This is Semester Classes
A continuation of Basic Rudiments, including all key signatures, triads, and extended terminology. Note: this course may be taken as either a single-semester or full-year course. Students may start single-semester classes in September or January.
A continuation of Intermediate Rudiments, including cadences, transposition of some orchestral instruments, and melody writing. Note: this course may be taken as either a single-semester or full-year course. Students may start single-semester classes in September or January.
The basics of four-part chorale writing in the style of Bach, structural analysis, and melody writing.
A continuation of Basic Harmony including modulation, applied dominant and leading-note chords, and structural analysis of larger forms.
Advanced chromatic harmony and modulation to remote keys. Contrapuntal two-part writing covered in Counterpoint is extended to create compositions in the Baroque style.
Materials learned in Harmony are applied to two-part contrapuntal writing in the style of the Baroque period. Introductory fugal analysis included.
Building on the basic analytical skills developed in Rudiments and Harmony, students will explore art song, small and large instrumental forms, the fugal style of J. S. Bach, and important 20th-century compositional techniques.
An introduction to the study of music history through an overview of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th-Century periods.
Students will investigate the music of the 19th and 20th centuries including Canadian music. Topics include popular music and jazz in addition to traditional Western music.
Students will investigate the music of the 19th and 20th centuries including Canadian music. Topics include popular music and jazz in addition to traditional Western music.
