantic period of music. Piano
performance majors will be required to perform.
Prerequisites: MUSI 1258, or permission of instructor
This course will concentrate on the study of the basic phonetics
and principles of lyric diction of Italian, Latin, and German as used
in concert and operatic repertoire.
Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Diploma Program with a Major in Vocal
Performance or permission of instructor.
Students will work one-on-one with an instructor (vocal or
instrumental) on the interpretation and performance of repertoire,
and on technical and sight reading requirements.
This third level Chamber Ensemble course will be in seven
sections: orchestral strings; guitar; wind and brass; piano;
percussion; jazz-vocal; jazz-instrumental. Students will form
chamber ensembles according to instrumentation and ability. The
groups will be formed each semester in consultation with faculty.
Each group will receive coaching by performance faculty and will
perform in master classes and recital. Placement in ensembles is by
audition and/or interview.
Kwantlen Strings rehearses and performs a wide variety of
repertoire from the 16th century to the present, including music
from the Pre-Baroque, Baroque, Rococo, Classical, Romantic and
20th century repertoire. Works by composers such as Gabrieli,
Corelli, Geminiani, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Brahms,
Tchaikovsky, Barber, and Vaughan Williams, as well as works by
contemporary Canadian composers, will be performed. In this
third-level ensemble, placement is by audition and/or interview.
Kwantlen Wind Ensemble rehearses and performs wind ensemble
repertoire from the 16th century to the present as well as some
orchestral transcriptions, marches, musicals and much more.
Contemporary works by Canadian composers will be included. In
this third level ensemble, placement is by audition and/or
interview.
In this third level course, the Kwantlen Chorus will rehearse and
perform works for large and small ensembles from the 16th century
to the present in the Western Classical tradition, as well as works
from the folk, jazz, popular and musical theatre idioms with
emphasis on Canadian choral compositions.
Students will study advanced chromatic harmony, including
Neapolitan chords, augmented sixth chords, added dissonance
chords, and remote modulations. They will also examine sonata
form and text/music relationships in art songs.
This course is a continuation of the skill development in MUSI
2351 to develop aural musicianship. Common harmonic patterns
from music of the 19th century (Romantic period) will be covered.
The whole-tone and acoustic scales and selected compositions of
the 20th century will be taught. Skill development in part-work,
improvisation, and conducting will be continued.
Prerequisites: MUSI 2351 or permission of instructor
Corequisites: For Diploma in Music: MUSI 2450 and 2454
The following course is reading and writing intensive.
MUSI 2453 cr-3
History of Music III
This course is an historical and stylistic investigation of the musical
system of Europe and the Americas from circa 1800 to 1990, i.e.,
from the time of Beethoven to recent developments, including
electronic and computer applications. Emphasis is placed on
developing aural skills by listening to representative works.
Prerequisites: MUSI 2353, or permission of instructor
Students will continue to develop higher level keyboard skills by
furthering their study of keyboard harmony (chord progressions
and harmonization) and developing their ability to harmonize
melodies using simple accompaniment patterns. They will
continue to improve their reading skills (sight-reading and
transposition).
Prerequisites: MUSI 2354 or by audition and/or interview
Corequisites: MUSI 2450, or permission of instructor
Students will work one-on-one with an instructor (vocal or
instrumental) on the interpretation and performance of repertoire,
and on technical and sight reading requirements.
Prerequisites: MUSI 2355 or permission of department head.
Students will work one-on-one with an instructor (vocal or
instrumental) in the interpretation and performance of assigned
repertoire, and on technical and sight reading requirements. They
will participate in master classes as required by the instructor.
Prerequisites: MUSI 2356 or (2357 with successful audition)
Students will work one-on-one with an instructor (vocal or
instrumental) in the interpretation and performance of repertoire,
and on technical and sight reading requirements.
Prerequisites: MUSI 23572365 with successful audition)
This course will focus on the analysis of the piano solo and
chamber music repertoire and of the varied styles of the 20th
Century. Piano performance majors will be required to perform.
Required for Diploma in Music with a major in performance on piano.
Prerequisites: MUSI 2358, or permission of instructor
This course will concentrate on the study of the basic phonetics
and principles of lyric diction of French, Spanish and English as
used in concert and operatic repertoire.
Prerequisites: MUSI 2359 or permission of instructor.
Students will work one-on-one with an instructor (vocal or
instrumental) on the interpretation and performance of repertoire,
and on technical and sight reading requirements.
Prerequisites: MUSI 2365
MUSI 2466 cr-2
Diploma Chamber Ensemble IV
This fourth level Chamber Ensemble course will be in seven
sections: orchestral strings; guitar; wind and brass; piano;
percussion; jazz-vocal; jazz-instrumental. Students will form
chamber ensembles according to instrumentation and ability. The
groups will be formed each semester in consultation with faculty.
Each group will receive coaching by performance faculty and will
perform in master classes and recital. Placement in ensembles is by
audition and/or interview.
Kwantlen Strings rehearses and performs a wide variety of
repertoire from the 16th century to the present, including music
from the Pre-Baroque, Baroque, Rococo, Classical, Romantic and
20th century repertoire. Works by composers such as Gabrieli,
Corelli, Geminiani, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Brahms,
Tchaikovsky, Barber, and Vaughan Williams, as well as works by
contemporary Canadian composers, will be performed. In this
fourth-level ensemble, placement is by audition and/or interview.
Kwantlen Wind Ensemble rehearses and performs wind ensemble
repertoire from the 16th century to the present as well as some
orchestral transcriptions, marches, musicals and much more.
Contemporary works by Canadian composers will be included. In
this fourth level ensemble, placement is by audition and/or
interview.
In this fourth level course, the Kwantlen Chorus will rehearse and
perform works for large and small ensembles from the 16th
century to the present in the Western Classical tradition, as well as
works from the folk, jazz, popular and musical theatre idioms with
emphasis on Canadian choral compositions.
