INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in the undergraduate Music program, Music: Performance BM, or Music: Education BM Course Designation: Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Express musical ideas in a coherent and effective manner. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate basics of melodic construction, harmonic voicing, counterpoint, and other compositional skills. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Express oneself in various musical textures (monophonic, homophonic, heterophonic, contrapuntal). Audience: Undergraduate 4. Practice composing musical threads that are held together in successful rhythmic composites, using a variety of rhythms. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Express musical ideas in a coherent and effective manner. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate basics of melodic construction, harmonic voicing, counterpoint, and other compositional skills. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Express oneself in various musical textures (monophonic, homophonic, heterophonic, contrapuntal). Audience: Undergraduate 4. Practice composing musical threads that are held together in successful rhythmic composites, using a variety of rhythms. Audience: Undergraduate