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Composition (MUCO)
- http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/programs/comp/
- D class assignments available in TMC200; phone (213) 740-4721.
- 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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42700R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-8:50am | Tue, Thu | 14 of 25 | Michael Lee | 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 BM majors.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42705D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 20 of 25 (3 on waitlist) | Veronika Krausas | MUS102B |
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 133b.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 133b
- Note: For Popular Music Majors ONLY
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42710D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 29 of 30 | Jonathan Patterson | TMCG128 |
Sight-singing, dictation, related keyboard application.
- Note: Each lecture is paired with a specific section of MUCO 133a. You MUST also register for one of the two labs associated with the lecture. Click the icon under Info to view the section numbers of the corresponding labs and MUCO 133a lecture.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42712D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 17 of 24 | Jeffrey Parola | MUS102B | ||
42713D | 001 | Lab | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 9 of 12 | Jeffrey Parola | MUS102B | ||
42714D | 001 | Lab | 1:00-1:50pm | Friday | 8 of 12 | Jeffrey Parola | MUS102B | ||
42716D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 20 of 25 | Chris Roze | MUS303 | ||
42717D | 001 | Lab | 8:00-8:50am | Friday | 9 of 13 | Chris Roze | MUS303 | ||
42718D | 001 | Lab | 9:00-9:50am | Friday | 11 of 12 | Chris Roze | MUS303 | ||
42720D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 18 of 24 | Isaac Schankler | MUS213 | ||
42721D | 001 | Lab | 8:00-8:50am | Friday | 7 of 12 | Isaac Schankler | MUS213 | ||
42722D | 001 | Lab | 9:00-9:50am | Friday | 11 of 12 | Isaac Schankler | MUS213 | ||
42724D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 18 of 24 | Sarah Gibson | MUS204 | ||
42725D | 001 | Lab | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 9 of 12 | Sarah Gibson | MUS204 | ||
42726D | 001 | Lab | 1:00-1:50pm | Friday | 9 of 12 | Sarah Gibson | MUS204 | ||
42728D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 19 of 24 | Laura Kramer | TMCG128 | ||
42729D | 001 | Lab | 8:00-8:50am | Friday | 8 of 12 | Laura Kramer | TMCG128 | ||
42730D | 001 | Lab | 9:00-9:50am | Friday | 11 of 12 | Laura Kramer | 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 in Aural Skills required.
- Note: Each lecture is paired with a specific section of MUCO 132a. Click the icon under Info to view the section numbers of the corresponding MUCO 132a lecture and labs.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42768D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 20 of 24 | Jeffrey Parola | MUS102B | ||
42769D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 19 of 24 | Isaac Schankler | MUS213 | ||
42770D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 18 of 24 | Sarah Gibson | MUS204 | ||
42771D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 16 of 24 | Chris Roze | MUS303 | ||
42772D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 18 of 24 | Laura Kramer | TMCG128 |
Beginning exercises in composition, study and class discussion of assigned scores and recordings.
- Note: Register for lecture and lab
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42789D | 001 | Lecture | 1:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 7 of 15 | Ted Hearne | MUS213 | ||
42790D | 001 | Lab | 11:00-12:20pm | Friday | 7 of 15 | Ted Hearne | BMH100 |
Introduction to the composition of concert music. Includes set exercises, free composition, study of selected compositions. Intended for interested, qualified students not majoring in composition. Not available for degree credit to composition majors. Recommended preparation: MUCO 130bx or MUCO 133b
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42796D | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Monday | 14 of 16 | Neal Desby | MUS213 |
Continuation of 132ab.
