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Composition (MUCO)
- http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/programs/comp/
- D class assignments available in TMC200; Phone: (213) 740-4721.
- Music courses change to "D" on the second week of classes and require departmental approval. Students accepted into a graduate program must take entrance examinations prior to their first registration. Any deficiencies revealed must be removed prior to completion of two semesters of course work. Transferring undergraduate students registering for the first time who have previous course work must take the appropriate examination for placement. Contact the Thornton School Office of Student Affairs for information. INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION - 1 unit has a $350 fee, and includes 7.5 hours of total instruction. 2 units has a $700 fee, and includes 15 hours of total instruction. Contact school for course level guide.
An introductory course in music theory required for those majors in need of remedial training, and available to the general student who wishes to develop music writing skills. Not available for credit to B.M. and B.A. music majors. Recommended preparation: ability to read music
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42700D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-8:50am | Tue, Thu | 11 of 20 | Laura Kramer | UUCB2 | ||
42701D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 15 of 20 | Laura Kramer | UUCB2 |
Introduction to music theory; scales, intervals, principles of common practice and popular music harmony; melodic, harmonic, and structural analysis; 20th-century developments. Not available for credit to B.M. majors.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 130a
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42708D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 18 of 25 | David Werfelmann | UUCB3 |
Study of harmony used in the popular music idiom, as well as diminished chord patterns, modulation techniques, basic modal theory, and principles of melodic construction.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 130B
- Note: For Popular Music Majors Only
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42711D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 26 of 28 | Karin Carson | TMCG128 |
Sight-singing, dictation, related keyboard application.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 132a
- Note: Register for one lecture and lab listed immediately following that lecture
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42740D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 15 of 20 | David Werfelmann | UUCB3 | ||
42741D | 001 | Lab | 8:00-8:50am | Friday | 7 of 10 | David Werfelmann | UUCB3 | ||
42742D | 001 | Lab | 9:00-9:50am | Friday | 8 of 10 | David Werfelmann | UUCB3 | ||
42744D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 14 of 20 | Jeffrey Parola | MUS102B | ||
42745D | 001 | Lab | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 6 of 10 | Jeffrey Parola | MUS102B | ||
42746D | 001 | Lab | 1:00-1:50pm | Friday | 8 of 10 | Jeffrey Parola | MUS102B | ||
42748D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 19 of 20 | Mark Weiser | MUS213 | ||
42749D | 001 | Lab | 8:00-8:50am | Friday | 9 of 10 | Mark Weiser | MUS213 | ||
42750D | 001 | Lab | 9:00-9:50am | Friday | 10 of 10 | Mark Weiser | MUS213 | ||
42752D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 21 of 21 | Veronika Krausas | MUS204 | ||
42753D | 001 | Lab | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 12 of 12 | Veronika Krausas | MUS204 | ||
42754D | 001 | Lab | 1:00-1:50pm | Friday | 9 of 10 | Veronika Krausas | MUS204 | ||
42756D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 16 of 20 | Sarah Gibson | TMCG128 | ||
42757D | 001 | Lab | 8:00-8:50am | Friday | 7 of 10 | Sarah Gibson | TMCG128 | ||
42758D | 001 | Lab | 9:00-9:50am | Friday | 9 of 10 | Sarah Gibson | TMCG128 |
a: Notation, scales, intervals; introduction to counterpoint;harmonic principles of the common practice period; analysis,written work. b: Continuation of 133a; elements of form;application of analysis to performance. Concurrent registration inAural Skills required.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 133a
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42776D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 15 of 20 | Morten Lauridsen | MUS102B | ||
42777D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 20 of 21 | Mark Weiser | MUS213 | ||
42778D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 23 of 23 | Veronika Krausas | MUS204 | ||
42779D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 19 of 20 | Jeffrey Parola | UUCB3 | ||
42780D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 18 of 21 | Sarah Gibson | TMCG128 |
Beginning exercises in composition, study and class discussion of assigned scores and recordings.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 137a
- Note: Register for lecture and lab
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42792D | 001 | Lecture | 1:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 5 of 14 | Donald Crockett | MUS213 | ||
42793D | 001 | Lab | 11:00-12:20pm | Friday | 5 of 14 | Donald Crockett | BMH100 |
Introduction to the composition of concert music. Includes set exercises, free composition, study of selected compositions. Intended for qualified students not majoring in composition. Not available for degree credit to composition majors.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 221A
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42798D | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Monday | 4 of 15 | Chris Roze | MUS213 |
Continuation of MUCO 132ab.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 232a
- Note: Register for one lecture and lab listed immediately following that lecture
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42828D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 13 of 20 | Chris Roze | UUCB3 | ||
42829D | 001 | Lab | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 6 of 8 | Chris Roze | UUCB3 | ||
42830D | 001 | Lab | 1:00-1:50pm | Friday | 7 of 8 | Chris Roze | UUCB3 | ||
42832D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 14 of 20 | Veronika Krausas | MUS204 | ||
42833D | 001 | Lab | 8:00-8:50am | Friday | 5 of 10 | Veronika Krausas | MUS204 | ||
42834D | 001 | Lab | 9:00-9:50am | Friday | 9 of 10 | Veronika Krausas | MUS204 | ||
42836D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 6 of 20 | Mark Weiser | MUS213 | ||
42837D | 001 | Lab | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 6 of 8 | Mark Weiser | MUS213 | ||
42838D | 001 | Lab | 1:00-1:50pm | Friday | Canceled | Mark Weiser | |||
42840D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-8:50am | Mon, Wed | 12 of 14 | Karin Carson | MUS303 | ||
42841D | 001 | Lab | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 5 of 7 | Karin Carson | UUCB2 | ||
42842D | 001 | Lab | 1:00-1:50pm | Friday | 7 of 7 | Karin Carson | MUS303 | ||
42844D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 14 of 14 | Karin Carson | MUS303 | ||
42845D | 001 | Lab | 8:00-8:50am | Friday | 5 of 7 | Karin Carson | MUS303 | ||
42846D | 001 | Lab | 9:00-9:50am | Friday | 9 of 10 | Karin Carson | MUS303 |
a: Analysis of representative pieces from the classic and romantic periods; exercises in composition. b: Survey of 20th century developments; composition utilizing 20th century techniques.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 233A
