MUSI 471 - Performance Literature

(3 hours) Prerequisites: Successful completion of MUSI 371, MUSI 372, or permission of instructor. Student must be enrolled at the 400 level of Studio lessons when taking this course. This course will provide undergraduate performance students an overview of performance literature in their area of study in order to enhance and refine the knowledge and skills acquired at the undergraduate level. Through discussion of historical and performance contexts, in-class presentations and additional performance-based assignments, students will examine and become familiar with solo repertoire through eras of Western non-Western music from antiquity through the modern era. Required for Bachelor of Arts in Performance degree students. (course extensions reflect program of study; i.e. -30 Piano, –32 Voice, –XX Instrumental. This course cannot be challenged.