• MUPF 3160

    Advanced Performance (Brass)
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here, including prerequisites: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information.

  • MUPF 3170

    Advanced Performance (Percussion)
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here, including prerequisites: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information.

  • MUPF 3180

    Advanced Performance (Guitar)
     Rating

    4.33

     Difficulty

    4.00

     GPA

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here, including prerequisites: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. There is an additional fee for private lessons. Please contact the McIntire Department of Music for information.

  • MUSI 3307

    Play Guitar! Level 2
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.83

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    To develop intermediate and advanced guitar skills. For students who have taken MUSI 2307 or who have appropriate skills for the course.

  • MUSI 3310

    Theory I
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    4.40

     Difficulty

    2.71

     GPA

    3.52

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Studies the pitch and rhythmic aspects of several musical styles, including European art music, blues, African drumming, and popular music. Focuses on concepts and notation related to scales and modes, harmony, meter, form, counterpoint, and style. Prerequisite: Ability to read music, and familiarity with basic concepts of pitch intervals and scales..

  • MUSI 3320

    Theory II
     Rating

    4.42

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.45

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Studies pitch and formal organization in European concert music of the 18th and 19th centuries. Includes four-part vocal writing, 18th-century style keyboard accompaniment, key relations, and form. Students compose numerous short passages of music and study significant compositions by period composers. Prerequisite: MUSI 3310 or instructor permission.

  • MUSI 3332

    Musicianship I
     Rating

    4.11

     Difficulty

    2.67

     GPA

    3.56

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Lab course providing practical experience with many aspects of musical perception and performance, such as accurate vocal production of pitch, musical memory, identification of intervals and rhythmic patterns, and uses of notation in dictation and sight-singing. Students entering this sequence take a test to determine the appropriate level of their first course. Students enrolled in MUSI 3310, 3320 or 4331 have priority; course open to other students as space permits. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

  • MUSI 3334

    Musicianship II
     Rating

    4.00

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.64

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    Lab course providing practical experience with many aspects of musical perception and performance, such as accurate vocal production of pitch, musical memory, identification of intervals and rhythmic patterns, and uses of notation in dictation and sight-singing. Students entering this sequence take a test to determine the appropriate level of their first course. Students enrolled in MUSI 3310, 3320 or 4331 have priority; course open to other students as space permits. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

  • MUSI 3374

    Composing Mixtapes
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     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.89

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    The craft of writing rap songs and the collection, selection, and integration of other media to collaborate toward the composition of a class mixtape. Experience writing raps or producing beats will be helpful, but it is not necessary to take this course. Students will listen to, attempt to deconstruct, create, and evaluate a broad range of music and literature while collaborating on the mixtape.

  • MUSI 3380

    Introduction to Composition
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     GPA

    3.37

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This class focuses on composition techniques in American and European concert music, including the music of various composers and the composition of new music. Prerequisite: MUSI 3310. The course can be repeated for credit with approval of instructor.