Course Listing
*Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are not counted toward the requirement of no fewer than 18 credits in advanced courses for majors in the conservatory.
§Independent work means not less than three additional hours each week of conference, research, independent reading, and writing as assigned by the instructor. The student's grade is determined in part by the successful completion of this independent work.
Courses Music 3700 through 3781 may be taken for credit each term the student is enrolled.
In 2010, the college transitioned to a new course numbering system in preparation for the migration to the CUNYfirst platform. Old course numbers - if available - are provided in the parenthesis after the "/" symbol.
- Music: Its Language, History, and Culture (MUSC 1300)
- Fundamentals of Music (MUSC *1400 / MUS 1.4)
- African American Music (MUSC 2101 / MUS 10.1)
- Music of the United States (MUSC 2102 / MUS 10.2)
- Music in New York City (MUSC 2103 / MUS 10.3)
- History of Jazz (MUSC 2104 / MUS 10.4)
- Opera (MUSC 2105 / MUS 10.5)
- Popular Music and Technology (MUSC 2106 / MUS 10.6)
- Performing America: Nation, Identity, and the Arts (MUSC 2107)
- Special Topics (MUSC 2109 / MUS 10.9)
- American Music Practice (MUSC 2791)
- Music in Global America (MUSC 3101)
- Introductory Studies in Musicianship: Ear Training I (MUSC 3211 / MUS 21.1)
- Eighteenth-Century Studies: Ear Training II (MUSC 3212 / MUS 21.2)
- Nineteenth-Century Studies: Ear Training III (MUSC 3213 / MUS 21.3)
- Twentieth-Century Studies: Ear Training IV (MUSC 3214 / MUS 21.4)
- Keyboard workshop I (MUSC 3221 / MUS 22.1)
- Keyboard Workshop II (MUSC 3222 / MUS 22.2)
- Keyboard Workshop III (MUSC 3223 / MUS 22.3)
- Keyboard Workshop IV (MUSC 3224 / MUS 22.4)
- Advanced Keyboard Workshop 1 (MUSC 3225)
- Advanced Keyboard Workshop 2 (MUSC 3226)
- New Music Seminar (MUSC 3227)
- Theory I: Eighteenth-Century Studies (MUSC 3235)
- Theory II: Nineteenth-Century Studies (MUSC 3236)
- Theory III: Modern and Contemporary Studies (MUSC 3237)
- Music History and Score Analysis I: Ancient Music through 1750 (MUSC 3241W)
- Music History and Score Analysis II: Late 18th and 19th Century (MUSC 3242 / MUS 24.2)
- Music History and Score Analysis III: Twentieth-Century to the Present (MUSC 3243 / MUS 24.3)
- Music History and Score Analysis I: Introductory Studies (MUSC 3247 / MUS 11.1)
- Music History and Score Analysis I: Introductory Studies (MUSC 3249W / MUS 11.1W)
- Composition I (MUSC 3251 / MUS 25.1)
- Composition II (MUSC 3252 / MUS 25.2)
- Composition III (MUSC 3253 / MUS 25.3)
- Composition IV (MUSC 3254 / MUS 25.4)
- Composition V (MUSC 3255 / MUS 25.5)
- Composition VI (MUSC 3256 / MUS 25.6)
- Introduction to Music Technology (MUSC 3260)
- Electroacoustic Music I (MUSC 3261 / MUS 26.1)
- Electroacoustic Music II (MUSC 3262 / MUS 26.2)
- Building Electronic Music Instruments (MUSC 3263)
- Introduction to Music Computing (MUSC 3264)
- Orchestration (MUSC 3315 / MUS 31.5)
- Techniques for Recording Music (MUSC 3322 / MUS 32.2)
- Advanced Audio Recording and Engineering Techniques (MUSC 3323)
- Introduction to Acoustics and Psychoacoustics (MUSC 3325)
- The Mechanism and Maintenance of the Piano (MUSC 3335 / MUS 33.5)
- Conducting I (MUSC 3350 / MUS 35)
- Conducting and Rehearsal Techniques (MUSC 3352 / MUS 35.2)
- Special Topics (MUSC 3491 / MUS 49.1)
- Special Topics (MUSC 3492 / MUS 49.2)
- Special Topics (MUSC 3493 / MUS 49.3)
- Piano Repertory Class (MUSC 3671 / MUS 67.1)
- String Repertory Class (MUSC 3672 / MUS 67.2)
- Studio Class (MUSC 3675)
- Practicum in Lyric Diction for Singers (MUSC 3676)
- Accompanying at the Keyboard I (MUSC 3681 / MUS 68.1)
- Accompanying at the Keyboard II (MUSC 3682 / MUS 68.2)
- Opera Workshop (MUSC 3700 / MUS 70)
- Techniques in Performance for Singers (MUSC 3701)
- Symphonic Choir (MUSC 3710 / MUS 71)
