ENROLL

Eleanor Jensen

Sophomore Priority

Waitlist for Juniors and Seniors: ARTS 110.WL1 (Synonym 57988)

Daniel P Bruggeman

Sophomore Priority

Waitlist for Juniors and Seniors: ARTS 110.WL2 (Synonym 57989)

Juliane Shibata

Sophomore Priority

Waitlist for Juniors and Seniors: ARTS 110.WL3 (Synonym 57990)

Stephen Mohring

The ability to build structures that reflect or alter the environment is a basic defining characteristic of our species. In this class we explore creative construction in three dimensions using a variety of media, including plaster, wood, and steel. Using both natural and architectural objects for inspiration, we will examine and manipulate form, space, and expressive content to develop a deeper understanding of this core trait and reawaken our experience of the spaces we inhabit.

Extra Time Required

Waitlist for Juniors and Seniors: ARTS 122.WL0 (Synonym 59341)

Xavier Tavera Castro

With books we understand, in a contained object, specific qualities that an author conveys through composition, sequence, and information in an art form. Students will balance the cultivation of technical skills with exploration of personal vision in the creation and conceptualization of a series of books taking into consideration the diverse students’ disciplines. The class incorporates both digital and analog book technologies. We will analyze an array of publications from classical to contemporary artist book, the journal, the fanzine, the comic book, the pulp, and the pamphlet. We will pay special attention to the conceptual space of the book, sequencing and layout of images, production, materials and distribution of books. Topics include the discussion of the decline and resurgence of the physical book, the poetics of the books, the book as metaphor, the conceptual space of the book, and books as narrative and non-narrative sequences.

Sophomore Priority

Waitlist for Juniors and Seniors: ARTS 142.WL0 (Synonym 57924)

Danny Saathoff

A basic course in metal design and fabrication of primarily jewelry forms and functional objects. Specific instruction will be given in developing the skills of forming, joining, and surface enrichment to achieve complex metal pieces. Students will learn to render two-dimensional drawings while exploring three-dimensional design concepts. The course examines how jewelry forms relate to the human body. Found materials will be used in addition to traditional metals including copper, brass, and silver.

Sophomore Priority, Material Fees apply

Waitlist for Juniors and Seniors: ARTS 151.WL0 (Synonym 57994)

Xavier Tavera Castro

In this course we will explore photography as a means of understanding and interacting with both the world and the inner self. We will emphasize a balance of technical skills, exploration of personal vision, and development of critical thinking and vocabulary relating to photography. Our own image making will be considered in the context of photographic history, visual literacy, and the universe of imagery in which we live. We will work with Photoshop, scanners, printers, and digital cameras, as well as cell phone cameras, and found images. We encourage students to bring their own digital camera, however we do have some digital cameras to loan out.

Prerequisite: Studio Art 110, 113, 114, 140, 141 or 142

David Lefkowitz

The course serves as an introduction to the language of painting. Students develop a facility with the physical tools of painting--brushes, paint and surfaces--as they gain a fluency with the basic formal elements of the discipline--color, form, value, composition and space. Students are also challenged to consider the choices they make in determining the content and ideas expressed in the work, and how to most effectively convey them. To ensure maximum flexibility and portability, we will be working in watercolor and gouache (opaque water-based) paints on paper surfaces. 

Prerequisite: Studio Art 110, 113, 114, 142 or 161

Stephen Mohring

Prerequisite: Studio Art 122 or instructor permission

Extra Time Required

Catherine Licata

This class introduces students to the full range of production tools and forms, building both the technical and conceptual skills needed to continue at more advanced levels. We will explore the aesthetics and mechanics of shooting digital video, the role of sound and how to record and mix it, field and studio production, lighting, and editing with Adobe Premiere Pro CC. Course work will include individual and group production projects, readings, and writing. This is an essential foundation for anyone interested in moving-image production and learning the specifics of CAMS' studios, cameras, and lighting equipment.

Sophomore Priority, Extra Time Redquired. This section (4/5c) is for students who will be living on campus, as you will need to pick-up required class equipment in person. If you will be learning remotely, please enroll in 111.02 (5/6c) which is open to both on campus and remote students.

Waitlist for Juniors and Seniors: CAMS 111.WL1 (Synonym 58109)

Catherine Licata

This class introduces students to the full range of production tools and forms, building both the technical and conceptual skills needed to continue at more advanced levels. We will explore the aesthetics and mechanics of shooting digital video, the role of sound and how to record and mix it, field and studio production, lighting, and editing with Adobe Premiere Pro CC. Course work will include individual and group production projects, readings, and writing. This is an essential foundation for anyone interested in moving-image production and learning the specifics of CAMS' studios, cameras, and lighting equipment.

Sophomore Priority. Extra Time required. This section (5/6c) is open to both in-person and remote students. If you will be learning remotely, you will need Adobe Premiere Pro for your computer. Please double check that your computer can run this software, contact instructor with any questions.

Waitlist for Juniors and Seniors: CAMS 111.WL2 (Synonym 58118)

Laska Jimsen

This course addresses nonfiction media as both art form and historical practice by exploring the expressive, rhetorical, and political possibilities of nonfiction production. A focus on relationships between form and content and between makers, subjects, and viewers will inform our approach. Throughout the course we will pay special attention to the ethical concerns that arise from making media about others' lives. We will engage with diverse modes of nonfiction production including essayistic, experimental, and participatory forms and create community videos in partnership with Carleton's Center for Community and Civic Engagement and local organizations. The class culminates in the production of a significant independent nonfiction media project.

