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MUS PERF 539

MASTER'S LEVEL HARP

4 credits.

Individual instruction in harp at the Master's level.

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Music: Performance MM Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and strategically address technical issues related to hand and body positioning. Audience: Graduate 2. Apply technique to achieve evenness, warm tone, rhythmic integrity, facility and clean playing. Audience: Graduate 3. Interpret and execute accurate fingerings, pedaling, muffling, extended techniques, articulation and dynamic scope. Audience: Graduate 4. Show contextual understanding of repertoire studied, including composer background, historical context, and musical analysis. Audience: Graduate 5. Employ a variety of practice techniques to improve creative problem-solving. Audience: Graduate 6. Mitigate performance anxiety using breath, positive self-talk, mock performances, mindfulness, visualization and thorough preparation. Audience: Graduate 7. Demonstrate wide ranges of character, atmosphere, and musical phrasing that produce sound appropriate for the emotional content of the music. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and strategically address technical issues related to hand and body positioning. Audience: Graduate 2. Apply technique to achieve evenness, warm tone, rhythmic integrity, facility and clean playing. Audience: Graduate 3. Interpret and execute accurate fingerings, pedaling, muffling, extended techniques, articulation and dynamic scope. Audience: Graduate 4. Show contextual understanding of repertoire studied, including composer background, historical context, and musical analysis. Audience: Graduate 5. Employ a variety of practice techniques to improve creative problem-solving. Audience: Graduate 6. Mitigate performance anxiety using breath, positive self-talk, mock performances, mindfulness, visualization and thorough preparation. Audience: Graduate 7. Demonstrate wide ranges of character, atmosphere, and musical phrasing that produce sound appropriate for the emotional content of the music. Audience: Graduate

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