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42862D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 16 of 20 | Veronika Krausas | MUS204 | ||
42863D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 10 of 20 | Mark Weiser | MUS213 | ||
42864D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 14 of 20 | Chris Roze | MUS303 |
Introduction to the principles of instrumentation; ranges, techniques, timbres, transpositions of orchestral instruments; beginning exercises in orchestration.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 137B
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42875D | 001 | Lecture | 1:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 5 of 18 | Frederick Lesemann | MUS319 |
Smaller structural units, binary and ternary forms; rondo; variations.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 237a
- Note: This course is setup as a lecture course with i.i. The lecture portion will be taught on Tuesdays and the i.i. on Thursdays or other day pending instructor availability. Register for lecture and lab.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42883D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | 6 of 8 | Andrew Norman | MUS303 | ||
TBA | Thursday | MUS308 | |||||||
42884D | 001 | Lab | 11:00-12:20pm | Friday | 6 of 8 | Andrew Norman | BMH100 |
Individual instruction in composition for non-composition majors. Continuation of MUCO 221abx. Not open to B.M. in Composition majors.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 221b
- Restriction: Registration closed to the following major(s): Composition
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42916D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 4 of 25 | Veronika Krausas | MUS308 |
Continuation of MUCO 237; composition in larger forms.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 337a
- Note: This course is setup as a lecture course with i.i. The lecture portion will be taught on Thursdays and the i.i. on Tuesdays or other day pending instructor availability. Register for lecture and lab course.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42943D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Thursday | 12 of 12 | Frank Ticheli | MUS204 | ||
TBA | Tuesday | MUS308 | |||||||
42944D | 001 | Lab | 11:00-12:20pm | Friday | 11 of 12 | Frank Ticheli | BMH100 |
Range, techniques, timbre, transposition of orchestralinstruments; exercises in orchestration. Not available for credit to theory and composition majors. Recommended preparation: MUCO 233b
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42951D | 001 | Lecture | 1:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 20 | Neal Desby | UUCB2 |
A comprehensive survey of the craft of composing music for motion pictures and television, combining film music history and score analysis, geared specifically to composers. Open only to students in the Advanced Studies Certificate Program in Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television and the BM in Composition (Film Scoring).
- Prerequisite: MUCO 442A
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Composition (Film Scoring), Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television
- Note: SMPTV Only
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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43042D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Wednesday | 20 of 20 | Jon Burlingame | TMCG150 | Word (43008 KB) |
Applied techniques in film music analysis and preparation for scoring.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 443A
- Note: SMPTV Only
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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43047D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Wednesday | 20 of 20 | Bruce Broughton | TMCG150 |
Individual instruction in composition. Not open to graduate students in composition. Prerequisite: submission of portfolio of musical compositions.
- Restriction: Registration closed to the following major(s): Composition
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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43079D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 7 of 25 | Veronika Krausas | MUS308 |
Applying the techniques of music compositions, orchestration and conducting towards creating original dramatic scores for film and TV.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 522A
- Note: SMPTV Only
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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43083D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | 20 of 20 | Patrick Kirst | TMCG150 |
Appliying advanced state of the art technologies to the art of film music, including synthesizers, samplers, digital audio workstations and hard disk recording.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 523A
- Note: SMPTV Only
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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43090D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Thursday | 20 of 20 | Daniel Carlin | TMCG147 |
Anti-rationality and indeterminancy, ultra-rationality and integral serialism, new performance procedures, electronic music and new technologies, minimalism.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 502
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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43115D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Monday | 19 of 20 | Bob Moore | MUS319 |
Applied techniques of music composition to video games. Includes conceptual and technical details which differentiate scoring for games.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 540a
- Note: SMPTV Only
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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43119D | 001 | Lecture | 1:00-2:50pm | Friday | 20 of 20 | Garry Schyman | TMCG150 |
Structured collaboration among composers and poets. Activities include fundamentals of poetry, comparative analysis, creative projects. Open to Literature and Creative Writing and Composition majors only; students with other majors require departmental approval.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Literature and Creative Writing, Composition
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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43124D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tuesday | 8 of 12 | Frank Ticheli | MUS102B |
Analytical study of major composers and/or problems in post-tonal music. Emphasis to be determined by the department. Recommended preparation: MUCO 502.
- Note: The Music of Stravinsky
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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43135D | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Friday | 20 of 20 (1 on waitlist) | Stephen Hartke | MUS303 |
Seminar for graduate students in composition that addresses aesthetic, technical and analytical issues from a composer's perspective. Open only to theory and composition majors.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Composition, Music (Music Theory)
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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43141D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 1 | Donald Crockett | MUS308 |