MU 518 - Analytic Techniques II

This course is designed for teachers and working music professionals. Participants will learn theory and practical analytical skills necessary to understand the style and structure of music of the Classical Period, the Romantic Era and the 20th Century.

This course will give you a better understanding of the structure and style of music. It will improve your score reading and identification skills, and you will be better able to understand musical characteristics such as harmony, form and phrasing when looking at scores.

This course is the most flexible way to complete residency requirements in the Master's program. The on-campus version of this course is only offered in alternate (every other year) summer sessions.

NOTE: Before enrolling in this course, students should have a Bachelor's degree in Music or equivalent music theory skills. If you are in doubt about your background, please contact the instructor.

This course can be applied towards:

• Music Therapy (M.M.)

Important Information

NOTE: Before enrolling in this course, students should have a Bachelor's degree in Music or equivalent music theory skills. If you are in doubt about your background, please contact the instructor.

Textbooks and Materials

Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.

Required

• Analytical Anthology of Music, 2nd Ed. (1992)
  Turek, Ralph
  ISBN: 978-0070654563
• The Elements of Music: Concepts and Applications, Vol. 2, 2nd Ed. (1995)
  Turek, Ralph
  ISBN: 978-0070654754

Instructors

K. Dawn Grapes
Dawn.Grapes@colostate.edu

K. Dawn Grapes is Special Assistant Professor of Music History at Colorado State University. She holds a B.M. from Western Michigan University, an M.M. from Colorado State University and is currently completing a Ph.D. in Historical Musicology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Specialty areas include the music of Early Modern England, 19th and 20th century American Music and musical theology. Recent awards include a 2010 Ogilivy Travel Fellowship from the Boulder Center for British and Irish Studies for research studies in Oxford. Before joining the faculty at Colorado State, she taught at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Front Range Community College and Southern Utah University.

Grapes is also an active performer on the flute and piccolo along the Front Range. She is currently a board member of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the College Music Society and a representative to its National Student Advisory Council, as well as a member of the American Musicological Society and the National Flute Association.