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Full List of Williams Music Courses

Sort the list below by clicking on Title, Course Number, or Semester. Unlike the yearly catalog this list includes all courses even if they are not offered during the current academic year.

Namesort iconCourse IDSemester
Introduction to the Music of Duke Ellington (W)MUS 240Spring or Fall
Advanced Ear Training for Jazz Musicians: The Study of Jazz Improvisation Traditions through the Art of TranscriptionMUS 221TSpring or Fall
African Music: Interdisciplinary Studies (Same as Africana Studies 250 and INTR 287)MUS 233Spring or Fall
African Rhythm, African Sensibility (Same as Africana Studies 235) (D)MUS 235Spring or Fall
African-American Music (Same as Africana Studies 122)MUS 122Spring or Fall
Afro-Pop: Urban African Dance Music (Same as Africana Studies 234)MUS 234 Fall
American MusicMUS 114Spring or Fall
American Pop Orientalism (W) (D)MUS 210TSpring or Fall
Arranging for VoicesMUS 211Spring
BachMUS 118Spring or Fall
Bach and Handel: Their Music in High Baroque CultureMUS 136Spring
BeethovenMUS 120Fall
Brahms in ContextMUS 121Spring or Fall
Brazilian and Latin Jazz: Theory, Analysis and Performance (Brazilian and Latin Jazz) (Same as Africana Studies 243)MUS 310Fall
Cathedral, Court, and City Soundscapes: Introduction to Early MusicMUS 137Spring or Fall
Chamber MusicMUS 110Spring or Fall
Chamber Music WorkshopMUS 261-268Every Semester
Choral ConductingMUS 215Spring
Composition I and IIMUS 203T(F), MUS 204T(S)Spring or Fall
Composition III, IV, V, and VIMUS 305, 306, 407, 408Spring or Fall
Fundamentals of Music (W)MUS 102Fall
Gender, Class, and Race in Western Musical SocietyMUS 131Spring or Fall
History of Jazz (Same as Africana Studies 130)MUS 130Spring or Fall
Independent StudyMUS 497(F), 498(S)Every Semester
Individual Vocal and Instrumental InstructionMUS 251-258 Every Semester
Introduction to CounterpointMUS 301 Spring
Introduction to the Music of John Coltrane (W)MUS 241 Fall
Introduction to Twentieth-Century MusicMUS 115Spring or Fall
Jazz Arranging and CompositionMUS 217Spring or Fall
Jazz Theory and Improvisation I (Same as Africana Studies 212)MUS 212Spring

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