Piano — MIN4333.02; section 2
One-on-one lessons, scheduled individually, available to students with previous study.
Corequisites: Must participate in Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 - 8pm).
Fall 2016
Select Filters and then click Apply to load new results
Showing 25 Results of 268
Piano — MIN4333.03; section 3
One-on-one lessons, scheduled individually, available to students with previous study.
Corequisites: Must participate in Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 - 8pm).
Piano — MIN4333.04; section 4
One-on-one lessons, scheduled individually, available to students with previous study.
Corequisites: Must participate in Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 - 8pm).
Piano Lab I — MIN2232.01; section 1
Introductory course in basic keyboard skills. Topics include reading notation, rhythm, technique, and general musicianship.
Piano Lab I — MIN2232.02; section 2
Introductory course in basic keyboard skills. Topics include reading notation, rhythm, technique, and general musicianship.
Piano Lab II — MIN4236.01; section 1
Continuing course in basic keyboard skills. Students already fluent with notation and with music in their plan are encouraged to take this level, or talk with the instructor.
Piano Lab II — MIN4236.02; section 2
Continuing course in basic keyboard skills. Students already fluent with notation and with music in their plan are encouraged to take this level, or talk with the instructor.
Pieces of Time — MPF4105.01
In honor of the quartet recording of drums and percussion music by Milford Graves, Andrew Cyrille, Famadou Don Moye and Kenny Clarke, Pieces of Time delves into the vocabulary and structures of jazz drumming and percussion. While studying the styles of these drummers , the class will also examine drumming and percussion styles within the genre. This
Plains Songs: Willa Cather, Katherine Anne Porter, and Alice Munro — LIT2550.01
The fictions of Cather, Porter and Munro form a sequential chronology of influence and inheritance that spans the 20th century. Drawing deeply from their origins in Nebraska, Texas, and Ontario respectively, each of these writers explores the place from which she came and the various places her characters are subsequently drawn to – in some cases familiarly rural, in others
Political Ceramics — CER4210.01
This class will investigate the nature of making objects that address current political issues relating to the upcoming presidential election. Students will be asked to explore, identify culturally held meanings, values, and imagery stemming from the political discussion of our national debate leading up to the November election. From these discussions students will create work
Political Psychology — PSY2211.01
Why do people support Donald Trump? Why does part of the public think same-sex marriage is a human right, while the other sees it as destroying the family? Why do some look at Israel and see a liberal, innovative state, and others a racist one? In this class we will explore these questions using the lens of Political Psychology. In addition to discussing key theories in the
Pop-Up: Election 2016 and What Comes After — POP2271.03
In this pop-up module we will talk about the election and what comes after. We will talk about different ways of approaching voting--single issue voter? party stalwart? on the fence? trying to take everything into account? We will explore together what issues and concerns drive our thinking about the election and voting tendencies. We will watch the final presidential debate of
Pop-Up: Lie to Me: The Betrayal of Elena Ferrante — POP2270.03
On the web site Electric Lit, Lincoln Michel asks: “We May Know Who Ferrante Is, But Have We Learned Anything?” ().
Let’s tweak the question: “What can we learn by knowing?”
Pop-Up: Resistance 101: Organizing in a Time of Uncertainty — POP2276.04
The election has engendered a deep desire to organize and resist the potentially reactionary politics that lie ahead. In order to so effectively, it is necessary to learn from the giants who have come before us. This course proposes to do so by engaging with theories, models and histories of social movement organizing. We'll do so mainly through the lens of three activist
Projects in Sculpture: Making It Personal — SCU4797.01
The question is what do you want to say? As we develop our interests in sculpture it becomes more and more imperative to find our own voice. The role of the artist is to interpret personal conditions and experiences and find the most effective expression for them. This course provides the opportunity for a self directed study in sculpture. Students are expected to produce a
Prominent Works of Japanese Authors — JPN4509.01
How many names of the Japanese authors can you list? Do you know which Japanese authors won the Nobel Prize in literature? Early works of Japanese literature demonstrate strong influences from Chinese literature, and again Japanese literature was influenced by Western literature in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century.
In this course, students
Protein Research Methods — BIO4109.01
Research questions in cell biology and biochemistry often require the ability to study the proteins at the heart of the inquiry. This course will give students hands-on experience with techniques for quantifying proteins, detecting protein expression, assessing protein-protein interactions, purifying proteins, and visualizing fluorescently-labeled proteins in vivo.
Reader's Theatre Ensemble — DRA2247.01
In this performance-based course we will investigate the Reader’s Theater and Radio Theater formats. Students will concentrate on beginning vocal techniques and training, as well as the practice of reading out loud in performance. Individual as well as group projects will be developed and performed during the term.
Reading and Writing the City — LIT4253.01
Rilke and Walter Benjamin stalked Paris; Virginia Woolf and Charles Dickens walked London’s streets at night; H.P. Lovecraft scoured the sewers underneath Providence; a whole universe of writers (Edith Wharton, Herman Melville, Joseph Mitchell) saw New York through unromantic eyes. In this course we’ll read fiction and non-fiction about the city from across the urban canon,
Reading and Writing the Poetry of Trauma and Violence — LIT4264.01
Students will read various poetry collections that deal with different forms of trauma: homophobia, lynching, war, sexual abuse, colonization, and the overall idea of how to define “violence.” There will be time to discuss prosodic interests of our poets as well as discuss how content and form work together to create a seamless work. We will then turn to our own work and
Real Analysis — MAT4146.01
In this course we will develop a rigorous understanding of the real number system and the foundations of calculus with an emphasis on proof writing and mathematical communication. Topics covered will include: the structure of the real number line, convergence, continuity, limits, and differentiation. Additional topics such as power series, countability, integration, and metric
Recording and Mixing Music — MSR2116.01
An introduction to the basic art of audio recording, editing, and mixing, through lectures and hands-on experiences with guided and individual studio projects. Pro Tools, microphone technique, audio processing, and basic mixing will be covered, alongside analysis of commercial recordings with in-studio recreation of their techniques. Want people to listen to your music?
Regardez — FRE4496.01
In this course, students will examine specific visual representations within the context of French culture. Through the reading of a wide variety of French images, including Chartres cathedral’s stained glasses, La Tour’s chiaroscuro paintings, cartoon hero Tintin, Cocteau’s drawings and films, and contemporary installations, students will hone their linguistic skills and
S.230 From Start to Veto: Renewable in Vermont — MOD2302.02
Senate bill 230 was constructed in response to the interest of Vermonters in having a say in where renewable energy is sited in their communities. Although an important piece of legislation to Vermonters, the constant interplay among science, emotion, business and an overwhelming amount of data caused this bill to regularly be in jeopardy of failing and was
Sacred to Profane in the Whirlwind of History — LIT2506.01
We will read an international selection of 20th and 21st century Jewish writers who wrestle with religion, myth, history, and language. The agon extends to writing itself—narrative forms, notions of reality, memory, horror, and, in the face of it all, outrageous humor and invention. Expect to read Kafka, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Cynthia Ozick, David Grossman, Yoel Hoffman, David