Professors Móricz, Sawyer, and Schneider; Associate Professors Engelhardt*, Harper, and Robinson (Chair); Assistant Professor Coddington; Valentine Visiting Instructor Garvey; Senior Lecturers Diehl and Swanson; and Lecturer Abela.
The Music Department offers a full range of courses both for students with previous musical experience and for those coming to the study of music for the first time. We strive as a department to support a wide range of musical styles in our course offerings and performance activities. We encourage all students interested in making music a part of their lives and their liberal arts education to acquire a strong mastery of the fundamentals of musicianship and an appreciation for the historical and cultural study of music.
Introductory Courses. There are a number of entry points for students wishing to take courses in music. Depending on individual interest, 100-level courses in the fundamentals of musicianship and history and culture are well suited to students with little prior coursework in music. Several 200-level courses in history and culture, composition, and electro-acoustic music are also available without requisites.
Fundamentals of Musicianship. Students interested in learning to read music and those needing to review the fundamentals of music (notation, key signatures, scales, intervals, sight-singing) should enroll in MUSI 111. Those with fluency in music fundamentals but without extensive background in music theory should consider MUSI 112, 113, and 269. Students who have not previously taken a course in music fundamentals at Amherst College should take the self-administered placement exam on the Music Department homepage. Students are also strongly encouraged to discuss placement in appropriate courses with a member of the department.
Individual Performance Instruction. Instrumental and vocal performance instruction is available at beginner (151H-183H), intermediate (351H-383H), and advanced (451H-483H) levels and have an associated fee. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. Students must meet the criteria outlined under the heading PERFORMANCE INSTRUCTION. Individual instruction in an instrument or voice requires a minimum of 5 hours per week of individual practice in addition to the 50-minute weekly lesson.
Major Program. The department offers the major in music with concentrations in performance, composition, and music scholarship (music history, theory, ethnomusicology, and jazz and popular music studies). Students must complete MUSI 241 before applying to the major, and they must apply to the major before their senior year. The application is found on the Music Department Website. In consultation with a member of the department, students determine the most appropriate manner of fulfilling the departmental requirement of eight semester courses. Note that because the music faculty are eager to help students create individualized paths in the major, we strongly encourage potential majors to speak with members of the department as early as possible in their academic careers.
We urge, as well, that students acquaint themselves with the wide variety of music courses available through the Five College Interchange. For example, courses in African-American music are also offered at the University of Massachusetts and Hampshire College; courses in rock and popular music are offered at Smith College, and courses on African music are offered at Mount Holyoke College, and there is a Five College Ethnomusicology Certificate Program (https://www.fivecolleges.edu/ethnomusicology/certificate). Above all, the department is committed to helping students put together the program best suited to their interests, abilities, and aspirations.
The minimum of eight courses required for the major must include the six courses specified below (requirements vary slightly for majors electing honors work):
1. One of the following History and Culture courses: MUSI 101, 105, 106, 107, 115, 116, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128, 225, 226, 227, 231, or 238. Other courses may potentially satisfy this requirement. Consult a major advisor for details.
2. One of the following courses from the Western Music and Culture sequence: MUSI 221, 222, or 223.
3. Two courses in Theory and Analysis: MUSI 241, 242, 243, or 244.
4. Two courses designated as "major seminars" taken after the completion of MUSI 241. Majors electing to do honors work may satisfy the seminar requirement with only one major seminar. In 2019-20, the major seminars are: MUSI 420, 439, and 443.
Departmental Honors Program. In the senior year students may elect to do honors work—a critical thesis (historical, theoretical, cultural, or ethnomusicological), a major composition project, or a major performance project. In preparation for this work, a student will ordinarily elect a number of courses in a field of concentration beyond those required. Students contemplating honors work must complete MUSI 242, 243, or 244 no later than the spring of their junior year and must elect at least one of the following seminars in advanced analysis: MUSI 443, 444, 448, or 449. Those doing honors in composition must complete MUSI 387 or 388 no later than the spring of their junior year, and normally MUSI 269 in preparation. Those doing honors work in jazz (performance and/or composition or a critical thesis) must complete MUSI 243 and 226 or 227 prior to their senior year. And those doing honors work in performance are required to take at least two semesters of individual performance instruction prior to the senior year and be affiliated with a private instructor while enrolled in MUSI 498 and 499. The thesis courses, MUSI 498 and 499, should be elected in the senior year. Students interested in the Honors Program must submit a formal thesis proposal to the department for approval the semester before they begin work on their thesis (normally three semesters before graduation). The Music Department Coordinator will notify all junior majors of the guidelines and deadline for the thesis proposal.
*On leave 2019-20.
In 1936 the official Soviet newspaper Pravda denounced Dmitri Shostakovich’s latest opera as “muddle instead of music.” In 1942 the Party used his “Leningrad” Symphony as propaganda in the Soviet Union’s war against Nazi Germany. Shostakovich’s career demonstrates both the unlimited government support and the unlimited control totalitarian states exercise over their artists. This course explores musical life under totalitarian regimes: the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, the GDR, Socialist Hungary, China at the time of the Cultural Revolution, and North Korea. Classes will center on musical works affected by such control, including Shostakovich’s opera Lady Macbeth and his Symphony No. 5, and the Chinese ballet The Red Detachment of Women. We will watch propaganda films such as Eisenstein’s Alexander Nevsky and Leni Riefenstahl's The Triumph of the Will as well as films about the perils of totalitarianism such as István Szabó’s Mephisto, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s The Life of Others, and the documentary From Mao to Mozart. Readings will include Hannah Arendt’s analysis of totalitarianism and historical documents pertinent to interpreting musical works in their political context. No previous knowledge of music is required.
Fall semester. Professor Moricz.
