Music

PROFESSOR

William M. Skoog. 2009. Chair. B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College; M.A., University of Denver; D.A., University of Northern Colorado. (Director of Choral Activities, Conducting, Voice.)

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Thomas E. Bryant. 1987. B.M., M.M., University of Georgia; D.M., Northwestern University. (Piano, accompanying, music literature.)
Courtenay L. Harter. 2000. B.F.A., Carnegie Mellon University; M.M., Northwestern University; Ph.D., University of Connecticut. (Music Theory, Oboe/ English Horn, Chamber Music.)

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

John B. Bass, III. B.M., University of Southern Mississippi; M.M., Ph.D., University of Memphis. (Guitar, Jazz Ensemble, Music History and Literature.)
Carole Choate Blankenship. 1990. B.A., Rhodes College; M.M., D.M.A., University of Memphis. (Voice, Music Theory, Music Literature.)
Joseph Montelione. 2008. B.M., State University of New York at Fredonia; M.A., George Mason University; D.M.A., University of Southern California. (Orchestra, Conducting, Trumpet, Jazz.)
Vanessa L. Rogers. 2010. B.M.E., Illinois Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Southern California, Los Angeles. (Musicology, Music History and Literature.)

ADJUNCT INSTRUCTORS

Laurence Albert. B.M., Morehouse College (Voice.)
Mike Assad. B.M., University of Kentucky; M.M., University of Memphis (Percussion, World Drum Ensemble.)
Sara Chiego.B.M., University of Memphis; M.M., Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Memphis Symphony Orchestra. (Double Bass.)
Jenny Compton. A.S.C.M. diploma, N.S.W. Conservatorium of Music. (Flute, Flute Ensemble.)
James A. Cornfoot. B.A., Rhodes College; M.M., University of North Carolina- Greensboro. (Choral, Music Literature)
Andrew Drannon. B.A. Rhodes College, M.M. University of Memphis. (Collaborative Pianist, Music Technology)
Rena Feller. B.M., Oberlin College Conservatory of Music; M.M., The Juilliard School. Memphis Symphony Orchestra. (Clarinet.)
Sandra Franks.B.M., University of Mississippi; M.M., Louisiana State University; D.M.A., University of Mississippi. (Voice.)
Robert Gilbert. B.M., Indiana University. (French Horn.)
Susanna Perry Gilmore. B.M. Oxford University; M.M. New England Conservatory; Concertmaster of Memphis Symphony Orchestra. (Violin)
James O. Harr. B.A., Rhodes College; M.M., Washington University, St. Louis. (Voice)
Mona B. Kreitner. B.M., Mansfield University; M.M., Eastman School of Music; Ph.D., University of Memphis. (Voice, Rhodes Womenís Chorus, Music History and Literature.)
David T. Lay. B.M., Lambuth University. (Guitar, Contemporary Music Ensemble.)
Gina Neupert. B.M., Indiana University; M.M., University of Southern California. (Harp.)
Brian Ray. B.M., University of Tennessee at Martin; M.M., University of Memphis. D.M.A., University of Memphis. (Piano, Department Collaborative Pianist.)
Jennifer Rhodes. B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M., D.M.A., The Juilliard School. Memphis Symphony Orchestra. (Bassoon.)
John Ross. B.M., Northern Illinois University; M.M., Illinois State University. (Guitar, Guitar Ensemble.)
Jane Gerard-Schranze. B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M., New England Conservatory. (Viola, Violin.)
Debra H. Smith. B.M., Mississippi College; M.M., University of Memphis. (Piano, Organ, Music Literature and Theory.)
Gerald Stephens. BFA Commercial Music/Recording Technology, University of Memphis.
Kate Stimson. B.A., Hollins College; M.M, University of Memphis. (Piano.)
Mark Vail. B.M., University of North Texas. Memphis Symphony Orchestra. (Trombone, Low Brass.)
Yukiko Whitehead. B.M., University of Tennessee; M.M., D.M.A., University of Memphis; Yamaha Music Foundation Suzuki Piano Teachers Certificate, Suzuki Association of America. (Piano.)
Carl R. Wolfe. U.S. Navy Chief Musician (ret.); U.S. Armed Forces School of Music. Memphis Jazz Orchestra. (Saxophone.)
Wen-Yih You. Diploma, National Academy of Arts, Taiwan; M.M., Mannes College of Music. Memphis Symphony Orchestra. (Violin, String Quartet.)
Iren Zombor. B.A., Franz Liszt Conservatory of Music, Hungary; M.A., University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Memphis Symphony Orchestra. (Cello, String Quartet.)

