Music
Class Schedule
2024 Spring Schedule
16 classes scheduled
MUS 1
INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC
4 units
- Description: A study of Western music and its place in civilization. Selected listening and readings from the masterpieces of music of Europe and the Western Hemisphere with an emphasis on methods of comprehension, listening techniques, the elements of music, primary musical forms, and a wide range of concert repertoire. Includes a study of how social, political, philosophical, and other artistic developments outside of music influenced compositional thinking and how these were integrated into the different periods of Western musical history. A variety of media consisting of slides, videos, recordings, and lecture will be used. Live performance used when possible.
- Prerequisite:
- Corequisite:
- Advisory:
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 1 hour lab per week. 60 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu For more information about the Music Program, contact: Robert Hartwell at hartwellrobert@foothill.edu or call 650.949.7016. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/musicSection: MUS -001.-01W
Course Number (CRN): 40059
Dates: 4/8/2024 - 6/28/2024
Closed
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0 of 0 waitlist seats open
Modality: Fully Online asynchronous
Textbook(s): Check Bookstore
Footnote: This fully online asynchronous class has online activities with weekly requirements and due dates outlined by the course instructor.After registering, find out how to log in to the course site. https://foothill.edu/onlinelearning/students/canvas-login-instructions-students.html
MUS 2C
GREAT COMPOSERS & MUSIC MASTERPIECES
5 units
- Description: Introduction to the great composers and music masterpieces of Western culture. Includes composer biographies with emphasis on how composers synthesize or transform the aesthetic ideals of their time. Examines how their music reflects their own lives as well as mirrors contemporary social, political, and religious events. Historical periods are mid-19th century Romanticism through the present. Composers include Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Berlioz, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Strauss, Verdi, Wagner, Bizet, Debussy, Ravel, Ives, Cowell, Bartok, Berg, Webern, Stravinsky, Copland, Varese, Babbitt, Cage, Crumb, Ligeti, Penderecki, Reich, Glass and Adams.
- Prerequisite:
- Corequisite:
- Advisory: Advisory: Not open to students with credit in MUS 2CH.
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. 84 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu For more information about the Music Program, contact: Robert Hartwell at hartwellrobert@foothill.edu or call 650.949.7016. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/musicSection: MUS -002C-01Y
Course Number (CRN): 40063
Dates: 4/8/2024 - 6/28/2024
Closed
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
10 of 10 waitlist seats open
Modality: IN-PERSON some wkly online
Textbook(s): $0$0 indicates course/section uses materials that are free of charge.Check Bookstore
Footnote: This hybrid class has regularly scheduled on-campus class meetings and required asynchronous online activities with weekly requirements and due dates outlined by the course instructor. After registering, find out how to log in to the course site. https://foothill.edu/onlinelearning/students/canvas-login-instructions-students.html
Section: MUS -002C-02W
Course Number (CRN): 40060
Dates: 4/8/2024 - 6/28/2024
Closed
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
8 of 10 waitlist seats open
Modality: Fully Online asynchronous
Textbook(s): $0$0 indicates course/section uses materials that are free of charge.Check Bookstore
Footnote: This fully online asynchronous class has online activities with weekly requirements and due dates outlined by the course instructor.After registering, find out how to log in to the course site. https://foothill.edu/onlinelearning/students/canvas-login-instructions-students.html
MUS 2CH
HONORS GREAT COMPOSERS & MUSIC MASTERPIECES
5 units
- Description: Introduction to the great composers and music masterpieces of Western culture. Includes composer biographies with emphasis on how composers synthesize or transform the aesthetic ideals of their time. Examines how their music reflects their own lives as well as mirrors contemporary social, political, and religious events. Historical periods are mid-19th century Romanticism through the present. Composers include Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Berlioz, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Strauss, Verdi, Wagner, Bizet, Debussy, Ravel, Ives, Cowell, Bartok, Berg, Webern, Stravinsky, Copland, Varese, Babbitt, Cage, Crumb, Ligeti, Penderecki, Reich, Glass and Adams. The honors section offers deeper theoretical content, assignments that require more sophisticated cognition/critical thinking, more rigorous assessment, and additional creative and summative projects.
- Prerequisite:
- Corequisite:
- Advisory: Advisory: Not open to students with credit in MUS 2C.
