Courses
Courses offered by the Piano 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 Piano Performance Study courses (lessons, masterclass, and recitals), please click here.
(More information about courses for non-piano majors)
MUS P100 - Piano Elective/Secondary
P: A passing grade in P141, or the successful completion of the keyboard proficiency, or permission of instructor.
MUS P110 - Beginning Piano Class 1, Non–Music Majors
Class piano for beginning piano students.
MUS P111 - Piano Class 1, Music Majors
Class piano for beginning piano students.
MUS P120 - Beginning Piano Class 2, Non-Music Majors
Class piano (second-semester level).
MUS P121 - Piano Class 2, Music Majors
Class piano (second-semester level).
MUS P130 - Beginning Piano Class 3, Non–Music Majors
Class piano (third-semester level).
MUS P131 - Piano Class 3, Music Majors
Class piano (third-semester level).
MUS P141 - Piano Class 4, Music Majors
Class piano (fourth-semester level).
MUS P201 - Jazz Piano Class 1
P: P121 Piano Class 2, Music Majors. Development of basic jazz keyboard skills and techniques for the non-piano jazz major, non-jazz piano major and non-music major. Basic voicings for common harmonic formulae used in jazz; chord/scale relationships; simple rhythmic comping patterns.
MUS P202 - Jazz Piano Class 2
P: P201 Jazz Piano Class 1. More advanced voicings; substitutions; comping patterns.
MUS E493 - Piano Pedagogy
Methods and materials for teaching individuals and classes of both children and adults. Two hours of demonstration and two hours of teaching each week.
MUS F300 - Piano Accompanying
Sight reading, transposing, and acquaintance with vocal and instrumental literature.
MUS F301 - Accompanying Recital
P: Consent of instructor. Rehearsal and performance as accompanist for a required public performance of a full undergraduate or graduate recital.
MUS F500 - Accompanying Recital
Required for fulfillment of second recital requirement for M.M. piano majors. Student is assigned to an accompanying coach as a studio accompanist for one semester and must appear as accompanist for a required public performance of a full undergraduate or graduate recital.
MUS M543 - Keyboard Literature from 1700 to 1850
Literature for stringed keyboard instruments from the age of Bach and his contemporaries through the early romantics. Historical, stylistic, formal, and aesthetic features.
MUS M544 - Piano Literature from 1850 to the Present
Historical, stylistic, formal, and aesthetic features.
MUS M621 - Doctoral Piano Essay
This course is eligible for deferred (R) grading.
MUS M645 - Seminar in Piano Literature I
Discussion of historical, stylistic, formal, and aesthetic aspects of a period and its leading composers; performance of a wide range of representative works. Baroque, Pre-Classical, and Classical.
MUS M646 - Seminar in Piano Literature II
Discussion of historical, stylistic, formal, and aesthetic aspects of a period and its leading composers; performance of a wide range of representative works. Late Classical and Early Romantic.
MUS M647 - Seminar in Piano Literature III
Discussion of historical, stylistic, formal, and aesthetic aspects of a period and its leading composers; performance of a wide range of representative works. Romantic.
MUS U201 - Piano Technology I
U201 is a prerequisite for U202. Recommended for piano majors. Introduction to science of tuning in equal temperament, structure of piano, and mechanism of piano’s action.
MUS U202 - Piano Technology II
U201 is a prerequisite for U202. Recommended for piano majors. Introduction to science of tuning in equal temperament, structure of piano, and mechanism of piano’s action.
MUS U406 - Introduction to Piano Technology
Aspects of upright and grand piano technology, including building/rebuilding pianos, action regulation, voicing and tone, theory of tuning, basic tuning techniques, and discussion of sales and pricing. Recommended for piano majors.
MUS U471 - Topics in Piano Technology
Practical hands-on work in various areas of piano technology, including upright and grand piano regulation and tuning. May be repeated for different topics only.
MUS U501 - Introduction to Piano Technology
Aspects of upright and grand piano technology, including building/rebuilding pianos, action regulation, voicing, and tone, theory of tuning, basic tuning techniques, and discussion of sales and pricing. Recommended for piano majors.
MUS U502 - Topics in Piano Technology
Practical hands-on work in various areas in piano technology, including upright and grand piano regulation and tuning. May be repeated for different topics only.
MUS X002 - Piano Accompanying
For BM piano majors who have passed the upper-division examination and for MM, AD, and PD piano majors. Other qualified students may enroll with approval of the choral department.