2023-24: Not offeredThis course will introduce students to important concepts in effective academic writing by thinking about and thinking through popular music. Our complex relationships to popular music confront us with a host of challenging social, cultural, political, and ethical issues. How do we use music to construct, maintain, or challenge private and public identities? How are race, gender, class, sexuality, and the nation constructed through popular music? What is the role of music in our everyday lives? How do concepts of intellectual property, new technologies and forms of musical creativity, and commercial interests influence the music that we listen to? Thinking critically about these issues will refine students’ writing, and writing well about these issues will refine students’ thinking. These questions, among others, will generate a series of assignments designed to encourage students to develop clear and persuasive writing styles. As a writing-intensive course, we will focus on fundamentals of writing style, grammatical accuracy, thesis development, and research methodologies crucial to successful written communication. We will use weekly reading assignments drawn from the field of popular music studies to frame and debate important issues emanating from global popular music cultures and to provide models of successful written scholarship. Peer review and a strong focus on editing and revising will be central to the course. Students will also be encouraged to take advantage of the resources of the Writing Center.
Students admitted in consultation with the Office of Student Affairs and/or their academic adviser. Preference given to first-year students. Limited to 12 students. Omitted 2019-20. Professor Engelhardt.
2023-24: Not offeredMiddle Eastern music forms stretch from Morocco to Xinjiang, China and boast a bewildering variety and yet retain distinct continuities in musical structure and performance practice. Music, however, is a contentious issue, or so we are told. Images of Muslims smashing instruments, destroying cassette tapes and radios, and looting music shops circulate continuously on social and news media, purporting to be evidence of the intractability of music and Islam. How should we approach such an apparent paradox? This course approaches questions like this from an ethnomusicological perspective, blending methods and insights from the social sciences and the humanities. We will take a broad view of the modern Middle East, investigating a variety of genres ranging from the most elite court traditions of Persia to bawdy electronic dance music thundering in the open streets of Cairo. Throughout the semester, students will learn to hear and analyze various melodic, organizational, and rhythmic structures, such as maqām and usül, that are unique to the region’s musics. We will explore these features within actual performance practice and place them in historical and social context. Our meetings will include a mixture of lecture, discussion, music performance, and demonstration, while course work will range from listening exercises to short research papers. Two meetings per week.
Fall Semester. Visiting Valentine Professor Garvey.
2023-24: Not offeredFall semester: Through composition, analysis, and performance, we will build a solid working understanding of basic principles of melody and harmony common in Western musical traditions. Assignments include harmonizing melodies, writing short melodies and accompaniments, and composing in several forms such as 12-bar blues, classical minuets, and "Broadway"-style 32-bar AABA form. On several occasions we will use our instruments and voices to bring musical examples to life in the classroom. Two class meetings and one lab session per week. This course or Music 113 is considered a point of entry to MUSI 241, and serves as a prerequisite to many Music Department offerings in music history and culture.
Spring semester: Through analysis, performance, and composition, we will build a solid working understanding of basic principles of melody and harmony common in Western musical traditions. Assignments will include writing short melodies and accompaniments as well as more detailed compositional and improvisational projects. We will use our instruments and voices to bring musical examples to life in the classroom. Two class meetings and one lab session per week. This course is considered a point of entry to MUSI 241.
Students who have not previously taken a course in music theory at Amherst College are encouraged to take a self-administered placement exam available on reserve in the Music Library and on the Music Department Website (www.amherst.edu/~music/TheoryPlacement.pdf ). Students are also encouraged to discuss placement in music theory with a member of the Music Department.
Requisite: MUSI 111, or equivalent ability gained by playing an instrument or singing. Limited to 30 students. Fall semester: Professor Amy Coddington. Spring semester: Visiting Professor Oba.
2023-24: Not offeredA course designed to explore jazz harmonic and improvisational practice from both the theoretical and applied standpoint. Students will study common harmonic practices of the jazz idiom, modes and scales, rhythmic practices, the blues, and understand the styles of jazz in relation to the history of the music. An end-of-semester performance of material(s) studied during the semester will be required of the class. A jazz-based ear-training section will be scheduled outside of the regular class times. Two class meetings per week. This course is considered a point of entry to MUSI 241.
Students who have not previously taken a course in music theory at Amherst College are encouraged to take a self-administered placement exam available on reserve in the Music Library and on the Music Department Website (www.amherst.edu/~music/TheoryPlacement.pdf). Students are also encouraged to discuss placement in music theory with a member of the Music Department.
Requisite: MUSI 111 or 112 or equivalent, or consent of the instructor. Limited to 30 students. Fall semester. Lecturer Diehl.
2023-24: Not offeredMost of us listen to music by putting on our headphones and connecting to the internet, but not that long ago, such a feat was physically and technologically impossible. In the space of little more than a generation, there has been a sea change in how we listen to music. What are some of the implications of this transformation? If we are usually alone when we’re doing it, can listening to music still be considered a communal activity? Have we privatized the musical space? Have we democratized it? Has live music become a quaint vestige of the past?
In this course, we will closely examine what is at stake for performers and listeners in live music settings. Through attendance at rehearsals and performances, as well as lectures and panel discussions by guest speakers, we will engage the communities of musicians and listeners in the Pioneer Valley and familiarize ourselves with the rich heritages of music found here. Through reading and writing assignments, we will critically examine how the live music experience changes or stays the same across formats, styles, and cultures: a metal concert in a bar, a hip hop concert in a stadium, a singer-songwriter’s performance in a café, a symphony performance in a concert hall. We will also examine ideas about virtual music that bring into question the very notion of liveness. Coursework includes attendance at roughly one music event per week outside of class.
Limited to 30 students. Fall Semester. Professor Harper.
2023-24: Not offeredMusic is sometimes portrayed as an abstract art, standing apart from the mundane everyday. However, music has also functioned as a tool for a large range of social and individual purposes throughout human history. Rather than tendentiously opposing these claims--music is an art or it is a tool--this survey course explores the vast diversity of ways that humans have put music to use in their social worlds. Each week we will discuss one function of music (in love and war, medicine, spreading news, education, marking status, protest, identity formation, managing conflict, forming social bonds, propaganda, law, speaking with gods, spirits, and demons, and so on) drawn from all over the world and aim to understand how artistic and functional aspects of music coalesce in human practice. As a final project, students will imagine and develop a use for music in addressing some concrete aspect of their lives.