- Conservatory Singers (MUSC 3711 / MUS 71.1)
- Glee Club (MUSC 3712)
- Vocal Repertory Practicum for Oratorio and Opera (MUSC 3713)
- Percussion Ensemble (MUSC 3720 / MUS 72)
- Collegium Musicum (MUSC 3730 / MUS 73)
- Chamber Music (MUSC 3740 / MUS 74)
- Contemporary Music Ensemble (MUSC 3741 / MUS 74.1)
- Brass Ensemble (MUSC 3742 / MUS 74.2)
- Woodwind Chamber Music (MUSC 3743 / MUS 74.3)
- Electroacoustic Music Ensemble (MUSC 3744)
- Guitar Ensemble (MUSC 3745)
- Orchestra (MUSC 3750 / MUS 75)
- String Orchestra (MUSC 3751 / MUS 75.1)
- Wind Ensemble (MUSC 3760 / MUS 76)
- Ensemble in Non-Western Music (MUSC 3770 / MUS 77)
- Global Music Ensemble (MUSC 3771)
- Jazz Big Band (MUSC 3780 / MUS 78)
- Small Ensemble Jazz (MUSC 3781 / MUS 78.1)
- Performance I (MUSC 3791 / MUS 79.1)
- Performance II (MUSC 3792 / MUS 79.2)
- Performance III (MUSC 3793 / MUS 79.3)
- Performance IV (MUSC 3794 / MUS 79.4)
- Performance V (MUSC 3795 / MUS 79.5)
- Performance VI (MUSC 3796 / MUS 79.6)
- Advanced Ear Training (MUSC 4360 / MUS 36)
- American Music (MUSC 4430 / MUS 43)
- The Jazz Tradition I (MUSC 4431 / MUS 43.1)
- The Jazz Tradition II (MUSC 4432)
- History of Electronic Music (MUSC 4433)
- Disability in America (MUSC 4435)
- Music of the World's People (MUSC 4440 / MUS 44)
- Linear Analysis of Tonal Music (MUSC 4450 / MUS 45)
- Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint (MUSC 4455)
- Analysis of Twentieth-Century Music (MUSC 4460 / MUS 46)
- Advanced Musicianship: Jazz (MUSC 4470 / MUS 47)
- Music Technology Seminar I (MUSC 4870)
- Music Technology Seminar II (MUSC 4871)
- Capstone Seminar in American Music I (MUSC 4872)
- Capstone Seminar in American Music II (MUSC 4873)
- Music Entrepreneurship (MUSC 5540)
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Honors courses
- Advanced Performance I (MUSC 4841 / MUS 84.1)
- Advanced Performance II (MUSC 4842 / MUS 84.2)
- Advanced Composition I (MUSC 4861 / MUS 86.1)
- Advanced Composition II (MUSC 4862 / MUS 86.2)
- Advanced Conducting I (MUSC 4865 / MUS 86.5)
- Advanced Conducting II (MUSC 4866 / MUS 86.6)
- Independent Research in Music History I (MUSC 5831 / MUS 83.1)
- Independent Research in Music History II (MUSC 5832 / MUS 83.2)
- Independent Research in Music Education I (MUSC 5851 / MUS 85.1)
- Independent Research in Music Education II (MUSC 5852 / MUS 85.2)
- Independent Research in Non-Western Music I (MUSC 5871 / MUS 87.1)
- Music Internship (MUSC 5881 / MUS 88.1)
- Music Internship (MUSC 5882 / MUS 88.2)
- Music Internship (MUSC 5883 / MUS 88.3)
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Seminars
- Seminar in Advanced Analysis (MUSC 4900 / MUS 90)
- Seminar in Music History (MUSC 4910 / MUS 91)
- Seminar in Style Criticism (MUSC 4920 / MUS 92)
- Seminar in Contemporary Music (MUSC 4930 / MUS 93)
- Seminar in American Music (MUSC 4940 / MUS 94)
- Seminar in Jazz History (MUSC 4941 / MUS 94.1)
- Seminar in Performance Practice (MUSC 4950 / MUS 95)
- Philosophy of Music (MUSC 4960 / MUS 96)
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Music education
- Music Education Colloquium (MUSC 2510 / MUS 51)
- Introduction to Music Education (MUSC 2520 / MUS 52)
- Basic Concepts in Music Education (MUSC 2530)
- Teaching Music Concepts (MUSC 3570 / MUS 57)
- Music in the Elementary Schools (MUSC 3581 / MUS 58.1)
- Music in the Secondary Schools (MUSC 3582 / MUS 58.2)
- Music in Special Education (MUSC 3583 / MUS 58.3)
- The School Music Program: Choral, Instrumental, and General (MUSC 3590 / MUS 59)
- Voice Production (MUSC 3600 / MUS 60)
- String Class: Violin and Viola (MUSC 3611 / MUS 61.1)
- String Class: Violoncello and Bass Viol (MUSC 3621 / MUS 62.1)
- Woodwind Class (MUSC 3630 / MUS 63)
- Brass Class (MUSC 3640 / MUS 64)
- Percussion Class (MUSC 3650 / MUS 65)
- Fretted Instrument Workshop (MUSC 3661 / MUS 66.1)