- Note: Register for lecture and one lab listed immediately following that lecture
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42801D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 22 of 26 | Chris Roze | MUS303 | ||
42802D | 001 | Lab | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 11 of 13 | Chris Roze | MUS213 | ||
42803D | 001 | Lab | 1:00-1:50pm | Friday | 11 of 13 | Chris Roze | MUS303 | ||
42805D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 23 of 26 | Mark Weiser | MUS204 | ||
42806D | 001 | Lab | 8:00-8:50am | Friday | 10 of 13 | Mark Weiser | MUS204 | ||
42807D | 001 | Lab | 9:00-9:50am | Friday | 13 of 13 | Mark Weiser | MUS204 | ||
42809D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | Canceled | Neal Desby | |||
42810D | 001 | Lab | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | Canceled | Neal Desby | |||
42811D | 001 | Lab | 1:00-1:50pm | Friday | Canceled | Neal Desby | |||
42813D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-8:50am | Mon, Wed | 12 of 14 | Jonathan Patterson | UUCB3 | ||
42814D | 001 | Lab | 10:00-10:50am | Friday | 6 of 7 | Jonathan Patterson | UUCB3 | ||
42815D | 001 | Lab | 1:00-1:50pm | Friday | 6 of 7 | Jonathan Patterson | UUCB3 | ||
42817D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 15 of 16 | Jonathan Patterson | UUCB3 | ||
42818D | 001 | Lab | 8:00-8:50am | Friday | 8 of 9 | Jonathan Patterson | UUCB3 | ||
42819D | 001 | Lab | 9:00-9:50am | Friday | 7 of 8 | Jonathan Patterson | UUCB3 |
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 133B
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42854D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 24 of 26 | Mark Weiser | MUS204 | ||
42855D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | Canceled | Neal Desby | |||
42856D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 23 of 26 | Chris Roze | MUS303 |
Smaller structural units, binary and ternary forms; rondo; variations.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 137b
- 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.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42880D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Thursday | 6 of 14 | Sean Friar | MUS303 | ||
TBA | Tuesday | MUS308 | |||||||
42881D | 001 | Lab | 11:00-12:20pm | Friday | 6 of 14 | Sean Friar | 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 | 5 of 10 | Mark Weiser | MUS308 |
Review of the materials covered in Aural Skills I, II, III. For students whose entrance examination in aural skills indicates the need for further study.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42920D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tuesday | 15 of 15 | Sarah Gibson | MUS102B | ||
42922D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 6 of 15 | Jeffrey Parola | MUS319 |
Continuation of 237; composition in larger forms.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 237b
- Note: This course is setup as a lecture course with i.i. The lecture portion will be taught on Wednesdays and the i.i. on Mondays 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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42940D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Wednesday | 5 of 8 | Frank Ticheli | MUS319 | ||
TBA | Monday | MUS308 | |||||||
42941D | 001 | Lab | 11:00-12:20pm | Friday | 5 of 8 | 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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42950D | 001 | Lecture | 1:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 14 of 20 | Neal Desby | UUCB3 | ||
42951D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 13 of 20 | Andrew Norman | MUS102B |
A structured collaboration between composers and artists outside of music to explore an interdisciplinary area in an environment of practical collaborative creation. Prerequisite: MUCO 133b.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 133b
- Note: Topic: Sound Art (class meets in Watt Hall 107)
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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42989D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Monday | 7 of 10 | Veronika Krausas | MUS308 |
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).
- 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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43040D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Wednesday | 20 of 20 | Jon Burlingame | TMCG150 | Word (44544 KB) |
Applied techniques in film music analysis and preparation for scoring.
- Note: SMPTV Only
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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43045D | 001 | Lecture | 7:00-8:50pm | Monday | 20 of 20 | Bruce Broughton | MUS102B |
Selected topics of current interest.
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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Introduction to Scoring Movies & Television | ||||||||||
43058D | 001 | 2.0 | Lecture | 1:00-2:50pm | Monday | 9 of 16 | Eric Schmidt | 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 | 5 of 10 | Mark Weiser | MUS308 |
Applying the techniques of music compositions, orchestration and conducting towards creating original dramatic scores for film and TV.
- Note: SMPTV Only
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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43081D | 001 | Lecture | 1:00-2:50pm | Tuesday | 20 of 20 | Eric Schmidt | TMCG150 |
Applying advanced state of the art technologies to the art of film music, including synthesizers, samplers, digital audio workstations and hard disk recording.
- Note: SMPTV Only
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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43088D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Friday | 20 of 20 | Patrick Kirst | 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 | 12:00-1:50pm | Monday | 14 of 19 | Bob Moore | MUS319 |
Applied techniques of music composition to video games. Includes conceptual and technical details which differentiate scoring for games.
- Note: SMPTV Only
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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43118D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Thursday | 20 of 20 | Garry Schyman | TMCG150 |
Private instruction in composition and conducting for film and television.
- Note: SMPTV Only
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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43120D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 22 of 22 | Jack Smalley, Eric Schmidt | TMC118 |
In-depth analysis of characteristic forms and genres of 20th century music or of other forms and genres that do not figure largely in the "common practice" tradition. Specific emphasis to be determined by the department. Recommended preparation: MUCO 501.
- Note: The 20th/21st Century Concerto
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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43132D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:50pm | Monday | 15 of 15 | Frank Ticheli | MUS102B |
Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded CR/NC.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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43143D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | Canceled | Donald Crockett | TBA |