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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
| 42701R | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 17 of 20 | Juan Pablo Contreras-Palomar | UUCB3 | |   |
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 B.M. majors.
| 42708D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 9 of 25 | Mark Weiser | 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.
Sight-singing, dictation, related keyboard application.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 132a
- Note: Register for one lecture & lab listed immediately following that lecture
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 inAural Skills required.
Practical understanding and perception of music coupled with the ability to follow a score and understand the work in relation to dance.
| 42795D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:50pm | Monday | 20 of 25 | Bryan Kostors | KDC104 | PDF (207266 KB) | |
Introduction to the composition of concert music. Includes set exercises, free composition, study of selected compositions. Intended for qualified students not majoring in composition. Not available for degree credit to composition majors.
| 42798D | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Monday | Canceled | Chris Roze | | | |
Continuation of MUCO 132ab.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 232a
- Note: Register for one lecture & lab listed immediately following that lecture
Studies in tonal counterpoint; two-, three-, and four-part counterpoint in 18th century style; polyphonic variations, inventions.
| 42870D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Wednesday | 10 of 18 | Mark Weiser | MUS303 | | |
Introduction to the principles of instrumentation; ranges, techniques, timbres, transpositions of orchestral instruments; beginning exercises in orchestration.
| 42875D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Monday | 6 of 15 | Neal Desby | MUS102B | | |
Review of materials covered in Theory I and II. For students whose entrance examination in music theory indicates the need for further study.
| 42910D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Thursday | 11 of 15 | Morten Lauridsen | MUS102B | | |
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
| 42916D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 5 of 25 | 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.
| 42920D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 13 of 20 | Neal Desby | MUS102B | | |
Individual instruction in composition; preparation for the senior recital.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 337A
- Note: Register for lecture and lab.
| 42943D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 9 of 9 | Donald Crockett | MUS308 | |  |
| 42944D | 001 | Lab | 11:00-12:20pm | Friday | 9 of 9 | Donald Crockett | BMH100 | | |
Range, techniques, timbre, transposition of orchestralinstruments; exercises in orchestration. Not available for credit to theory and composition majors. Recommended preparation: MUCO 233b
| 42950D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 13 of 20 | Mark Weiser | MUS303 | | |
Review of materials covered in elementary orchestration; for students whose entrance examination in orchestration indicates a need for further study.
| 42955D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 8 of 12 | Neal Desby | BMH200 | | |
Special problems in music theory.
| 42997D | 001 | 2.0 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | 8 of 14 | Frank Ticheli | MUS204 | | |
Selected analytical topics.
| 43000D | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Wednesday | 14 of 20 | Brian Head | MUS102B | | |
Arranging and composing for chorus.
| 43035D | 001 | 2.0 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Thursday | 5 of 10 | Morten Lauridsen | MUS102B | | |
Individual research and readings. Not avaliable for graduate credit.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
| 43055D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 10 | Donald Crockett | MUS308 | | |
Survey of common practice period (1650-1900) approaches to phrase design, tonal organization and type-forms (binary, ternary, rondo, sonata.)
| 43065D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:50pm | Wednesday | 8 of 20 | Mark Weiser | MUS303 | | |
Introductory survey of 20th/21st century approaches to the organization of pitch (serial, modal, extended tonal, etc.), rhythm, texture and form.
| 43070D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Monday | 18 of 19 | Chris Roze | MUS303 | | |
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
| 43079D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 9 of 25 | Mark Weiser | MUS308 | | |
Application of the Schenkerian methods to individual movements and short pieces.
| 43097D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Monday | 9 of 15 | Bob Moore | MUS319 | | |
Continuation of Orchestration III with emphasis on contemporary techniques.
| 43105D | 001 | 2.0 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tuesday | 7 of 15 | Sean Friar | MUS102B | | |
For graduates with evidence of preparation for advanced work.
- Note: This course also has the per unit individual instruction fee attached.
| 43109D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 9 of 15 | Donald Crockett | MUS308 | | |
Post-modernism of reaction, post-modernism of resistance, mannerist minimalism, anti-modernism.
| 43115D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Monday | 6 of 15 | Bob Moore | MUS319 | | |
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: Topic: Genre in Contemporary Music
| 43132D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Thursday | 26 of 26 | Sean Friar | MUS303 | | |
Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
| 43136D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 30 | Donald Crockett | MUS308 | | |
Seminar for graduate students in composition that addresses aesthetic, technical and analytical issues from a composer's perspective. Open only to theory and composition majors.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Composition, Music (Music Theory)
- Note: Topic: Writer and Composer
| 43139D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tuesday | 7 of 8 | Frank Ticheli | MUS102B | | |
Continuation of MUCO 537. For students holding the M.M. degree in composition.
- Note: This course also has the per unit individual instruction fee attached.
| 43170D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 4 of 10 | Donald Crockett | MUS308 | | |
Continuation of MUCO 637.
- Prerequisite: (MUCO 536 and MUCO 637)
- Note: This course also has the per unit individual instruction fee attached.
| 43175D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 10 | Donald Crockett | MUS308 | | |
Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
| 43185D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 2 of 30 | Donald Crockett | MUS308 | | |
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
| 43190D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 30 | Donald Crockett | MUS308 | | |
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 794A
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
| 43192D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 30 | Donald Crockett | MUS308 | | |
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 794B
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
| 43194D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 30 | Donald Crockett | MUS308 | | |
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 794C
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
| 43196D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 30 | Donald Crockett | MUS308 | | |
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: MUCO 794D
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
| 43198D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 30 | Donald Crockett | MUS308 | | |