Review of the history of Western music from 1750 to the present for entering graduate students who are deficient or wish to review their content knowledge.

Large choral ensemble available to university and regional singers without audition.

A mixed chorus of 60-90 singers open to all university students without audition. Public performances of a variety of music are given each semester. Three rehearsals per week.

Preparation and performance of opera scenes and full operas. Membership open to students as singers, pianists, and technical personnel. Roles assigned by audition. Two rehearsals per week plus private coaching. (PR: Audition with Director)

Advanced, auditioned choral ensemble open to all university students. Repertoire performed locally and on tour includes great chamber literature of the past five centuries. Three rehearsals per week. (PR: Audition with Director)

The Marshall Orchestra is open to all university students, faculty, and interested musicians in the community with permission of the instructor. Concerts are presented each semester. (PR: Audition with Director)

This course will survey native musics of Africa, Asia, and the Americas as an aspect of culture. No formal background in music is required, as students will learn techniques for listening and articulating responses to music.

Experiences in Orff-Schulwerk include poetry, rhymes, games, songs and dances in teaching music. Singing, movement, and instrument playing and the spoken word are the primary learning tools.

Advanced study of methods and materials for jazz curriculum. Ensemble organization, rehearsal and conducting techniques. Selection of literature and equipment. Organization and presentation of public performances.

Advanced study of structural forms used in jazz. Detailed analysis of extended forms. Techniques for solo transcriptions. Harmonic practices in specific styles. In-depth study of significant jazz composers, performers, genres.

Music production techniques for a variety of genres using a digital audio workstation.

A community/university ensemble modeled after the British-style brass band.

Review of undergraduate music theory for entering graduate students who are deficient or wish to review music theory skills. Pre: Graduate standing or POI.

Study and perform a wide variety of musical styles for multiple pianists on 1-5 pianos. (PR: Instructor Audition)

A survey of the literature for guitar from c. 1400 to the twentieth century.

A survey of guitar pedagogy literature, and a practicum in teaching classical guitar.

Cello students will rehearse and perform works from the major literature for cello ensemble.

An ensemble for guitar majors and qualified guitar elective students; focus on sight reading skills, ensemble accuracy and position playing.

Performs a wide variety of musical styles from full choir to quartets, trios, etc. (PR: Audition)

Chamber ensemble experience for string players.

Chamber ensemble experience for woodwind players.

An ensemble dedicated to performing a wide variety of musical styles on instruments in the percussion family.

Chamber ensemble experience for brass players.

Study and performance of traditional and progressive jazz repertoire in a big band ensemble. Open to all university students by audition. (PR: Audition with Director)

Ensemble improvisation from duet to tentet. Emphasis on music sightreading, recognition and application of chord/scale relationships in a performance setting. Ensemble playing skills. May be repeated for credit.

The Marshall University Symphonic Band rehearses twice a week and presents two concerts each semester. Symphonic Band performs a varied repertoire of music from wind band staples to contemporary works.

The Marching Thunder rehearses three times a week and performs a varied selection of music every home game as well as exhibitions around the country.

A select, auditioned group of wind and percussion players who study and perform original and transcribed works for wind orchestra and works for small mixed chamber ensembles. (PR: Audition)

The Marshall University Sixth Man Band performs at all home men's and women's basketball games. The band provides music to enhance the overall game experience for players and fans.

Performance of contemporary music in various media.

Specialized practical training in aspects of performance production, preparation, and execution. May be repeated once. may be taken four times.

Ensemble devoted to the performance fo traditional African drumming and dance.

Performing/marching/uniformed ensemble devoted to the music of the American Revolution and Chief Justice John Marshall. Instruments featured include fifes and drums. (PR: Permission or Audition Required)

Ensemble devoted to the performance of Irish Ceili and dance music.

A survey of orchestra literature beginning with the 16th century; the Mannheim composers, Viennese classics, the Romantists, the national schools, and late European, South American and American developments.

A survey of major works originally written for wind band, major transcriptions, and works in all grade levels for school bands.

A survey ofkeyboard literature from the 14th to the 20th century. Emphasis is on stylistic developments and formal procedures.

A survey of chamber music literature from the Baroque Era to the 20th century. Analysis of form emphasized in the study of string quartet trio, quintet, and various other combinations.

The song literature of Western Europe and America, also including contemporary material from other countries; interpretation, song study, program building, languages, and interpretation of accompaniments. For singers and accompanists.