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. 84 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu For more information about the Music Program, contact: Robert Hartwell at hartwellrobert@foothill.edu or call 650.949.7016. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/musicSection: MUS -02CH-1HY
Course Number (CRN): 40402
Dates: 4/8/2024 - 6/28/2024
Closed
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: IN-PERSON some wkly online
Textbook(s): $0$0 indicates course/section uses materials that are free of charge.Check Bookstore
Footnote: This hybrid class has regularly scheduled on-campus class meetings and required asynchronous online activities with weekly requirements and due dates outlined by the course instructor. After registering, find out how to log in to the course site. https://foothill.edu/onlinelearning/students/canvas-login-instructions-students.htmlHonors courses are open access- they include more advanced and challenging assignments for students seeking additional academic training in preparation for university and college transfer. For more information, and to register as an honors student to receive additional support, please visit the Honors Institute at https://foothill.edu/honors/ or call 650.949.7061.
MUS 3C
THEORY & MUSICIANSHIP III
5 units
- Description: Continuation of concepts from MUS 3B, including guided analysis and composition using beginning chromatic harmony, secondary dominants and leading tone chords, modulation, borrowed chords, the Neapolitan sixth chord, and all forms of the augmented sixth chord. Musicianship skills to include melodic dictation in major and minor keys with triplets, syncopation, and pivot chord modulations, rhythmic dictation in simple and compound meters with syncopation and triplets, aural identification of four part harmonic progressions that use secondary dominants and pivot chord modulation, sight-singing melodies that modulate.
- Prerequisite:
- Corequisite:
- Advisory: Advisory: MUS 3B proficiency or equivalent.
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. 84 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu For more information about the Music Program, contact: Robert Hartwell at hartwellrobert@foothill.edu or call 650.949.7016. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/musicSection: MUS -003C-01W
Course Number (CRN): 40331
Dates: 4/8/2024 - 6/28/2024
Closed
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: Fully Online asynchronous
Textbook(s): $0$0 indicates course/section uses materials that are free of charge.Check Bookstore
Footnote: This fully online asynchronous class has online activities with weekly requirements and due dates outlined by the course instructor.After registering, find out how to log in to the course site. https://foothill.edu/onlinelearning/students/canvas-login-instructions-students.html
MUS 8
MUSIC OF AMERICAN CULTURES
5 units
- Description: A comparative and integrative study of American music, this course explores the music traditions and styles of Native Americans, European Americans, African Americans, Chicano/Latino Americans, and Asian Americans, from their historical roots to the present. It includes a wide variety of genres, such as folk, spirituals, gospel, soul, blues, jazz, Cajun, zydeco, salsa, Tejano, hip-hop and rap. Students will look at these musical traditions from a technical and a cultural perspective as they develop listening and descriptive skills.
- Prerequisite:
- Corequisite:
- Advisory: Advisory: Not open to students with credit in MUS 8H.
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. 84 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu For more information about the Music Program, contact: Robert Hartwell at hartwellrobert@foothill.edu or call 650.949.7016. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/musicSection: MUS -008.-01Y
Course Number (CRN): 41125
Dates: 4/8/2024 - 6/28/2024
Closed
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: IN-PERSON some wkly online
Textbook(s): Check Bookstore
Footnote: This hybrid class has regularly scheduled on-campus class meetings and required asynchronous online activities with weekly requirements and due dates outlined by the course instructor. After registering, find out how to log in to the course site. https://foothill.edu/onlinelearning/students/canvas-login-instructions-students.html
Section: MUS -008.-02Z
Course Number (CRN): 40898
Dates: 4/8/2024 - 6/28/2024
Closed
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
4 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: Fully Online synch and async
Textbook(s): Check Bookstore
Footnote: This hybrid class is fully online, with regularly scheduled synchronous virtual class meetings with the instructor (e.g., Zoom) on specific days and times, as noted in the class schedule, and online asynchronous activities with weekly requirements and due dates outlined by the course instructor.After registering, find out how to log in to the course site. https://foothill.edu/onlinelearning/students/canvas-login-instructions-students.html
Section: MUS -008.-03W
Course Number (CRN): 40062
Dates: 4/8/2024 - 6/28/2024
Closed
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Room
Day & Time
Instructor
9 of 10 waitlist seats open
Modality: Fully Online asynchronous
Textbook(s): Check Bookstore
Footnote: This fully online asynchronous class has online activities with weekly requirements and due dates outlined by the course instructor.After registering, find out how to log in to the course site. https://foothill.edu/onlinelearning/students/canvas-login-instructions-students.html
MUS 8H
HONORS MUSIC OF AMERICAN CULTURES
5 units
- Description: A comparative and integrative study of American music, this course explores the music traditions and styles of Native Americans, European Americans, African Americans, Chicano/Latino Americans, and Asian Americans, from their historical roots to the present. It includes a wide variety of genres, such as folk, spirituals, gospel, soul, blues, jazz, Cajun, zydeco, salsa, Tejano, hip-hop and rap. Students will look at these musical traditions from a technical and a cultural perspective as they develop listening and descriptive skills. The honors course offers an enriched and challenging experience for the more talented student, including deeper content, more rigorous grading, and more demanding and creative assignments requiring application of higher-level thinking, writing, and communication skills.
