MURP 101
Elementary Piano
A beginning piano course for students without formal piano study and those returning to piano study after an extended absence. Reading of musical notation, terms, and symbols; basic technique; basic keyboard theory; exploration of diverse repertoire. Does not satisfy requirements of any music major. 2 units per term, awarded only upon completion of three terms of study. Consent of instructor required to ensure proper placement. May be repeated for credit.
Units: 2.
Prerequisite: Credit awarded upon completion of three terms of study
MURP 151
Intermediate piano
Intermediate-level piano class for students who have completed MURP 101 or have reached a similar level of advancement. Does not satisfy requirements of any music major. Placement determined by audition (two pieces in contrasting styles, at least the level of the Bach Minuets or the easiest Schumann pieces from
Album for the Young); consent of instructor required to ensure proper placement. May be repeated for credit.
Units: 2.
Prerequisite: MURP 101
MURP 171
Balinese Gamelan Music
Open to all students. Gamelan is a type of traditional percussion and wind ensemble from Indonesia. This course offers study and performance of Balinese classical instrumental pieces, dance accompaniment, and contemporary works. May be repeated for credit.
Units: 1.
MURP 191
Directed Study in Music Repertoire and Performance Studies
Directed study follows a syllabus set primarily by the instructor to meet the needs or interests of an individual student or small group of students. The main goal of directed study is knowledge or skill acquisition, not research or creative work.
Units: 1 TO 98.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required
MURP 195
Internship in Music Repertoire and Performance Studies
An experience-based project in music developed in consultation with a designated supervisor and a conservatory faculty member, comprising a work component and an academic component. The academic component of the internship, carried out under the supervision of the faculty member, may include readings related to the substance of the internship, discussions with the faculty member, and a written report or other culminating project appropriate to the discipline.
Units: 1 TO 98.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required
MURP 201
Basic Keyboard Skills I
Sight-reading, keyboard harmony, transposition, improvisation, technique, and selected repertoire. Students must demonstrate proficiency at each level before advancing to the next level. Completion of MURP 203 or demonstrated equivalent required of all Bachelor of Music degree candidates and Bachelor of Arts degree candidates with a major in music. Audition for placement required. 1 unit per term.
Note: Required in the freshman year of all Bachelor of Music degree students whose performance area is not a keyboard instrument. BKS grades are factored into grade-point averages, but credit does not apply toward requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree. BKS must be completed successfully by the end of the sophomore year. (Music majors and minors are registered for BKS until the requirement has been completed.) Students who do not complete requirements in four terms of study are charged a fee of $75 in each successive term until all requirements are met.
Units: 1.
MURP 202
Basic Keyboard Skills II
Sight-reading, keyboard harmony, transposition, improvisation, technique, and selected repertoire. Students must demonstrate proficiency at each level before advancing to the next level. Completion of MURP 203 or demonstrated equivalent required of all Bachelor of Music degree candidates and Bachelor of Arts degree candidates with a major in music. Audition for placement required. 1 unit per term.
Note: Required in the freshman year of all Bachelor of Music degree students whose performance area is not a keyboard instrument. BKS grades are factored into grade-point averages, but credit does not apply toward requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree. BKS must be completed successfully by the end of the sophomore year. (Music majors and minors are registered for BKS until the requirement has been completed.) Students who do not complete requirements in four terms of study are charged a fee of $75 in each successive term until all requirements are met.
Units: 1.
MURP 203
Basic Keyboard Skills III
Sight-reading, keyboard harmony, transposition, improvisation, technique, and selected repertoire. Students must demonstrate proficiency at each level before advancing to the next level. Completion of MURP 203 or demonstrated equivalent required of all Bachelor of Music degree candidates and Bachelor of Arts degree candidates with a major in music. Audition for placement required. 1 unit per term.
Note: Required in the freshman year of all Bachelor of Music degree students whose performance area is not a keyboard instrument. BKS grades are factored into grade-point averages, but credit does not apply toward requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree. BKS must be completed successfully by the end of the sophomore year. (Music majors and minors are registered for BKS until the requirement has been completed.) Students who do not complete requirements in four terms of study are charged a fee of $75 in each successive term until all requirements are met.
Units: 1.
MURP 211
Keyboard Skills for Music Educators I
Upper-level keyboard proficiency course for students enrolling in a music education emphasis that includes general music.
Units: 1.
Prerequisite: MURP 203 or equivalent
MURP 212
Keyboard Skills for Music Educators II
Upper-level keyboard proficiency course for students enrolling in a music education emphasis that includes general music.
Units: 1.
Prerequisite: MURP 211
MURP 220
Contemporary Dance
Study of contemporary dance technique. Suitable for beginning through intermediate dancers. We will investigate flexibility, coordination, efficiency, articulation, strength, different ways to learn and perform movement, and even some of the physics behind our ability to move in space. Studio work will be informed by outside reading, writing, and video-viewing. Assignments will vary by student and term. May be repeated for credit.