No prior knowledge of music is necessary. Spring Semester. Visiting Valentine Professor Garvey.
2023-24: Not offeredHow does a composer create music for a wedding set in 2048 or a designer invent sounds of life on an imaginary planet? How do science fiction authors describe the music and sounds of alternate universes? In this course, the cultural and historical practices that unite science fiction and music are examined through the survey and analysis of a variety of media: the 1950s radio dramas Dimension X and X Minus One; films like 2001: A Space Odyssey and TRON; the Star Trek television franchise and Stranger Things; and the aesthetics of Afrofuturism expressed through Sun Ra, Parliament-Funkadelic, Black Panther, and others. Readings from musicology, sound studies, and literature along with audio/visual examples and reflective writing help us discover how composers, sound designers, and performers create futuristic worlds for entertainment, education, and activism. Coursework will address the socio-political aspects related to the interaction between music, technology, and culture. Students will gain a critical understanding of how radio, film, television, and performance both influence and are influenced by science fiction and music.
Limited to 30 students. Omitted 2019-20. Visiting Professor Jackson.
2023-24: Not offered(Offered as MUSI 126 and BLST 134 [US]) This course examines the cultural origins of hip hop and how this small, Bronx-based subculture expanded into one of the most influential styles of music in the world. The course will begin by analyzing the cultural conditions out of which hip hop arose in the mid-1970s; from there it will turn to examining how hip hop music, over the last thirty-five years, has sounded the identity of its creators as they have grappled with six major questions: What musical elements are crucial components of hip hop’s sound? What does realness in hip hop sound like, and why does it matter? How have artists negotiated expressing their specific geographic origins while simultaneously embracing globalization? How does this genre fit into the music industry, and how has the music industry affected hip hop? Should hip hop be political, and how should artists express their politics? How have technological developments altered hip hop’s sound? Through answering these questions, students will gain an understanding of how hip hop has developed into the styles that we hear today, and how hip hop has radically transformed American racial politics and popular culture more broadly.
Enrollment limit 45. Omitted 2019-20. Assistant Professor Coddington.
2023-24: Not offeredWhat does it mean when we describe music as mainstream? Who is the intended audience, who are its creators, and what does it sound like? In this introductory course, we will examine mainstream music from the nineteenth century to the present in the context of art and literature. Drawing on sociological theories of taste, critiques of the mass culture industry, studies of the music industry, and critical race theory, we’ll explore such issues as: why, in an increasingly diverse America, the de facto mainstream audience is white and middle class; why major symphony orchestras mostly play music by a select few composers such as Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms; how institutions such as museums, schools, television networks, and record companies work together as gatekeepers to regulate the inclusion of new artistic movements such as pop art, hip hop, rock & roll, and minimalism in the mainstream; and how the internet and the resulting fragmentation of media has given citizens agency to redefine the nature of the mainstream. Reading and listening assignments will help guide class discussions, and students will complete periodic short papers and a final collaborative project.
Limited to 30 students. Omitted 2019-20. Visiting Professor Coddington.
2023-24: Not offered(Offered as MUSI 128 and BLST 344). This course examines the relationship between blues music and American culture. Using Amiri Baraka's influential 1963 book of music criticism, Blues People, as a central text, we will explore ways in which the "blues impulse" has been fundamental to conceptions of African-American identity. At the same time, we will trace the development of African-American music through its connection to West African musical traditions and through its emergence during slavery and the Jim Crow South. Our investigation will survey a number of precursors to the blues, work songs, spirituals, and minstrels and see how these impacted early blues styles, including delta blues, classic blues, and early blues-oriented gospel practices. The blues played a fundamental role in the emergence of new popular musics in the 1940s and 1950s, most notably rock and roll. Embedded within these new musical practices were ideas about African American modernism, urbanity, and self-representation. Culminating in an examination of hip-hop culture, we will analyze the connection between African-American musical practices and larger debates about race, class, gender, and ethnicity. We will see how the blues serves as a mode of activism, and how blues musicians engage questions about racial and ethnic identity through music making.
Fall semester. Professor Robinson
Other years: Offered in Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2023Singing together offers one of the most powerful human experiences, especially when combined with a deep emotional connection to a particular event or setting. Written choral music comprises one of the oldest and largest repertoires of music in the world, and this course will explore vocal offerings by composers across the span of the past 800 years. Repertoire studied will include traditional composers ranging from Byrd, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Britten, to modern-day interpretations of choral music offered by Moses Hogan, Caroline Shaw and Roomful of Teeth. Students will listen to, write about, and sing music together, and experience communal vocal music in myriad ways.
Requisite: Music 111, as well as 112 recommended, or consent of the instructor. Omitted 2019-20. Lecturer Horn.
2023-24: Not offeredMusic and language are intimately connected as forms of communication, meaning, and interaction, but this intimacy has been characterized in many ways in different times and places. In this course, we will explore a variety of the ways in which music and language have been related and made distinct by examining how music and language are understood in different social, historical, and cultural contexts. We will focus on models of musical and linguistic interaction: cooperation in conversation and in group musical performance, linguistic approaches to improvisation in jazz, indigenous theories of sound and political speech, and ritualized musical conflict. By examining both concrete acts of musical and linguistic expression and the concepts surrounding their use, such as sung poetry, oral notation, and sonically mediated musical coordination, we will work toward an integrated understanding of music, language, and social interaction. Prior knowledge of music or linguistics is not required but is helpful. The course will consist of a discussion of several weekly readings and will culminate in a research paper of the student's choosing.
Spring Semester. Visiting Valentine Professor Garvey.
2023-24: Not offered(Offered as MUSI 220 and THDA 220) History of Opera traces opera from its beginnings as a late-Renaissance experiment in re-creating Greek drama to its incarnations in works of the present day. Subjects covered will include genres such as opera buffa and opera seria, concepts such as bel canto, Gesamtkunstwerk, and verismo. The primary focus of the class will be on opera from the so-called common-practice period beginning with works by Mozart through those by nineteenth-century composers such as Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Bizet, and Wagner, and ending with Puccini in the early twentieth century. After an historical overview of operatic styles, we will have an in-depth look at a few operatic masterpieces (likely Bizet’s Carmen, Puccini’s La Bohème, and Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress). Students will be required to participate in group presentations on operas of their choosing.