STAFF

Amy Wilson. Administrative Assistant. B.B.A., University of Memphis, M.M., University of Memphis.
Liz Daggett. Coordinator, Center for Outreach in the Development of the Arts. B.A., University of Memphis; M.F.A., University of North Texas.
Kristin Lensch. Part-time Accompanist.
Dennis Holland. Piano Technician.

REQUIREMENTS FOR A MAJOR IN MUSIC

A total of fifty-six (56) credits as follows:

1. Three Music Theory Courses (12 credits)
   Music 204, 205, 206
2. Three Music History & Literature courses (12 credits)
   a. Two from the survey sequence: Music 227, 228, 229
   b. One F9 elective from Music 117, 118, 119, or selected 105 sections.
3. Two 4-credit Music electives, not including Music 101. (8 credits) Courses from Music 160-199 do not fulfill this requirement.
4. Performance (16 credits)
   a. Music 160-178 (8 credits in the principal instrument: 1 credit per semester for 8 semesters, including Departmental convocation and concert attendance.)
   b. Music 190-194: 8 credits in departmentally approved ensembles; A limited number of small ensemble credits (Musc 195-198) may be substituted for large ensemble credits with departmental approval
5. Senior Experience (8 credits)
   a. Music 415, 485.

Students must demonstrate proficiency in the principal instrument before being allowed to pursue the major beyond the sophomore year.

Students must fulfill a recital attendance and Music Convocation requirement each semester, as designated by the Music Department faculty.

Final performance examinations will be taken with other Music majors and Music minors.

Once declared, Music majors will have the Applied Music fees waived for up to eight (8) credits of their principal applied instrument. Music majors taking more than eight (8) credits of Applied Music and lessons taken prior to declaration of the major will be charged the applied fee for those credits.

REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN MUSIC

A total of twenty-eight (28) credits as follows:

1. Two of the following Music Theory courses (8 credits) as determined by placement
   a. Music 103 and 204
   b. Music 204 and 205
   c. Music 205 and 206
2. One of the Music History and Literature survey courses (4 credits)
   a. from Music 227, 228, 229
3. Performance (8 credits)
   a. Music 160-178 (4 credits, including Departmental convocation and concert attendance.)
   b.Music 190-194: 4 credits in departmentally approved ensembles. A limited number of small ensemble credits (Musc 195-198) may be substituted for large ensemble credits with departmental approval.
4. Two 4-credit Music electives, including Music 101 and 151. (8 credits)
   Courses from Music 160-199 do not fulfill this requirement Students must demonstrate proficiency in the principal instrument before being allowed to pursue the minor beyond the sophomore year. Final performance examinations will be taken with other Music Majors and Music Minors.

Students must fulfill a recital attendance requirement each semester, as designated by the Music Department faculty.

Once declared, Music minors will have the Applied Music fees waived for up to four (4) credits of their principal applied instrument. Music minors taking more than four (4) credits of Applied Music and lessons taken prior to declaration of the minor will be charged the applied fee for those credits.

HONORS IN MUSIC

1. Fulfillment of the requirements for a major in music.
2. Intensive work in at least one of the following areas: music history, music theory, performance, conducting, or composition.
3. A substantial in-depth thesis or creative project in one or more of the areas studied.