Units: 6.
Also listed as Theatre Arts 241
MURP 221
Topics in Choreography
An exploration of the multidisciplinary art of choreography. Each topic will be a distinct approach to and perspective on composing dances.
Topic for Winter 2013: Forms and Generative Constructs
The art of choreography is truly interdisciplinary; encompassing not only movement composition but also directing, design, and musicality. Beginning with the fundamental principles of movement composition, this class will expand to consider generative tools and constructs used by contemporary choreographers. Reading, video viewing, and discussion will feed our creation of practical choreographic studies. The class will culminate in a final showing of work.
Topic for Spring 2013: Dance and the Camera
An Exploration of Digital Technology in Dance Performance. A hands-on study of digital media’s many iterations within the creation and performance of contemporary dance. We will experiment creatively with a range of situations and techniques, while also examining some of the history and theory of dance’s relationship to the camera. Assignments will include video projects, reading, writing, and video viewing.
Units: 6.
Also listed as Theatre Arts 361
MURP 222
Topics in Dance Studies
Examination and analysis of the history and theory of dance. Each topic will explore distinct and specific historical periods and theoretical ideas.
Topic for Fall 2012: Great Moments in ChoreographyAn interdisciplinary examination of select choreographic works in Western dance history from Romantic Ballet to Post-Modern Dance. Assignments will include reading, writing, and video-viewing. No previous dance experience required.
Units: 6.
Also listed as Theatre Arts 216
MURP 225
Ballet Technique
An exploration of ballet technique using the traditional framework of the ballet class as well as through historical reading, writing, video-viewing, and discussion. Suitable for students at the advanced-beginner level and above. Assignments will vary by student and term. May be repeated for credit.
Units: 6.
Also listed as Theatre Arts 245
MURP 235
Bow Technique for String Players
Students will acquire intellectual and physical understanding of the bow and bowing techniques, including baroque techniques, through observation, technical analysis, and performance practice.
Units: 3.
MURP 271
Introduction to Vocal Studies
An overview of classical singing, including anatomy and physiology of the voice, basic vocal acoustics, voice health, and an introduction to historical singing terminology.
Units: 1.
Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in voice lessons
MURP 272
English Singing Diction
An introduction to English singing diction, including identification of problematic American regionalisms and basic elements of English poetics. The International Phonetic Alphabet is learned as a tool for work in this and subsequent singing diction classes.
Units: 1.
Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in voice lessons
MURP 273
Italian and Latin Singing Diction
An introduction to Italian singing diction with special attention given to sounds problematic for English speakers. Brief study of the pronunciation of ecclesiastical Latin.
Units: 1.
Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in voice lessons
MURP 274
German Singing Diction
An introduction to German singing diction, with special attention to sounds problematic for English speakers. Expressive use of the language in Lied interpretation begun.
Units: 1.
Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in voice lessons
MURP 275
French Singing Diction
An introduction to French singing diction, with special attention to sounds problematic for English speakers. Expressive use of the language, using appropriate mélodie texts, begun.
Units: 1.
Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in voice lessons
MURP 276
Recitative
An introduction to the performance practices of the pre-Romantic recitative, emphasizing the secco style. Critical listening to a variety of recorded examples and individualized selection, preparation, and coaching of appropriate examples of Baroque and Classic recitatives.
Units: 1.
Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in voice lessons
MURP 301
Functional Skills for Keyboard Majors I
Development of functional keyboard skills. Sight-reading, score-reading, transposition, keyboard harmony, playing by ear, improvisation, and conducting from the keyboard. FKS grades are factored into grade-point averages, but credit does not apply toward requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree.
Units: 1.
MURP 302
Functional Skills for Keyboard Majors II
Development of functional keyboard skills. Sight-reading, score-reading, transposition, keyboard harmony, playing by ear, improvisation, and conducting from the keyboard. FKS grades are factored into grade-point averages, but credit does not apply toward requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree.
Units: 1.
MURP 315
Fretboard Harmony for the Classical Guitarist
Study of intervals, chord construction, and voice leading, using exercises and examples from the standard guitar repertoire. Includes sight-reading, realizing figured bass and harmonizing melodies.
Units: 1.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
MURP 317
History and Literature of the Guitar
A study of the guitar and its music from 1500 to present. This course examines the physical evolution of the instrument and surveys the important performers and composers for the guitar and other plucked instruments. Includes readings, listening, analysis, performance, transcription and written assignments.
Units: 1.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
MURP 330
Orchestral Literature for Strings
The course prepares string players for the unique challenges of life in a professional symphony orchestra and will complement work done in university ensembles and private instrumental instruction. Students will learn specific techniques through multiple performance opportunities, class discussion, readings and assigned listening.