- Prerequisite:
- Corequisite:
- Advisory: Advisory: Not open to students with credit in MUS 8.
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 3 hours lab per week. 84 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu For more information about the Music Program, contact: Robert Hartwell at hartwellrobert@foothill.edu or call 650.949.7016. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/musicSection: MUS -008H-1HY
Course Number (CRN): 41126
Dates: 4/8/2024 - 6/28/2024
Closed
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: IN-PERSON some wkly online
Textbook(s): Check Bookstore
Footnote: This hybrid class has regularly scheduled on-campus class meetings and required asynchronous online activities with weekly requirements and due dates outlined by the course instructor. After registering, find out how to log in to the course site. https://foothill.edu/onlinelearning/students/canvas-login-instructions-students.html
Section: MUS -008H-2HZ
Course Number (CRN): 40899
Dates: 4/8/2024 - 6/28/2024
Closed
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
4 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: Fully Online synch and async
Textbook(s): Check Bookstore
Footnote: This hybrid class is fully online, with regularly scheduled synchronous virtual class meetings with the instructor (e.g., Zoom) on specific days and times, as noted in the class schedule, and online asynchronous activities with weekly requirements and due dates outlined by the course instructor.After registering, find out how to log in to the course site. https://foothill.edu/onlinelearning/students/canvas-login-instructions-students.htmlHonors courses are open access- they include more advanced and challenging assignments for students seeking additional academic training in preparation for university and college transfer. For more information, and to register as an honors student to receive additional support, please visit the Honors Institute at https://foothill.edu/honors/ or call 650.949.7061.
MUS 9B
MUSIC & MEDIA: HENDRIX TO HIP-HOP
4 units
- Description: Introductory study of the history and development of popular music from 1964 through the present in the U.S. The class will examine the development of media delivery systems after The Beatles' first appearances on television through the growth of rock and alternative styles. Styles to be studied include punk, ska, the rebirth of country music and the rise of hip-hop culture, examining artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Prince, The Police, Chuck D. and others. The class will study the development and growth of music videos as an art form and the delivery/promotional systems developed for them, such as MTV.
- Prerequisite:
- Corequisite:
- Advisory: Advisory: Not open to students with credit in MUS 85B.
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 1 hour lab per week. 60 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu For more information about the Music Program, contact: Robert Hartwell at hartwellrobert@foothill.edu or call 650.949.7016. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/musicSection: MUS -009B-01W
Course Number (CRN): 40095
Dates: 4/8/2024 - 6/28/2024
Closed
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: Fully Online asynchronous
Textbook(s): < $50< $50 indicates course/section uses materials that cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: This fully online asynchronous class has online activities with weekly requirements and due dates outlined by the course instructor.After registering, find out how to log in to the course site. https://foothill.edu/onlinelearning/students/canvas-login-instructions-students.html
MUS 11B
FUNK, FUSION & HIP-HOP
4 units
- Description: History and analysis of funk, fusion and hip-hop styles from 1969 to the present. An introduction to the instruments, performers, composers, compositions and recordings that defined/define funk, fusion and hip-hop. Presentation of recordings, videos and print resources. Major artists include Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, James Brown, Sly Stone, Weather Report, Wayne Shorter, George Clinton and P-Funk, Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Grandmaster Flash, Africa Bambaataa, Chuck D. and Dr. Dre. Style periods include early jazz fusion, early funk, East Bay funk, groove and smooth jazz, modern fusion, early hip-hop and commercial rap.
- Prerequisite:
- Corequisite:
- Advisory: Advisory: Not open to students with credit in MUS 64B.