Requisite: MUSI 112 or 113 or consent of the instructor. Limited to 45 students. Omitted 2019-20. Professor Schneider.
2023-24: Not offered(Offered as MUSI 221 and EUST 221) One of three courses in which music is studied in relation to issues of history, theory, culture, and performance, with the focus of the course changing from year to year. In 2018-19, this course served as an introduction to European music in the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras. We will begin by singing Gregorian chant and will go on to cover such topics as the music of the Troubadours, the polyphonic style associated with Notre Dame, the development of musical notation, Renaissance sacred polyphony, madrigals, court dances, and the birth of opera. Throughout the course we will seek to bring the music we study alive by performing some of it. In December we will host an ensemble of Medieval music, Sequentia, which will perform the program "Monk Singing Pagans," demonstrating a vibrant culture in which Christian monks gave voice to their pagan ancestors. Assignments include listening to musical works, reading historical documents, and writing about aspects of this fascinating time in music history.
Requisite: MUSI 112 or consent of the instructor. Omitted 2019-20. Professor Moricz.
2023-24: Not offered(Offered as MUSI 222 and EUST 222) One of three courses in which the development of Western music is studied in its cultural-historical context. Occasionally we will attend concerts in Amherst and elsewhere. Composers to be studied include Beethoven, Rossini, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Berlioz, Wagner, Verdi, Mussorgsky, and Brahms. Regular listening assignments will broaden the repertoire we encounter and include a wide sampling of Classical and Romantic music. Periodic writing assignments will provide opportunities to connect the music with historical-cultural interpretation. Readings will focus on Gibbs/Taruskin Oxford History of Western Music with additional historical documents and selected critical and analytical studies. This course may be elected individually or in conjunction with other Music and Culture courses (MUSI 221 and 223). Two class meetings per week.
Requisite: MUSI 111, 112, or consent of the instructor. Spring semester. Professor Schneider.
2023-24: Not offered(Offered as MUSI 223 and EUST 223) This course is the third semester of the Music Department's Music and Culture series. It surveys twentieth-century music starting from Gustav Mahler at the turn of the century Vienna and concluding with Kaija Saariaho's 2000 opera L'amour de loin. Political turmoil, artistic movements, and cultural shifts all left their marks on the music of the twentieth century and we will follow history's course through the lens of composers such as Debussy, Strauss, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Bartók, Ives, Gershwin, Shostakovich, to name only a few of the most significant composers of the twentieth century. Assignments will include regular listening, periodic short papers, and a culminating project. This course may be elected individually or in conjunction with other Music and Culture courses (MUSI 221 and 222). Two class meetings per week.
Requisite: MUSI 111 or 112, or consent of the instructor. Fall Semester. Professor Moricz.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2011, Fall 2013, Fall 2015, Spring 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2023(Offered as MUSI 225 and FAMS 375) Jazz occupies a special role in the development of American film. From The Jazz Singer (1927), the first American film that included synchronized sound, to the sprawling Jazz: A Documentary (2001) from Ken Burns, filmic representations of jazz speak to fundamental ways that Americans negotiate difference and imagine national identity. This course examines the relationship between jazz and American culture through three modalities: improvisation, narrativity, and representation. How might jazz improvisation influence the construction of film? Is there an "improvised film"? Moreover, jazz musicians often speak about "telling stories" through their music. How might this influence narrative structure in film and inform the ways that stories about jazz musicians are constructed in film? How might this influence narrative structure in film? And how might these stories about jazz musicians reflect larger debates about race, gender, sexuality and nationality? Assignments will include guided viewing of several important jazz films, required reading, and a series of essays.
Omitted 2019-20. Professor Robinson.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2011, Spring 2019, January 2021(Offered as MUSI 226 and BLST 334 [US]) One of two courses that trace the development of jazz from its emergence in early 20th-century New Orleans to its profound impact on American culture. This course examines its early roots in late 19th-century American popular culture and its role as American popular music in the 1920s, '30s, and '40s. Using themes that connect the evolution of jazz practices to social and racial politics in American popular culture, we will look closely at the work of well-known historical figures (Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and several others) as well as the vibrant communities that nurtured and prompted their innovative musical practices. Two class meetings per week.
Omitted 2019-20. Professor Robinson.
2023-24: Not offeredHow do the works that artists create come to mean something to their audiences, to make us cry, make us swoon, or make our blood boil? How do these objects and performances come to be connected to ideas, how do they affect our bodies, and why? This course explores the ways that visual and performing artists use the body to imbue their work with meaning. Students examine such concepts as the narrative, myth, transcendence, semantic power, and notions of individual and collective identity. Coursework will include a combination of reading, writing, and music making and visual art creation. No prior experience as a musician or visual artist is necessary. Two class meetings per week.
Limited to 30 students. Omitted 2019-20.
2023-24: Not offeredIn this intensive seminar, we will gain both technical mastery of the tools of the fieldwork trade—audio recorders, microphones, playback analysis software—and practical expertise in some basic methods of conducting fieldwork for musical research. Over the course of the seminar, students will make recordings in a variety of real-world settings, and we will evaluate these recordings in order to build skills necessary to conduct basic research on contemporary musics. These recordings will require significant initiative, requiring work and travel outside of the seminar. Together, during our weekly meetings, we will read and discuss methodological and theoretical texts to help frame our current or future research projects. The seminar will conclude with students designing a research proposal whose questions and hypotheses can be addressed with the fieldwork techniques mastered during the course. Two class meetings per week.
Requisite: MUSI 111, 112, or consent of the instructor. Limited to 12 students. Fall Semester. Visiting Valentine Professor Garvey.
