Repertoire Classes

Courses

MURP 304: Excerpt and Viola Class

Credits 1
The Excerpt and Viola Class is a two-year course that helps viola students to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to play and teach orchestral excerpts and to prepare for orchestral auditions.

MURP 306: Repertoire Class: Organ Practicum

Credits 1

A two-year course cycle that in the first year covers keyboard skills (transposition, score reading, arranging piano reductions for the organ, etc.), improvisation, and all fundamentals of service playing (hymns, accompanying, etc.). The second year includes a semester of study each in organ history/design and organ pedagogy.

MURP 321: Repertoire Coaching for Singers: Russian and Czech

Credits 1
Vocal Repertoire addresses multiple aspects of musical performance, such as presentation, interpretation, diction, musical line, style and other components of a complete musical performance. Vocal Repertoire is a performance-centric class. Additionally, we will examine the performance tradition of the repertoire presented, concentrating on style and diction.

MURP 322: Repertoire Coaching for Singers: French

Credits 1
Vocal Repertoire addresses multiple aspects of musical performance, such as presentation, interpretation, diction, musical line, style and other components of a complete musical performance. Vocal Repertoire is a performance-centric class. Additionally, we will examine the performance tradition of the repertoire presented, concentrating on style and diction.

MURP 323: Repertoire Coaching for Singers: German

Credits 1
Vocal Repertoire addresses multiple aspects of musical performance, such as presentation, interpretation, diction, musical line, style and other components of a complete musical performance. Vocal Repertoire is a performance-centric class. Additionally, we will examine the performance tradition of the repertoire presented, concentrating on style and diction.

MURP 324: Repertoire Coaching for Singers: Mozart and the Classical Period

Credits 1
Vocal Repertoire addresses multiple aspects of musical performance, such as presentation, interpretation, diction, musical line, style and other components of a complete musical performance. Vocal Repertoire is a performance-centric class. Additionally, we will examine the performance tradition of the repertoire presented, concentrating on style and diction.

MURP 325: Repertoire Coaching for Singers: Oratorio

Credits 1
Vocal Repertoire addresses multiple aspects of musical performance, such as presentation, interpretation, diction, musical line, style and other components of a complete musical performance. Vocal Repertoire is a performance-centric class. Additionally, we will examine the performance tradition of the repertoire presented, concentrating on style and diction.

MURP 371: Sacred Choral Repertoire I

Credits 1
A survey of shorter, anthem-length choral repertoire from the 16th Century to the present, including reading, listening and planning music for special occasions.

MURP 372: Sacred Choral Repertoire II

Credits 1
A survey of major sacred choral works from the Baroque to the present (i.e., Bach Passions, the B-minor Mass, Requiems of Mozart, Berlioz, Verdi, Brahms and others).

MURP 404: Excerpt and Viola Class

Credits 1
The Excerpt and Viola Class is a two-year course that helps viola students to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to play and teach orchestral excerpts and to prepare for orchestral auditions.

MURP 421: Repertoire Coaching for Singers: Russian and Czech

Credits 1
Vocal Repertoire addresses multiple aspects of musical performance, such as presentation, interpretation, diction, musical line, style and other components of a complete musical performance. Vocal Repertoire is a performance-centric class. Additionally, we will examine the performance tradition of the repertoire presented, concentrating on style and diction.

MURP 422: Repertoire Coaching for Singers: French

Credits 1
Vocal Repertoire addresses multiple aspects of musical performance, such as presentation, interpretation, diction, musical line, style and other components of a complete musical performance. Vocal Repertoire is a performance-centric class. Additionally, we will examine the performance tradition of the repertoire presented, concentrating on style and diction.

MURP 423: Repertoire Coaching for Singers: German

Credits 1
Vocal Repertoire addresses multiple aspects of musical performance, such as presentation, interpretation, diction, musical line, style and other components of a complete musical performance. Vocal Repertoire is a performance-centric class. Additionally, we will examine the performance tradition of the repertoire presented, concentrating on style and diction.

MURP 424: Repertoire Coaching for Singers: Mozart and the Classical Period

Credits 1
Vocal Repertoire addresses multiple aspects of musical performance, such as presentation, interpretation, diction, musical line, style and other components of a complete musical performance. Vocal Repertoire is a performance-centric class. Additionally, we will examine the performance tradition of the repertoire presented, concentrating on style and diction.

MURP 425: Repertoire Coaching for Singers: Oratorio

Credits 1
Vocal Repertoire addresses multiple aspects of musical performance, such as presentation, interpretation, diction, musical line, style and other components of a complete musical performance. Vocal Repertoire is a performance-centric class. Additionally, we will examine the performance tradition of the repertoire presented, concentrating on style and diction.

MURP 471: Sacred Choral Repertoire I

Credits 1
A survey of shorter, anthem-length choral repertoire from the 16th Century to the present, including reading, listening and planning music for special occasions.

MURP 472: Sacred Choral Repertoire II

Credits 1
A survey of major sacred choral works from the Baroque to the present (i.e., Bach Passions, the B-minor Mass, Requiems of Mozart, Berlioz, Verdi, Brahms and others).