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 1 hour lab per week. 60 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu For more information about the Music Program, contact: Robert Hartwell at hartwellrobert@foothill.edu or call 650.949.7016. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/musicSection: MUS -011B-01W
Course Number (CRN): 40058
Dates: 4/8/2024 - 6/28/2024
Closed
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
10 of 10 waitlist seats open
Modality: Fully Online asynchronous
Textbook(s): $0$0 indicates course/section uses materials that are free of charge.Check Bookstore
Footnote: This fully online asynchronous class has online activities with weekly requirements and due dates outlined by the course instructor.After registering, find out how to log in to the course site. https://foothill.edu/onlinelearning/students/canvas-login-instructions-students.html
MUS 11E
HISTORY OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC: 1970-PRESENT
4 units
- Description: The impact of emerging electronic music styles on instrument development, recording technology and popular culture in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Incorporation of electronic music and instruments in new music, television and film soundtracks and live performance, creating a market for the development and sales of portable music synthesizers. Analysis of the impact of emerging musical styles including ambient, techno and trance on the composition of contemporary music and youth culture. Comparison of analog and digital music synthesis techniques in the recording and performance of electronic music. Advances in computer technology in relation to the compositional needs of the emerging electronic musical styles. Students will analyze historically significant electronic works from experimental academic compositions to popular music from the era.
- Prerequisite:
- Corequisite:
- Advisory:
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 1 hour lab per week. 60 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu For more information about the Music Program, contact: Robert Hartwell at hartwellrobert@foothill.edu or call 650.949.7016. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/musicSection: MUS -011E-01W
Course Number (CRN): 40565
Dates: 4/8/2024 - 6/28/2024
Closed
0 of 0 waitlist seats open
Modality: Fully Online asynchronous
Textbook(s): < $50< $50 indicates course/section uses materials that cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: This fully online asynchronous class has online activities with weekly requirements and due dates outlined by the course instructor.After registering, find out how to log in to the course site. https://foothill.edu/onlinelearning/students/canvas-login-instructions-students.html
MUS 12A
BEGINNING CLASS PIANO
2 units
- Description: Group instruction in piano for those with no previous training. Emphasis is on finger technique, note reading, and performance of simple piano literature. For music majors as well as the general student.
- Prerequisite:
- Corequisite:
- Advisory: Advisory: Concurrent enrollment in MUS 10; this course is included in the Piano Class Applied Performance family of activity courses.
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 2 hours lecture per week, 1 hour lab per week. 36 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu For more information about the Music Program, contact: Robert Hartwell at hartwellrobert@foothill.edu or call 650.949.7016. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/musicSection: MUS -012A-02
Course Number (CRN): 40071
Dates: 4/8/2024 - 6/28/2024
Closed
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Room
Day & Time
Instructor
5 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): < $50< $50 indicates course/section uses materials that cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: n/a
MUS 12B
INTERMEDIATE CLASS PIANO
2 units
- Description: Continuation of MUS 12A with increased emphasis on independence of hands, proper hand position, building repertoire in different genres, variety in rhythmic figurations and articulation.
- Prerequisite:
- Corequisite:
- Advisory: Advisory: MUS 12A or equivalent skills; this course is included in the Piano Class Applied Performance family of activity courses.
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 2 hours lecture per week, 1 hour lab per week. 36 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu For more information about the Music Program, contact: Robert Hartwell at hartwellrobert@foothill.edu or call 650.949.7016. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/musicSection: MUS -012B-02
Course Number (CRN): 40072
Dates: 4/8/2024 - 6/28/2024
Closed
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
3 of 5 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): < $50< $50 indicates course/section uses materials that cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: n/a
MUS 12C
ADVANCED CLASS PIANO
2 units
- Description: Continuation of MUS 12B with greater emphasis on building a repertoire, varied styles of performance, and ensemble playing.
- Prerequisite:
- Corequisite:
- Advisory: Advisory: MUS 12B or equivalent skills; this course is included in the Piano Class Applied Performance family of activity courses.
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 2 hours lecture per week, 1 hour lab per week. 36 hours total per quarter.
- Foothill GE Area:English
- Transferability: Both
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
TO CONTACT AN INSTRUCTOR VIA EMAIL: lastnamefirstname@foothill.edu For more information about the Music Program, contact: Robert Hartwell at hartwellrobert@foothill.edu or call 650.949.7016. The website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/musicSection: MUS -012C-02
Course Number (CRN): 40073
Dates: 4/8/2024 - 6/28/2024
Closed
Type
Room
Day & Time
Instructor
2 of 2 waitlist seats open
Modality: In-person
Textbook(s): < $50< $50 indicates course/section uses materials that cost less than $50.Check Bookstore
Footnote: n/a