2023-24: Not offered(Offered as MUSI 238 and FAMS 312) This course is about exploring, participating in, and documenting the musical communities and acoustic terrain of the Pioneer Valley. The first part of the course will focus on local histories and music scenes, ethnographic methods and technologies, and different techniques of representation. The second part of the course will involve intensive, sustained engagement with musicians and sounds in the Pioneer Valley. Course participants will give weekly updates about their fieldwork projects and are expected to become well-versed in the musics they are studying. There will be a significant amount of work and travel outside of class meetings. The course will culminate in contributions to a web-based documentary archive of Pioneer Valley soundscapes. We will also benefit from visits and interaction with local musicians. Two class meetings per week. Visit http://www.pioneervalleysoundscapes.org/ for more information.
Requisite: MUSI 111, 112, or consent of the instructor. Limited to 12 students. Omitted 2019-20. Professor Engelhardt.
2023-24: Not offeredHow does music’s harmonic language work? What principles influence harmonic choices in different styles of music, and what do Bach chorales, Adele’s music, and Broadway showtunes have in common? How do composers and musicians manage the intricate relationship between harmony and melody? In this course, we’ll develop a deeper understanding of conventions of tonal harmony in music from popular and classical traditions, among others. Students will learn how to recognize, categorize, create, and manipulate diatonic harmonies through composition, analysis, dictation, and other aural skills, and will learn how harmonic language contributes to our conceptions of musical style and genre. A large portion of the musical examples will be drawn from the current repertoire of Amherst ensembles—including campus acapella groups, Amherst Symphony Orchestra, Concert Choir, student jazz combos, among others—and emphasis will be placed on improving students’ proficiency in connecting musical sound and musical notation.
This course is the first of the required music theory sequence for majors. Three class meetings and two ear-training sections per week. Students who have not previously taken a course in music theory at Amherst College are encouraged to take a self-administered placement exam available on reserve in the Music Library and on the Music Department Website (https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/music/theoryexam ). Students are also encouraged to discuss placement in music theory with a member of the Music Department.
Requisite: MUSI 112 or consent of the instructor. Fall semester, Professor Schneider; spring semester, Professor Coddington.
2023-24: Not offeredAn upper level theory course designed for majors or students with prior jazz performance or theory experience. Students do not need a background in jazz to enroll in this course, and this course may be used to satisfy one of two required courses for the theory and analysis requirement for the music major.
Among the topics to be explored in the course will be melodic, harmonic and formal concepts from: hot jazz of the 1920s, big bands of the 1930s and 1940s, bebop of the 1940s, the post-bop legacies of hard bop, cool jazz and their manifestations today, as well as the jazz avant-garde and fusion of the 1960s and 1970s. Students will gain an understanding of the formal principles of various types of small and large ensemble jazz composition and improvisation.
Required coursework will include melodic, harmonic and formal/structural analysis of compositions, arrangements, and improvisations from various historical and stylistic periods within the development of jazz. We will carry out these investigations through listening, transcription, and composition/writing projects. This is not a performance course; however, certain assignments will require basic performance exercises on piano and/or another instrument with which the student is familiar (including voice).
Requisite: MUSI 241 or consent of the instructor. Omitted 2019-20. Professor J. Robinson.
2023-24: Not offeredThis is an upper-level theory course designed for majors or students with experience analyzing and performing music. This course may be used to fulfill the second required course in theory for the music major (other courses that may be used to fulfill this requirement are MUSI 242 and MUSI 243).
This course engages music theories from around the world from the perspective of ethnomusicology and analytic approaches drawn from sound studies. The music we analyze will come from popular, folk, and classical traditions around the world, including West African drumming, Caribbean dance genres, East Asian court and religious traditions, American roots music, classical traditions from the Arab world and Indian subcontinent, and several global popular styles. At its core, the course addresses three questions: What do musicians working in the traditions we will be studying hear in and think about the music they make? What methods are available to better understand these kinds of music? How does analysis develop our skills as musicians and listeners? Students will learn methods of musical transcription (notating or visually representing sound) and software-aided analysis to develop translatable ways of approaching timbre, texture, rhythm, groove, meter, harmony, mode, tuning, and musical form. Understanding the ways people theorize music in the process of performance, improvisation, composition, and teaching across musical cultures will give students new tools for creating, performing, and analyzing music. Although not a performance course, class sessions feature hands-on involvement with instruments and singing. Required coursework includes weekly listening, transcription, and analysis assignments; basic projects in composition; and in-class presentations and music making. There will be a number of lecture-demonstrations by visiting artists and scholars.
Requisite: MUSI 241 or consent of the instructor. Omitted 2019-20. Professor Engelhardt.
2023-24: Not offeredA continuation of MUSI 113, this course is designed to acquaint students with the theory and application of advanced techniques used in jazz improvisation. Work on a solo transcription will be a main focus throughout the semester. An end-of-semester performance of material(s) studied during the semester will be required of the class. A jazz-based ear-training section will be scheduled outside of the regular class times. Two class meetings per semester.
Requisite: MUSI 113 and/or performance experience in the jazz idiom strongly suggested. Musical literacy sufficient to follow a score. Admission with consent of the instructor. Limited to 16 students. Spring semester. Senior Lecturer Diehl.
Other years: Offered in Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2022In this course we will explore jazz through transcription, composition, arranging and improvisation. Materials for transcription will range from the classic renditions of jazz standards by Gershwin and Kern to highly complex works by such greats as Wayne Shorter and Charles Mingus. Advanced approaches to improvisation will include the exploration of new source materials including the Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns by Nicolas Slonimsky as used by John Coltrane. Using members of the class as a laboratory band we will seek to develop our own unique compositional voices that draw on jazz traditions.
Requisite: MUSI 113, 246 and/or performance experience in the jazz idiom strongly suggested. Musical literacy sufficient to follow a score. Admission with consent of the instructor. Omitted 2019-20. Senior Lecturer Diehl.