A comprehensive study of the forms and styles of Choral Composition from Renaissance to present day.

A survey of instructional and performance literature for solo brass instruments and brass ensembles.

A survey of instructional and performance literature for solo violin, viola, cello, bass, guitar, and string ensembles.

A survey of instructional and performance literature for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and/or saxophone in both solo and ensemble settings.

A survey of instructional and performance literature for solo brass instruments and brass ensembles.

Basic concepts of music education and their application to problems of music teaching, supervision and administration.

Vibrational stimuli, resultant reactions, and factors involved in development of musical skills, as well as measures of aptitude and achievement.

Detailed investigation of problems and/or projects in the student's area of specialization.

Methods and materials for teaching music appreciation. Required of all graduate assistants teaching MUS 142 Music Appreciation. May be repeated for credit.

The marching band. The marching and musical problems which are encountered in training and operating a band for football games and other events involving marching and playing.

Survey of recent developments in public school curricula and their effect on music offerings. Preparation of course and curricular content.

Specialized study of advanced concepts and current problems in music education.

A study of the techniques of singing and their application to private and class voice instruction. Emphasis placed upon diagnosis of problems, and teaching under supervision.

An analytical survey of developments in piano techniques and pedagogical procedures with open discussions on various facets of piano teaching.

Problems of the instrumental teacher at all levels; practical work in the techniques of handling beginning classes and ensembles of all types.

A practicum approach to problems of choral techniques and materials with special emphasis placed upon high school and junior high school levels.

A practical approach to techniques and materials in elementary music examining a variety of learning modalities.

Introduction to music research with emphasis on investigative methods and applications, procedures, and bibliography. Concentration on expository writing style and format.

Identification of structural principles and compositional idioms characteristic of historical eras and representative composers from the Ars Antiqua to the present day.

Advanced study in literature, conducting techniques, score preparation and analysis, interpretation, rehearsal planning and execution for the choral ensemble. May be repeated for credit three times.

Advanced study in literature, conducting techniques, score preparation and analysis, interpretation, rehearsal planning and execution for the instrumental ensemble. May be repeated for credit three times.

Advanced skills, techniques, and performance practices for jazz improvisation. Continued study of bebop, post-bebop, extended forms, contemporary, and non-Western styles and improvisation techniques. Transcription and performance of representative literature.

Analytical and writing techniques of 19th and 20th music.

An intensive study of contrapuntal techniques, styles, and forms through composition and analysis.

Techniques of choral composition and arranging with emphasis on the mixed choir. Arrangements and original works sung by choral groups and conducted by students.

A study of the scoring for modern concert and marching bands , the transcription of works for other media as well as original works; analysis of band literature, harmonic and formal.

Scoring compositions from other media for modern orchestras of various sizes.

Comprehensive techniques and analysis of jazz masterworks applied to composing and arranging in various instrumental and vocal jazz styles. Techniques of orchestration and composition for both large and small ensembles.

Ancient Greek musical theory, Gregorian chant and its outgrowths, secular monophony, sacred and secular polyphony and its development through the fourteenth century.

The historical and sylistic study of music of the Renaissance, ca 1400 to ca 1600.

The historical and stylistic study of music of the Baroque Era, ca 1600 to ca 1750.

The historical and stylistic study of music of the Classical Era, ca 1720 to ca. 1820.

The historical and stylistic study of music of the Classical Era, ca 1800 to ca. 1900

Musical developments since Wagner: Debussy, Stravinsky, Mahler, Strauss, Schoenberg, Bartok and their contemporaries . Developments in electronic and aleotoric music, and new notations.

Students will prepare and perform music from a selected style period using editorial methods and research as appropriate to the chosen period. May be repeated for credit.

Comprehensive study of the development of jazz and related forms from its inception to recent trends. Relationships between aesthetic, technological, and social changes and their effects. Study of historic recordings.

An intensive exploration of technological resources specific to music education and instruction on effective strategies for implementation in a classroom setting.

A comprehensive survey of available materials in singing, reading, listening, rhythm, and creating program of school music for the elementary grades; use of such materials in the methodology of teaching.

Ways of using creative activity in the music program, methods of presenting creative song writing, rhythms, instrument construction, instrumental expressing, dramatization, program building.

Exploration of problems and solutions related to various methodologies in music.