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Undergraduate
Program
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Director
of Undergraduate Studies
Assistant
Professor J. Martin Daughtry
Undergraduate
students in the department study,
create, and perform music in an environment that combines the benefits
of a well-rounded liberal arts education with the resources of a major
research university.
Resources
Our students have a wealth of resources
available for their research, performance, and creative work. The Shorin
Music Performance Center offers a large number of rehearsal and
practice rooms and the Department has its own intimate, loft-like
performance space that serves as a recording studio and as a venue for
recitals and concerts. Two cutting-edge technology labs - The Washington Square Computer Music Studio
and the Media Lab - provide digital resources for composition and
research. Professional sound recording and video equipment is available
for check-out. The Department hosts the Washington
Square Contemporary
Music Society, the Collegium Musicum, and the Washington Square
Harp
and Shamrock Orchestra, the only Irish music ensemble in any
university
in the U.S. Our students can also join ensembles sponsored by the Steinhardt School of
Education, such as the NYU Symphony Orchestra. The Department's
greatest asset, however, is its location in the heart of New York City,
one of the world's great cultural centers. Many of our courses are
structured around live performances at venues ranging from the city's
top concert halls to its most obscure performance spaces. We also
encourage students to take advantage of our location by pursuing
internships with NYC-based recording companies, music magazines, or
major performing arts organizations.
The
Undergraduate Program
Students pursuing a major or minor in music gain proficiency in
theory, history, criticism, and interpretation of music traditions
throughout the world. At the same time, our students develop skills in
analysis, critical thinking, composition, and writing that are valuable
across disciplines. As a result, the major and minor in music
constitute excellent preparation for graduate study in music and
related fields in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; for
careers in music, media, and culture industries; or for any occupation
demanding clear and original thinking, command of the written word,
analytical skills, and creativity.
In addition to a curriculum designed for majors and minors, we offer a
wide range of innovative courses - in historical musicology,
ethnomusicology, popular music, music theory, composition, historical
performance, jazz, and the emerging field of sound studies - that are
addressed to the general student. Recent and upcoming undergraduate
courses include:
- Harmony and Counterpoint (4
semesters)
- History of European Music (4
semesters)
- Popular Music in Latin/o American
and the Caribbean
- Music, War and Memory
- Twelve Masterworks of 20th century
Music
- Principles of Composition:
Electroacoustic Music
- Advanced Seminar in Jazz Studies
- Introduction to Celtic Music
- The Art of Listening: From Bach to
Bjork on the Streets of New York
- Global Hip Hop and the Politics of
Culture
- Musical 'Complexities'/Theoretical
Perplexity
- Anthropology of Improvisation
- Alternate Canons: The Black Rock
Coalition
- Native American Music and Poetics
- Spectral Music: A Chord or and
Attitude?
- The Operas of Gilbert &
Sullivan
- Soundscapes of Contemporary War
- Brazilian Music and Globalization
- Music, Sound and Technology
- Music in the Post-9/11 World
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