2023-24: Not offeredIn this course we will examine the history of electroacoustic music in tandem with practical composition assignments so that we may explore how class, race, gender, and sexuality are expressed through sound and music technologies. This course introduces soundscape composition, a subset of electroacoustic music, as an artistic practice and research method. Students will use journaling in order to document their individual relationships with music and to reflect on the role sound plays in the formation of personal and community identity. Weekly assignments include the creation of autobiographical sound pieces that incorporate techniques and practices that emerged out of the musique concrète school of Paris and the Elektronische Musik of Cologne. Together we will learn to listen to our acoustic environment in a new way, explore self-identity through field recordings and synthesis, and develop our ideas into fixed media compositions to be shared at the end of the semester. The course readings are selected from various disciplines, and all students are welcomed regardless of previous musical experience.
Omitted 2019-20. Visiting Professor Jackson.
2023-24: Not offeredThis course provides instruction in the use of electronic equipment for composition of music. Topics to be considered include approaches to sound synthesis, signal editing and processing, hard disk recording techniques, sequencing audio and MIDI material, and the use of software for interaction between electronics and live performers. The course will also survey the aesthetics and repertory of electroacoustic music. Assignments in the use of equipment and software as well as required listening will prepare students for a final composition project to be performed in a class concert.
Requisite: MUSI 112 or consent of the instructor. Limited to 10 students. Omitted 2019-20. Visiting Professor Jackson.
2023-24: Not offeredThis course introduces students to current trends in improvisation-oriented electroacoustic performance. Using laptop computers in dynamic performance situations, we will develop techniques to generate sound and modify and enhance the sound of acoustic instruments. Hardware topics will include audio interfaces, cabling, mixing boards, MIDI controllers, microphone techniques, and networking. A wide variety of specialized software will be explored, including Max/MSP, Ableton Live, Reason, and others. Assignments will focus on preparing students to perform and improvise using new "instruments" built through customized hardware and software configurations. Directed listening and reading will introduce students to the development of electroacoustic music since the 1960s. The course culminates with a class performance.
Requisite: MUSI 112 or 113, or consent of the instructor. Limited to 12 students. Spring semester. Professor Robinson.
2023-24: Not offeredThe writing of songs based upon a study of the works of past masters in a variety of styles, including rock, blues, American folksong, "shape note" music and more. A composition course with much individual attention. Significant class time will be spent discussing student compositions, with occasional meetings with the instructor outside of class hours. Two class meetings per week.
Requisite: Students should have some background in music performance, chords, or writing. Limited to 12 students. Spring semester. Professor Sawyer.
2023-24: Not offeredThis course will explore compositional techniques continually growing from the numerous traditions that filter through Western art music styles. Innovate works by twentieth and twenty-first century composers that generate new approaches to these traditions (through melody and scale, rhythm and meter, harmony, instrumentation, and musical structure) will be examined and practiced to the best of our collective abilities. The course will employ improvisation as a source of ideas for written compositions and as a primary compositional mode. Instrumental or vocal competence and music reading fluency are encouraged attributes, and will be developed further through course activities. Assignments will include compositions of various lengths and related analytical projects. Everything we write will be performed in the classroom and/or as part of concert and master-class situations during and outside the class meetings. Guest composer presentations. Two class meetings per week.
Requisite: MUSI 111 or 112, and consent of the instructor. Limited to 10 students. Fall semester. Professor Sawyer.
Other years: Offered in Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024Members of the class will be assigned to chamber ensembles, mastering a range of repertory choices from the past and present. Ensembles will include both student and artist musicians, preparing works together for performance through class sessions and private coachings. Intensive class analysis will serve as the basis of musical expression and interpretation. This course is open to singers and instrumentalists. This course may be repeated.
Admission with consent of the instructor. Spring semester. Professor Schneider.
Other years: Offered in Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015How is hip hop made, and why does it sound the way it does? In this course, we will examine the history of hip hop production by creating hip hop, analyzing how technological inventions and changing aesthetic practices have contributed to the sound and style of hip hop’s beats. Through close listening, together with reading first-person accounts, critical reviews, musical instrument manuals, ethnographies, and musical analyses, students in this course will develop a historical understanding of the aesthetics and musical contributions of important hip hop producers and how these producers have embraced new technologies and instruments. Informed by this historical background, students will compose hip hop beats using a variety of instruments and software and using celebrated tracks by producers such as Rick Rubin, the Bomb Squad, the Dust Brothers, Organized Noize, J Dilla, and Metro Boomin as models for their compositions.
Requisite: MUSI 126/BLST 134 or the equivalent, or consent of the instructor. Limited to 15 students. Spring Semester. Professor Coddington.
2023-24: Not offeredDrawing from the rich and varied history of composition in jazz, this course explores composing and arranging approaches in jazz and highlights the dynamic relationship between composition and improvisation central to this music. Using historical examples as models, students will compose and arrange small ensemble, large ensemble, and big band pieces, including pieces that incorporate blues forms, 32-bar Tin Pan Alley forms, modalism, extended and through-composed forms, and open improvisation. Immersive composition projects will be combined with individual meetings. To the extent possible, student compositions will be performed and recorded by professional or student musicians in a workshop setting.
Requisite: MUSI 243 or MUSI 269 and consent of the instructor. Students are also encouraged to complete MUSI 113, MUSI 226, or MUSI 227 prior to electing MUSI 387. Limited to 12 students. Spring semester. Professor Robinson.
2023-24: Not offeredImmersive composition projects according to the needs and experience of the individual student, deepening the experience gained in courses of study like Music 269. One class meeting per week and private conferences. Guest composer presentations in a workshop environment. This course may be repeated.
Requisite: MUSI 269 or the equivalent, and consent of the instructor. Fall semester. Professor Sawyer.
2023-24: Not offeredA continuation of MUSI 387. One class meeting per week and private conferences. This course may be repeated.
Requisite: MUSI 387 or the equivalent and consent of the instructor. Spring semester. Professor Sawyer.
2023-24: Not offeredIndependent reading course. A half course.
