Music Theory
Each student age 8 or older taking private lessons, on scholarship or in an ensemble, must register for a Music Theory class. Class level will be determined by a placement exam given before the beginning of each semester. Classes are graded and promotions will be based on exam scores.
Aural skills, an integral part of the theory training process, will be taught using software designed to improve aural awareness. Note: Students must pass an exam before progressing to the next level, and must take theory during each semester.
• Music Theory I
This course includes discussions, analysis and detailed study of the most basic musical concepts and materials including musical notes and values, simple time signatures, rests, treble and bass clefs, accidentals, 12 major keys and scales as well as intervals: major and minor seconds, thirds, perfect fourths and fifths.
Tuition: $100 for 14 weeks / $200 for 28 weeks
Materials Fee: $6/manuscript book.
Class Times:
Ages 8–11: Monday 4:30pm–5:30pm
Adults Only Monday 6:30pm–7:30pm
Ages 8–11: Tuesday 5:00pm–6:00pm
Ages 12 +: Wednesday 6:00pm–7:00pm
Ages 8–11: Thursday 5:00pm–6:00pm
Ages 12 +: Friday 5:30pm–6:30pm
Ages 8–11: Saturday 9:00am–10:00am
Ages 8–11: Saturday 10:00am–11:00am
Ages 12 +: Saturday 11:00am–12:00pm
Ages 8–11: Saturday 1:00pm–2:00pm
Ages 12 +: Saturday 2:00pm–3:00pm
• Music Theory II
Focuses on the integration of complex musical structures and ideas towards musical invention. Topics include note value extensions, compound time signatures, accents and slurs, minor scales (natural, harmonic, melodic), all major, minor, diminished, augmented intervals, major and minor chords and their inversions.
Tuition: $100 for 14 weeks / $200 for 28 weeks
Materials Fee: $6/manuscript book.
Class Times:
Monday 5:30pm–6:30pm
Tuesday 6:00pm–7:00pm
Thursday 5:00pm–6:00pm
Friday 4:30pm–5:30pm
Saturday 12:00pm–1:00pm
Saturday 1:00pm–2:00pm
• Music Theory III
This course covers the application of musical concepts, materials and structures towards complex musical analysis including triplets and other “bracketed” note value extensions, compound time signatures, musical uses of silence: breath, pauses, suspensions, spaces, large musical score systems, dynamic, tempo, musical markings, the diatonic modes and the “blues” scale, dominant, major, minor, half and fully diminished seventh chords and their inversions, cadences and chord progressions. Placement will be determined by ability, test results and completion of Music Theory II.
Tuition: $100 for 14 weeks / $200 for 28 weeks
Materials Fee: $6/manuscript book.
Class Times: Wednesday 5:00pm–6:00pm
Saturday 12:00pm–1:00pm
• Music Theory IV
Important tools, ideas and innovations of twentieth and twenty-first century music including (but not limited to) the chromatic scale, five-note, six-note, and other “exotic” scalar formations, secundal, quartal, quintal, and mixed interval chords, atonal music, II - V - I progressions, advanced musical forms and free improvisation. Placement determined by ability, test results and successful completion of Music Theory III.
Tuition: $100 for 14 weeks / $200 for 28 weeks
Materials Fee: $6/manuscript book.
Class Time: Saturday 1:00pm–2:00pm
• Composer's Workshop/Music Technology
The Composer’s Workshop will focus on basic elements and aspects of electronic music, computers and music and the digital-audio environment. Special emphasis will be placed on the performance aspect of the technology, most notably in creation, performance abilities and fluency using the Finale, Pro Tools and Pro Logic Audio software programs. Studies include electronic music and media, MIDI, digital audio techniques and basic recording techniques. Students registering for this class must complete Theory III and/or be enrolled in Theory IV. Permission from instructor required before registering.
Tuition: $290 for 14 weeks / $580 for 28 weeks
Class Time: Saturday 5:00pm–7:00pm
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