Units: 3.
MURP 390
Tutorial Studies in Music Repertoire and Performance
Units: 1 TO 98.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
MURP 391
Directed Study in Music Repertoire and Performance Studies
Directed study follows a syllabus set primarily by the instructor to meet the needs or interests of an individual student or small group of students. The main goal of directed study is knowledge or skill acquisition, not research or creative work.
Units: 1 TO 98.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required
MURP 395
Internship in Music Repertoire and Performance Studies
An experience-based project in music developed in consultation with a designated supervisor and a conservatory faculty member, comprising a work component and an academic component. The academic component of the internship, carried out under the supervision of the faculty member, may include readings related to the substance of the internship, discussions with the faculty member, and a written report or other culminating project appropriate to the discipline.
Units: 1 TO 98.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required
MURP 399
Independent Study in Music Repertoire and Performance
Students considering an honors project should register for independent study for one or more terms.
Units: 1 TO 98.
MURP 405
Senegalese Music
This course is part of the Lawrence Francophone Seminar in which students study in French-speaking West Africa for ten weeks.
Units: 3.
Prerequisite: Must be attending the LU Francophone Seminar
Also listed as French 404
MURP 420
Piano Accompaniment: Vocal
Vocal accompanying for the advanced pianist, including art song, opera recitative, and aria. Performances required of all participants.
Units: 3.
MURP 425
Piano Accompaniment: Instrumental
Instrumental accompanying for the advanced pianist, including duo sonatas and concerto orchestral reductions. Performances required of all participants.
Units: 3.
MURP 451
Literature of the Piano I
A two-term historical survey of the repertoire from 1600 to the present, with consideration of performance practice and broader historical context. Lectures, readings, listening, analysis, performance, and written assignments.
Units: 6.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
MURP 452
Literature of the Piano II
A two-term historical survey of the repertoire from 1600 to the present, with consideration of performance practice and broader historical context. Lectures, readings, listening, analysis, performance, and written assignments.
Units: 6.
Prerequisite: MUPR 451
MURP 455
Vocal Literature
An introductory survey of the history and literature of the solo singer from antiquity to the present.
Units: 3.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor
MURP 465
Woodwind Chamber Music Literature
A general survey of woodwind chamber music ensembles and music from the classical period to the current day, concentrating on the wind quintet, but also including other ensembles that feature at least one woodwind instrument.
Units: 1.
Prerequisite: Junior standing
MURP 480
Advanced Conducting
Intended to give students more experience with score study, rehearsal techniques and conducting vocabulary through weekly podium time and class discussion. Advanced Conducting will continue the topics covered in Conducting Principles. Basic knowledge of beat patterns and gestural vocabulary will be assumed and students will explore conducting in the orchestral, band, choral and mixed media.
Units: 6.
Prerequisite: MUEP 380
MURP 590
Tutorial Studies in Music Repertoire and Performance
Units: 1 TO 98.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
MURP 591
Directed Study in Music Repertoire and Performance Studies
Directed study follows a syllabus set primarily by the instructor to meet the needs or interests of an individual student or small group of students. The main goal of directed study is knowledge or skill acquisition, not research or creative work.
Units: 1 TO 98.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required
MURP 595
Internship in Music Repertoire and Performance Studies
An experience-based project in music developed in consultation with a designated supervisor and a conservatory faculty member, comprising a work component and an academic component. The academic component of the internship, carried out under the supervision of the faculty member, may include readings related to the substance of the internship, discussions with the faculty member, and a written report or other culminating project appropriate to the discipline.
Units: 1 TO 98.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required
MURP 599
Independent Study in Music Repertoire and Performance
Students considering an honors project should register for independent study for one or more terms.
Units: 1 TO 98.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
MURP 690
Tutorial Studies in Music Repertoire and Performance
Units: 1 TO 98.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
MURP 691
Directed Study in Music Repertoire and Performance Studies
Directed study follows a syllabus set primarily by the instructor to meet the needs or interests of an individual student or small group of students. The main goal of directed study is knowledge or skill acquisition, not research or creative work.
Units: 1 TO 98.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required
MURP 695
Internship in Music Repertoire and Performance Studies
An experience-based project in music developed in consultation with a designated supervisor and a conservatory faculty member, comprising a work component and an academic component. The academic component of the internship, carried out under the supervision of the faculty member, may include readings related to the substance of the internship, discussions with the faculty member, and a written report or other culminating project appropriate to the discipline.
Units: 1 TO 98.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required
MURP 699
Independent Study in Music Repertoire and Performance
Students considering an honors project should register for independent study for one or more terms.
Units: 1 TO 98.
Prerequisite: Counter Registration Required.