Fall and spring semesters. The department.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023(Offered as MUSI 420, EUST 320 and THDA 320) This course examines the three main genres of lyric theater (opera, operetta, and musical) with special attention to composers’ musical characterizations of the women and men who populate them. Beginning with case studies from operas by Mozart, Verdi, and Puccini, an operetta by Johann Strauss II, and a musical by Stephen Sondheim, we will work to acquire a critical vocabulary to understand the ways in which composers work with conventions of vocal type and melodic and rhythmic gesture to define character. Some of the works studied will be chosen in coordination with performances we can attend. Students will be required to give a presentation and write a research paper on a topic of their choice.
Requisite: MUSI 241 or consent of the instructor. Fall semester. Professor Schneider.
2023-24: Not offeredFunctioning as a combined seminar and performance workshop, this course explores the theory and practice of musical improvisation. Rather than focus on one specific musical style, we will define “improvised music” in an inclusive way that draws equally from American and European experimental musics, various approaches to post-1965 jazz improvisation, and several musical traditions from around the world that prominently use improvisation. Students will be encouraged to develop new performance practices drawn from and in dialogue with these diverse musical traditions. Reading, listening, and video assignments will help familiarize students with the burgeoning field of improvised music studies and will serve to guide class discussions. Students with any musical/stylistic background are encouraged to enroll. Two class meetings per week. Fulfills the departmental seminar requirement for the major.
Requisite: Basic instrumental or vocal proficiency and consent of the instructor. Senior seminar. Limited to 10 students. Fall semester. Professor Robinson.
2023-24: Not offered(Offered as MUSI 440 and SWAG 440) How do popular musicians express their identity through their music? And how do listeners explore their own identities by consuming and interacting with this music? This course explores how American popular music of the last sixty years has expressed the race, gender, and sexual identities of its performers and consumers, and how the music industry has affected the production and meaning of popular music from the 1950s into the present, through rock and roll, soul, country, hip hop, and more. Combining historical and cultural inquiries with the analysis of recorded music, students in this course will examine how popular musicians sound their identity while simultaneously resisting essentialism, analyze how musical sounds are shaped by the gender politics of their specific cultural context, and evaluate how the music industry encourages and challenges racial inequality. Seminar work will culminate in a creative research project designed in consultation with the professor. Fulfills either the departmental seminar requirement or the comprehensive exam requirement for the major.
Requisite: MUSI 111 or consent of the instructor. Omitted 2019-20. Assistant Professor Amy Coddington.
2023-24: Not offeredRomantic composers loved to escape from the realities of everyday life into the perilous virtual worlds they created in their music. How can we explore these worlds and understand the technical means with which they were created? How can we interpret the splendid sound of music by using words whose discursive strength seems to endanger music's ephemeral nature? Through close reading of nineteenth-century music by Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, and Brahms, we will explore the possibilities of musical expression and meaning, searching for parallels between poetic and musical interpretation. Works will be considered from a number of different analytical perspectives including methods current in the nineteenth century and those developed more recently. Writing assignments will combine technical analysis with poetic interpretation.
Two class meetings and two ear-training sections per week. Fulfills the departmental seminar requirement for the major.
Requisite: MUSI 242, 243, or 244. Spring semester. Professor Móricz.
2023-24: Not offeredIn this seminar we explore stylistic characteristics of compositions that demonstrate the most important tendencies in twentieth-century music. Instead of applying one analytical method, we try out various approaches to twentieth-century music, taking into consideration the composers’ different educational and cultural backgrounds. The repertory of focus will consist of compositions written in the first half of the twentieth century in Europe, Russia and the United States (including works by Debussy, Scriabin, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Bartok and Messiaen), but will also sample music by late twentieth-century composers. Students will be responsible to present their selected composer at the end of the semester. Two class meetings and two ear-training sections per week. Fulfills either the departmental seminar requirement or the comprehensive exam requirement for the major.
Requisite: MUSI 241 or 242, or consent of the instructor. Omitted 2019-20. Professor Móricz.
2023-24: Not offered(Offered as MUSI 445 and ANTH 445) If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? A provisional answer from the field of sound studies is: no, the falling tree produces vibration, but does not make a sound absent a listening, hearing human subject. Take another step, and we arrive at ethnomusicologist John Blacking’s time-honored (but not unproblematic) definition of music as “humanly organized sound” and “soundly organized humanity.” In this seminar, we linger at the intersections of sound and music, listening and hearing to learn about the human. What happens as we encounter music, sound, and voice as forms of vibration available to our senses rather than as texts and sonic objects? How are listening and hearing culturally specific practices shaped by particular histories, identities, technologies, hierarchies of the senses, capitalist desires, human ecologies, concepts of ability and disability, and the work of performers, scholars, and sound artists? In addressing these questions through readings in music, sound, media studies, and anthropology, media projects and listening exercises; we will employ what Pauline Oliveros calls “deep listening” (an ethical practice of listening to others and to music) as a research methodology. Seminar work will benefit from visiting scholars and artists and culminate in scholarly, creative, or media-based projects designed in consultation with the professor. Fulfills either the departmental seminar requirement or the comprehensive exam requirement for the major.
Requisite: Music 241 and 242, or consent of the instructor. Omitted 2019-20. Professors Engelhardt and Harper.
2023-24: Not offeredAdvanced work for Honors candidates in music history and criticism, music theory, ethnomusicology, composition, or performance. A thesis, a major composition project or a full-length recital will be required. No student shall elect more than one semester as a double course. A full course.
Spring semester. The Department.
Other years: Offered in Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2024This course is intended for students with little or no background in music who would like to develop a theoretical and practical understanding of how music works. Students will be introduced into the technical details of music such as musical notation, intervals, basic harmony, meter and rhythm. Familiarity with basic music theory will enable students to read and perform at sight as well as provide an introduction to the composition of melodies with chordal accompaniment. The music we analyze and perform will draw from the folk, popular, and concert traditions from around the world, including the Western tonal tradition. Assignments will include notational exercises, short papers, and preparation of music for classroom performance. This course serves as a requisite for many of the Music Department offerings. Two class meetings and one lab section per week.
