Stephen R. Miller
Courses
Dept. of Music/Sewanee
In the current semester (Advent term, 2002) I'm teaching these courses:

Music 269. Music and Nature--"Music of the Birds and Bees." View syllabus.

Music 301. History of Music I. View syllabus.

Hum 201. The Early Modern World: Renaissance to Revolution


Here is the more-or-less complete list of courses I teach at Sewanee. For the "official" course descriptions as they appear in the College Catalogue, please visit the Music Dept. page on the University website.

Music 101. Music of Western Civilization

an overview of Western classical music--Hildegard, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Copland ... all the greats

Music 102. Musicianship I

basic introduction to music theory

Music 105. Introduction to World Music

a trot through all the biggies--Africa, India, China, Latin America, etc.

Music 111. Knowing the Score

a chance for guitarists, drummers, and others to learn to read music

Music 223. American Music

the promise and peril of music in the U.S.--in all its styles and contexts

Music 229. The Mass in Music (team taught with Dr. Delcamp)

the great masses, from Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame through Palestrina, Bach, Beethoven, right up to Bernstein's Mass: A Theatre Piece

Music 260. Musicianship II

chords and the rudiments of part-writing--you learn to harmonize

Music 301. History of Music I

early music, from the murky origins of medieval chant, through the musical brilliance of the Renaissance, and up to Bach and the Baroque

Hum 201. The Interdisciplinary Humanities Program, semester three

A team-taught course on "Tradition and Criticism in Western Culture"; this semester deals with the Early Modern World--Renaissance to Revolution

What music is in the background here?

revised 9/30/02