Theory I: Materials of Music
In this introductory course, we will study elements of music such as pitch, rhythm, intensity, and timbre to see how they combine in various musical structures and how these structures communicate. Studies will include notation and ear training, as well as theoretical exercises, rudimentary analyses, and the study of repertoire from various eras of Western music. Hearing and Singing is taken concurrently with this course. This course is a prerequisite to the Theory II: Basic Tonal Theory and Composition and Advanced Theory sequence. This course will meet twice each week (two 1.5-hour sessions).
Music courses
- Advanced Theory: Advanced Tonal Theory and Composition
- Advanced Theory: Beethoven
- Advanced Theory: Jazz Theory and Harmony I
- Advanced Theory: Jazz Theory and Harmony II
- Advanced Theory: 20th-Century Theoretical Approaches II: Post-Tonal and Rock Music
- Advanced Theory: 20th-Century Theoretical Approaches: Post-Tonal and Rock Music
- African Classics of the Post-Colonial Era
- Analog and Digital Synthesis
- Awareness Through Movement™ for Musicians
- Baroque Ensemble
- Basic Aural Skills
- Beethoven
- Bluegrass Performance Ensemble
- Chamber Choir
- Chamber Music
- Chamber Music Improvisation
- Character Development for Singers
- Concert Attendance/Music Tuesdays Requirement
- Conducting
- Debussy and the French School
- Diction for Singers
- Digital Audio Workstations and MIDI
- Ethnomusicology of the Americas: Music, Language, and Identity
- Ethnomusicology of the Americas: Music, Language, and Identity
- Evolution of a Performance
- Gamelan Angklung Chandra Buana
- Guitar Class
- Guitar Ensemble
- Hearing and Singing
- Intermediate Aural Skills
- Introduction to Electronic Music and Music Technology
- Jazz Colloquium
- Jazz History
- Jazz Performance and Improvisation Workshop
- Jazz Vocal Ensemble
- Jazz Vocal Seminar
- Keyboard Lab
- Master Class
- Mozart and Beethoven: Music from 1720-1810
- Music, Circulation, and Appropriation
- Music Workshop
- “Non-Western” Western Musics in Europe and Asia
- Recording, Sequencing, and Mastering Electronic Music
- Sarah Lawrence Orchestra
- Sarah Lawrence String Orchestra
- Self-Discovery Through Singing
- Seminar in Vocal Performance
- Music, Circulation, and Appropriation
- Senior Recital
- Sight Reading for Instrumentalists
- So This Is Opera?
- Studio Class
- Studio Composition and Music Technology
- Survey of Western Music
- The Blues Ensemble
- The Cygnus Ensemble: Artists-in-Residence
- Theory II: Basic Tonal Theory and Composition
- Theory I: Materials of Music
- 20th-Century Compositional Techniques
- Violin Master Class
- West African Percussion Ensemble Faso Foli
- Women’s Vocal Ensemble
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