Students with some musical experience contemplating MUSI 111 are encouraged to take a self-administered placement exam available on reserve in the Music Library and on the Music Department Website (www.amherst.edu/~music/TheoryPlacement.pdf). Students are also encouraged to discuss placement in music theory with a member of the Music Department.
Limited to 30 students. Fall semester: Lecturers Chernin and Schneider. Spring semester: Lecturer Chernin.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025(Offered as MUSI 227 and BLST 344 [US]) One of two courses that trace the development of jazz from its emergence in early 20th-century New Orleans to its profound impact on American culture. This course explores the emergence of bebop in the 1940s, the shift of jazz's relationship with American popular culture after World War II, and the dramatic pluralization of jazz practice after the 1950s. We will also look at the emergence of fusion and the jazz avant-garde of the 1960s and 1970s, and theorize the reformulation of "tradition" during the 1980s. Central to our examination will be the phenomenon of "neoclassicism" common in jazz discourse today, measuring that against the radical diversity of jazz practice around the world. Many figures central to the development of the varied post-bebop directions in jazz will be discussed: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Ornette Coleman, the New York Downtown scene, and many others. Two class meetings per week.
Spring Semester. Professor Harper.
2023-24: Not offeredThis seminar explores the sound and significance of the human voice in broad perspective. What do we communicate with our voice? Why are certain voices powerful or unforgettable? How are voices culturally shaped and constrained? How do people use their voice along the continuum between speech and song? What happens when the voice turns text into sound? What does it mean in terms of politics and personhood to have a voice? How does vocal sound relate to knowledge of the body and ideas about race, gender, and identity? To engage these questions, we will begin by examining the classic premise that the voice is a sonic medium for music, language, and other forms of communicative expression whose production (singing, speaking, vocalizing) and uptake (listening, recognizing, empathizing) are basic to social life and inhabiting one's environment. Throughout the semester, we will push this premise in critical new directions by remembering that song and language affect us because the voice is not merely a medium. What Roland Barthes famously describes as "the grain of the voice" is its profound, compelling sonic presence beyond its role as a medium. Thinking about the significance of vocal sound and timbre in this light, we will explore a host of voices and vocal styles from throughout the world, including how we use our own creatively and in performance. We will listen and read widely, benefiting from each others' experience and insights as well as those of visiting singers and scholars. Seminar work will culminate in scholarly, creative, and media-based projects designed in consultation with the professor. Fulfills either the departmental seminar requirement or the comprehensive exam requirement for the major.
Omitted 2019-20. Professor Engelhardt.
2023-24: Not offered136H-140H entail the study of musical performance through ensemble participation. Repertoire will include compositions programmed by directors each semester. Work for the course will include thorough preparation of one’s individual part, intensive listening preparation, and other projects. These courses will culminate in public performances. Performance courses will be elected as a half course and may be repeated. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same ensemble. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements.
Half credit. Fall and spring semesters.
2023-24: Not offered136H-140H entail the study of musical performance through ensemble participation. Repertoire will include compositions programmed by directors each semester. Work for the course will include thorough preparation of one’s individual part, intensive listening preparation, and other projects. These courses will culminate in public performances. Performance courses will be elected as a half course and may be repeated. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same ensemble. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements.
Half credit. Fall and spring semesters.
2023-24: Not offered136H-140H entail the study of musical performance through ensemble participation. Repertoire will include compositions programmed by directors each semester. Work for the course will include thorough preparation of one’s individual part, intensive listening preparation, and other projects. These courses will culminate in public performances. Performance courses will be elected as a half course and may be repeated. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same ensemble. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements.
Half credit. Fall and spring semesters.
2023-24: Not offered136H-140H entail the study of musical performance through ensemble participation. Repertoire will include compositions programmed by directors each semester. Work for the course will include thorough preparation of one’s individual part, intensive listening preparation, and other projects. These courses will culminate in public performances. Performance courses will be elected as a half course and may be repeated. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same ensemble. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements.
Half credit. Fall and spring semesters.
2023-24: Not offered136H-140H entail the study of musical performance through ensemble participation. Repertoire will include compositions programmed by directors each semester. Work for the course will include thorough preparation of one’s individual part, intensive listening preparation, and other projects. These courses will culminate in public performances. Performance courses will be elected as a half course and may be repeated. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same ensemble. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements.
Half credit. Fall and spring semesters.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2023MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024MUSL 151H-183H entail individual beginner performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 151H-183H may be repeated. Students must complete MUSI 111 concurrently or prior to enrolling in beginner lessons or demonstrate equivalent competency. If a student places out of MUSI 111, they must complete one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after beginning individual instruction. MUSL 151H-183H may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course toward fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
Other years: Offered in Spring 2023, Fall 2023MUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrument or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrument or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrument or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not stricly required, the Music Department urges that the two semester be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 351H-384H entail individual intermediate performance instruction and have a fee associated with the course. The fee is $750, for which the student is fully committed following the end of the add/drop period. Students receiving need-based scholarship assistance from Amherst College will be given additional scholarship grants in the full amount of these fees. MUSL 351H-384H may be repeated, may be elected only with the consent of the Department Coordinator, and will consist of 12 weekly lessons of 50 minutes. A minimum of 5 hours of weekly individual practice is expected. Instrumental or vocal proficiency at the intermediate level is determined by the Music Department. Enrollment in one full Music Department course before, concurrently, or one semester after taking intermediate individual instruction is required. Two half courses in performance may be counted as the equivalent of one full course for fulfilling major requirements. These two half courses must be in the same instrument. Though not strictly required, the Music Department urges that the two semesters be consecutive. Non-majors or majors not using performance courses to fulfill major requirements may combine performance half-courses with other half courses to fulfill degree requirements. Students should consult with the Department Coordinator to arrange for teachers and auditions. Instruction in performance is also available through the Five Colleges with all of the above conditions pertaining. A student wishing to study under this arrangement must enroll through Five College Interchange.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offeredMUSL 451H-483H is reserved for students giving a senior recital or an honors recital in their final year and must have the Department Chair's approval. MUSL 451H-483H may be repeated.
Half credit. Fall and spring semester.
2023-24: Not offered