COURSE OFFERINGS

MUSIC THEORY

A music theory placement test is given by the department to determine a student’s skill level. Any student demonstrating the appropriate degree of proficiency may start the theory sequence with either Music 204 or 205. Students may, alternatively, fulfill this prerequisite by taking Music 103 before beginning the theory sequence. Music majors and minors who encounter a closed music course in the registration process should contact the instructor to be admitted.

101. Music: A Sound Experience.
Fall, Spring. Credits: 4.
Degree Requirements: F5.
This course is designed to increase knowledge of the history and traditions of Western art music. A primary goal of the course is to develop greater skill in active listening. While the focus of the course is the European classical tradition from 1600 to the present, discussions will also include early music, American traditions, and excursions into world music, to provide a greater appreciation of the larger musical world. This course is for students who are not music majors or minors.

103. Elements of Music.
Spring. Credits: 4.
Degree Requirements: F5.
This course is designed for the student who is curious about how music is organized, as well as for the beginner who needs some extra work in fundamental topics. Through written, aural, and keyboard skills, students gain knowledge of pitch notation, rhythm and meter, scales, intervals, chords, simple harmonic progressions, and cadences.

105. Topics in Music.
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4.
Degree Requirements: F5 (some sections), F9 (some sections).
Topics courses are designed to focus on special interest topics such as Women in Music, Music of Africa, Sacred Music Traditions, and Understanding Jazz Language.

117. Music Cultures of the World.
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4.
Degree Requirements: F5, F9.
This course serves as an introduction to the variety of music genres found in cultures around the world outside the Western art music tradition. Students will be introduced not only to different musical styles, but also to their aesthetic foundations, relation to social and cultural contexts, historical developments, and cross-cultural interactions and influences.

118. African-American Music.
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4.
Degree Requirements: F5, F9.
This course is a survey of African American musical traditions from colonial times to the present. Students will examine the development of these styles, paying particular attention to the way in which they fused cultures from around the globe. The influence of the music in the United States and around the world will also be studied.

119. The Music of Latin America.
Fall. Credits: 4.
Degree Requirements: F5, F9.
This course is a survey of the variety of indigenous, folk, and art music of Latin America. Emphasis is on the sound of the music and on the cultural and social contexts of various cultures and the historical development of music in Latin America from the colonial period to the present.

151. First Year Writing Seminar: Twentieth Century American Music and Politics.
Credits: 4.
Degree Requirements: F2s, F5.
This course will focus on the development of critical thinking and writing skills through the study of the American political culture and its affect on the music, composers, and entertainers of the twentieth century. Students will be expected to express their own views both about the music being studied and the larger question of the role of music and art in democratic society.

204. Theory I.
Fall. Credits: 4.
Degree Requirements: F5.
This course develops written, aural, and keyboard skills as applied to commonpractice musical traditions. Beginning with a review of music fundamentals, topics include diatonic harmony and functions, voice-leading guidelines, phrase structure, and introductions to musical style and species counterpoint.
Prerequisites: Music 103 or satisfactory score on music theory placement test.

205. Theory II.
Spring. Credits: 4.
This course further develops written, aural, and keyboard skills as applied to common-practice musical traditions. As a continuation of Music 204, topics include diatonic harmony and functions, an introduction to chromatic harmony, and small formal designs.
Prerequisites:Music 204 or satisfactory score on music theory placement test.

206. Theory III.
Fall. Credits: 4.
This is an advanced course in written, aural, and keyboard skills as applied to common-practice musical traditions. As a continuation of Music 205, topics include chromatic harmony, extended tertian harmony, larger formal designs, and nineteenth-century genres.
Prerequisites: Music 205.

210. Music Composition.
Fall. Credits: 4.
This is a beginning course designed for students with little or no prior study in composition. The course presents fundamental resources and techniques essential to the entry-level student, as well as skills applicable to those with some amount of musical experience.
Prerequisites: Music 103 or approval of the instructor.

