Courses
Courses offered by the Percussion Department are listed below. Please check the Schedule of Classes for course offerings each semester. The letter "P" identifies prerequisites for the course listed.
For Percussion Performance Study courses (lessons, masterclass, and recitals), please click here.
MUS F403 - Scoring Percussion
Nomenclature, calligraphy, spectrum, notation, legend systems, timbre, characteristics, and ranges.
MUS F404 - Percussion Master Class
Technical, physical, aesthetic, and logistical factors in preparing solo, chamber, and orchestral repertory.
MUS F405 - Survey: Indigenous Instruments
History, languages, and written and improvisational uses of indigenous instruments. Masterworks survey.
MUS F603 - Seminar in Percussion Performance
P: Consent of instructor. The technical and physical factors governing the performance of solo, chamber, and orchestral literature.
MUS F604 - Seminar in Percussion Performance
P: Consent of instructor. The technical and physical factors governing the performance of solo, chamber, and orchestral literature.
MUS M637 - Seminar in Percussion History
P: Consent of instructor. A survey of masterworks. The origin, development, and influences of indigenous instruments and their uses in twentieth-century music.
MUS M638 - Percussion Ensemble Literature
P: Consent of instructor. Percussion ensemble literature and the techniques of organizing, managing, rehearsing, and conducting percussion ensembles.
