The listed reading, workbook, and sight singing assignments are to be completed for the class session following the date they are listed.  All other assignments, quizzes, etc. are due on the date listed.

Wednesday, 8/29/01 "Introduction and review"
Read: Chapter 1
Sing: refresher assignment tba in class
Friday, 8/31/01 "The Romantic Period" - Workbook due (an empty folder must be turned in this day)
Read: Reserve reading 1
Workbook: Chapter 1
Sing: Rhythm refresher tba in class
Monday, 9/3/01 "The Romantic Period continued"
Read: Chapter 2
Sing: _____
Wednesday, 9/5/01 "Diatonic 7th Chords, Higher Number Chords, The Period and Double Period"
Workbook: Chapter 2, a, b, d, and f.
Sing: _____
Friday, 9/7/01 "7th, Period continued" - Workbook due
Workbook: Complete Chapter 2
Sing: _____
Monday, 9/10/01 - Ear training intensive day
Read: Chapter 3
Sing: _____
Wednesday, 9/12/01 "Altered Chords: Borrowed Chords and the N6, Binary Form"
Sing: _____
Friday, 9/14/01 "Altered Chords: Borrowed Chords and the N6, Binary Form cont." - no workbook due
Sing: _____
Workbook: Begin Chapter 3
Monday, 9/17/01 "Altered Chords: Borrowed Chords and the N6, Binary Form cont."
Read: Chapter 4
Workbook: Complete Chapter 3
Sing: _____
Wednesday, 9/19/01 "Altered Chords: Secondary Dominants"
Workbook: Begin Chapter 4
Sing: _____
Friday, 9/21/01 "Secondary Dominants cont." - Workbook due
Read: Chapter 5
Workbook: Complete Chapter 4
Sing: _____
Monday, 9/24/01 "Augmented Sixth Chords"
Workbook: Begin Chapter 5
Sing: _____
Wednesday, 9/26/01 "Aug. 6th Chords cont."
Workbook: Complete Chapter 5
Sing: _____
Friday, 9/28/01 Context day #1 - Workbook due
Read: Chapter 6
Sing: _____
Monday, 10/1/01 "Chromatic Modulation"
Sing: _____
Wednesday 10/3/01 "Chromatic Modulation cont."
Read: Chapter 7
Workbook: Chapter 6
Sing: _____
Friday, 10/5/01 "Enharmonic Modulation" - Workbook due
Sing: _____
Monday, 10/8/01 "Enharmonic Modulation cont."
Sing: Prep for midterm - select a time for testing on Wed.
Wednesday, 10/10/01 - Ear training / sight singing midterm
Class time to be used for testing.
Read: Chapter 8
Sing: _____
Friday, 10/12/01 "Chromatic harmony wrap-up" - no workbook due
Workbook: Begin Chapter 8
Sing: _____
Monday, 10/15/01 "Chromatic harmony wrap-up cont."
Read: Chapter 9
Workbook: Continue Chapter 8
Sing: _____
Wednesday, 10/17/01 "Form" - no workbook due. Project selections due
Midterms will be distributed at the end of this class session and will be due at the start of class on Wed., 10/24/01 WITHOUT EXCEPTION.
Read: Chapter 12, Supplemental reading TBA
Workbook: Complete Chapter 8, Chapter 9: this will be partitioned for class presentation.
Sing: _____
NOTE: Sat., 10/20/01 - The Richmond Symphony Orchestra will be featuring John Corligliano, and the composer will discuss his works.
Monday, 10/22/01 "The Twentieth Century"
Read: Chapter 11
Sing: _____
Wednesday, 10/24/01 "Impressionism"
Read: Chapter 13
Workbook: Chapter 11
Sing: _____
Friday, 10/26/01 "Modes" - Workbook due
Read: Supplemental reading
Workbook: Handout tba
Sing: _____
Monday, 10/29/01 "Modes cont."
Sing: _____
Wednesday, 10/31/01 Context day # 2
Read: Chapter 14
Sing: _____
Friday, 11/2/01"Pan-triadicism" - Workbook due
Read: Chapter 15
Workbook: Chapter 14
Sing: _____
Monday, 11/5/01 "Quartal Harmony"
Read: Chapter 16
Sing: _____
Wednesday, 11/7/01 "Complex meter and rhythm"
Sing: _____
Friday, 11/9/01 Rhythm intensive day - Workbook due
Read: Chapter 17
Sing: _____
Monday, 11/12/01 "Pandiatonicism"
Read: Chapter 18
Sing: _____
Wednesday, 11/14/01 "Polychords"
Workbook: Chapter 18
Sing: _____
Friday, 11/16/01 Context day #3
Read: Chapter 19 and Supplemental reading tba
Sing: _____

THANKSGIVING BREAK

Monday, 11/26/01"Serialism, Free 12-tone, and post-tonality"
Workbook: Begin serial project
Sing: _____
Wednesday, 11/28/01 "12-tone cont."
Read: Internet reading
Workbook: Complete serial project
Sing: _____
Friday, 11/30/01 "Set theory" - Workbook due
Read: Reserve tba
Workbook: Score assignment tba (due in final notebook)
Sing: _____
NOTE: Concert essay due Mon.
Monday, 12/3/01 "Set theory cont." - Concert essay due
Read: Reserve tba
Sing: _____
Wednesday, 12/5/01 "Large-scale analytical technique"
Read: Reserve tba
Sing: _____
Friday, 12/7/01 "Basic Schenker"
Workbook: Bach assignment tba
Sing: Prep. for exam
Monday, 12/10/01 - Ear training / sight singing Final
Class time to be used for testing.
Read: Reserve tba
Wednesday, 12/12/01 "Coping with minimalism, aleatoric music, and other avant-garde trends"
Friday, 12/14/01 - Review day and postmortem - Final Workbook due
This session may include new ideas that you will be responsible for on the exam, and is not optional.

Final Exam - Wednesday, 12/19/01 8:00 AM



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