211. Advanced Composition.
Spring. Credits: 4.
This course is designed for the intermediate to advanced musician. Covering form, structure, and techniques of development this course will develop a solid foundation for those interested in composing music.

222. Music Technology.
Fall. Credits: 4.
This course is designed an introduction to both utilitarian and creative concepts, which will assist students in developing practical and artistic applications in music technology. The course will develop a solid foundation for those wishing to use technology to enhance their musical understanding.
Prerequisites: None

227. European Musical Heritage I.
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4.
Degree Requirements: F3.
This course traces the development of Western musical style from the time of its earliest written records to 1750. This development will be placed in dialogue with materials from social and intellectual history, literature, and other arts.
Prerequisites: None

228. European Musical Heritage II.
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4.
Degree Requirements: F3.
This course traces the development of Western musical style from 1750 to 1900. This development will be placed in dialogue with materials from social and intellectual history, literature, and other arts.
Prerequisites: None

229. European Musical Heritage III.
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4.
Degree Requirements: F3.
This course traces the development of Western musical style from 1900 to today. This development will be placed in dialogue with materials from social and intellectual history, literature, and other arts..
Prerequisites: None

305. Advanced Topics in Music..
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4.
Content of the course varies with instructor. Selected topics may include Form & Analysis, Advanced Analysis, Advanced Musicianship, Music Theory Pedagogy, Introduction to Musicology, among others. This course may be repeated for credit as long as topics covered are different.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.

306. Mathematical Music Analysis: Post-Tonal Theory.
Spring. Credits: 4.
This course examines analytical and compositional techniques through a survey of twentieth- and twenty-first-century repertoire. Topics include, but are not limited to, modulo 12, pitch centricity, symmetry, set theory, combinatorics, inversional and transpositional equivalence, and serialism.
Prerequisites:MUSC 206 or permission of the instructor.

415. Conducting.
Spring. Credits: 4.
This course serves as an introduction to the fundamental skills of conducting. This includes a basic introduction to reading, studying, and communicating a score to an ensemble.
Prerequisites:Music major, minor or permission of instructor.

460. Internship.
Fall, Spring. Credits: 1-4.
Degree Requirements: F11.
The internship program provides an experiential approach to the learning process and affords music students the opportunity to work in regional music organizations for academic credit (Memphis Opera, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Church music programs, Memphis Playhouse, and the like). Internship placements are designed to complement learning goals and career plans by allowing the student to apply theoretical principles and skills learned in the traditional classroom. Placements are arranged by the Director of Career Services and work schedules are arranged by the student and on-site supervisor(s). Typically students work on specific projects related to their career interest and compatible with the goals and interests of the sponsoring organization. Other requirements of the internship include submission of a resume and application, interview with the on-site supervisor, participation in classroom seminars which focus on long-term career planning and job search skills, completion of written self-assessment assignments, and the like. Internships are available to secondsemester junior and senior music majors with possible availability to majors from other departments. Arrangements for internships are made the semester prior to the actual experience. Under special circumstances, the number of credit hours may vary from 1-4, but under no circumstances will more than 8 credits be allowed to count toward the credits required for graduation.
Prerequisites:Courses appropriate to the specific internship experience.

485. Senior Seminar.
Fall. Credits: 4.
This seminar forms the senior capstone experience for the Music Major. Each student will prepare an extensive research paper.

495-496. Honors Tutorial.
Fall, Spring. Credits: 4-4.

All applied music instruction is offered both Fall and Spring semesters and meets the Fine Arts and F5 requirements with four semesters of 1 credit each. Students enrolled in Applied Music will be charged an additional fee per semester for private lessons. After the first Applied Music lesson, this additional fee is nonrefundable. Declared Music majors will have the Applied Music fees waived for eight (8) credits of their principal applied instrument. Music majors taking more than eight (8) credits of Applied Music will be charged the Music fee for credits above eight.

160.2. Piano/Jazz
161. Organ.
162. Harpsichord.
163. Voice.
164.1. Guitar/Classical
164.2. Guitar/Commercial
164.3. Guitar/ Jazz
165. Harp.
166. Violin.
167. Viola.
168. Cello.
169.1. Bass/Orchestral
169.2. Bass/Jazz
170. Flute.
171. Oboe
172. Clarinet.
173. Bassoon.
174. French Horn.
175. Trumpet.
176. Trombone/Tuba.
177.1. Percussion/Orchestral
177.2. Percussion/Jazz
178. Saxophone.

*APPLIED MUSIC FEES

Students enrolled in applied music will be charged a fee of $450.00 per credit for private lessons. After the first applied music lesson, this applied lesson fee is nonrefundable.

Once declared music majors are exempt from this fee for required lessons on their instrument (up to 8 credits total), but will be charged the fee for those credits beyond required lessons and lessons taken prior to declaration of the major. The same policy applies for declared music minors, who are exempt from this fee for required lessons on their instrument (up to 4 credits total), but will be charged the fee for those credits beyond required lessons and prior to declaration of the minor.

ENSEMBLES

Ensembles are offered both fall and spring semesters and meet the F5 requirements with four semesters of 1 credit each. It is expected that participation in large ensembles will relate to the principle instrument of applied study.

190. Rhodes Singers.
Fall, Spring. Credits: 1.
Degree Requirements: F5.
Rhodes Singers is an auditioned concert choir which appears regularly in concerts on and off campus. They perform repertoire from all stylistic periods, both a cappella and accompanied. This ensemble has a rich history of touring the United States for over sixty years, and frequently tours abroad. Students who participate in this ensemble are expected to commit to a full academic year.

191. Rhodes Orchestra.
Fall, Spring. Credits: 1.
Degree Requirements: F5.
This ensemble is a full symphonic orchestra that presents several concerts on and off campus during the academic year with repertoire ranging from the Baroque period to the 21st century. This ensemble is open to students with previous instrumental experience. Students do not need to be music majors or minors to participate; however, an audition for the music director is required. Rental instruments are available.

192. Rhodes MasterSingers Chorale.
Fall, Spring. Credits: 1.
Degree Requirements: F5.
This ensemble comprises experienced singers from the campus and Greater-Memphis community and students. There are up to four concerts each year and the repertoire includes a variety of musical styles. They frequently perform with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Membership is by audition.

193. Rhodes Women’s Chorus.
Fall, Spring. Credits: 1.
Degree Requirements: F5.
This ensemble is open to female students, and repertoire is taken from a variety of musical genres. The ensemble presents a major concert each semester and makes several program appearances in the local community. Membership is by audition.

194. Rhodes Jazz Ensemble.
Fall, Spring. Credits: 1.
Degree Requirements: F5.
This ensemble, the college’s big band, performs multiple times per semester on campus and around Memphis. Students explore literature from all historic periods of jazz with most concerts centering on a theme. Concepts such as improvisation, interpretation, and ensemble technique are studied and put into practice, and students have access to renowned jazz musicians through concerts and clinics. The ensemble is open to all singers and instrumentalists, pending an audition with the director.

195. Piano Accompanying.
Fall, Spring. Credits: 1.
Degree Requirements: F5.
Competent players may earn credit for studio and/or recital accompanying of vocalists and instrumentalists.

196-198. Selected Chamber Ensembles.
Fall, Spring. Credits: 1.
Degree Requirements: F5.
Chamber ensembles include but are not limited to Brass Quintet, Chamber Singers, Commercial Music Ensemble, Fanfare Trumpets, Flute Ensemble, Guitar Ensemble, Harp Ensemble, Jazz Combos, Piano Trio, String Quartet, Woodwind Quintet and World Drum Ensemble. All ensembles are auditioned and coached by music faculty who are professional musicians.