Prerequisite: Cinema and Media Studies 111 and one additional Cinema and Media Studies course or instructor permission

Extra Time Required

Michael Elyanow

This course teaches students the fundamentals of screenwriting. Topics include understanding film structure, writing solid dialogue, creating dimensional characters, and establishing dramatic situations. Art, craft, theory, form, content, concept, genre, narrative strategies and storytelling tools are discussed. Students turn in weekly assignments, starting with short scenes and problems and then moving on to character work, synopses, outlines, pitches and more. The goal is for each student to write a 15 to 25 page script for a short film by the end of the term.

Prerequisite: Cinema and Media Studies 110 or 111 or instructor permission

Laska Jimsen

In this course, students will develop a concept and complete pre-production for their CAMS production comps. Students will draw inspiration from a variety of sources that are personal, cultural, and observational, and in doing so, develop confidence in their own artistic practice and perspective. We will refine technical and formal strategies, consider audience reception, and practice giving and receiving constructive critique. Prior to registering for the course, students must submit a project proposal to the instructor. Final enrollment is based on the quality of the proposal. Note: This course is intended to prepare students for a Comps production project in winter term and it is the first in a two part sequence with CAMS 371. If you have any questions about enrolling in this course, please email the instructor.

Prerequisite: Cinema and Media Studies 111, and either Cinema and Media Studies 270 or 271 or instructor consent

Extra Time Required, Instructor Consent required, Waitlist only

Clara Hardy

What is theater for? Enormous and diverse audiences flocked to tragedy and comedy in Athens, drawn to the spectacle, music, and collective emotional experience. But drama also pushed the city to consider fundamental questions about power, conflicting values, competing obligations to family and community. Athenians believed that theater was beneficial to their democracy. Can these ancient plays help us, now, think about our own communal questions? This course will focus on plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes as they were first performed, and investigate how modern productions engage pressing current questions around race, immigration, and social justice.

Jennifer Bader

Cross-listed with PE 107

Jane Shockley

This course provides an introduction to a variety of movement approaches that develop an awareness of the body in space and moving through space. Students will learn approaches designed to strengthen muscles, support joint mobility, find breath support, enhance coordination, and encourage embodied learning.

Meets concurrently with PE 115, which satisfies different requirements. Note that DANC 158 does not satisfy the PE graduation requirement.

Daphne McCoy

Meets concurrently with PE 149, which satisfies different requirements. DANC 200 does not satisfy the PE graduation requirement.

Jennifer Bader

Meets concurrently with PE 108, which satisfies different requirements. DANC 208 does not satisfy the PE graduation requirement.

Jane Shockley

This course is intended for students seeking to refine and deepen their awareness of embodied movement approaches. Through these approaches, students will work to develop an alert and articulate body. In both standing and floor work, momentum, dynamic shifts and spatial challenges are introduced.

Meets concurrently with PE 116, which satisfies different requirements. Note that DANC 210 does not satisfy the PE graduation requirement.

Judith Howard

DANCE LAB will provide an adventurous and practical space where students of various levels can explore body-based performance with an emphasis on the solo form. Students will examine the choreographic elements of space, time, energy, action, framing, and environment as they discover personal aesthetics and investigate how to organize physical ideas in both immediate and virtual spaces. A community of deep listening will support creative acts that can effect change - socio-political-personal. Performance solos will be developed through discussion, peer feedback, and regular meetings with the faculty mentor. Work for the class will include your own rehearsals and, outside readings and viewings. The ability to record your work is required and access to a camera is recommended (phones are fine).  

Daphne McCoy

Meets concurrently with PE 151, which satisfies different requirements. Note that DANC 300 does not satisfy the PE graduation requirement.

Judith Howard, Jane Shockley

Provides advanced dance students with an intensive opportunity to develop as performers in professional level dances. Skills to be honed are: the dancer as contributor to the process of art-making; defining individual technical and expressive gifts; working in a variety of new technical and philosophical dance frameworks. In addition to regular training during the academic terms, participation in a "preseason" rehearsal period before fall term is required. A few pieces of student choreography will be accepted for repertory. The group produces an annual concert, performs in the Twin Cities and makes dance exchanges with other college groups.

Prerequisite: Audition required

Audition required.

Gregory Hewett

You will work in several genres and forms, among them: traditional and experimental poetry, prose fiction, and creative nonfiction. In your writing you will explore the relationship between the self, the imagination, the word, and the world. In this practitioner’s guide to the creative writing process, we will examine writings from past and current authors, and your writings will be critiqued in a workshop setting and revised throughout the term. 

Sophomore Priority

Waitlist for Juniors and Seniors: ENGL 160.WL0 (Synonym 58881)

Gregory Smith

Prerequisite: One prior 6-credit English course

Ronald Rodman

An introduction to the basic elements of rhythm and melody, with a strong emphasis on sight reading using solfège, score reading in multiple clefs, and short dictation exercises.

Staff, Nikki Melville

Weekly half-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. Open to students with no previous musical experience.

2023-24 lesson fee $376

Nikki Melville

Weekly half-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. Open to students with no previous musical experience.

2023-24 lesson fee $376, Only for students previously with Nikki Melville

Loren Fishman

Weekly half-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. Open to students with no previous musical experience.

2023-24 lesson fee $376, Only for students previously with Loren Fishman

Matthew McCright

Weekly half-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. Open to students with no previous musical experience.

2023-24 lesson fee $376, Only for students previously with Matthew McCright

Marcia Widman

Weekly half-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. Open to students with no previous musical experience.

2023-24 lesson fee $376, Only for students previously with Marcia Widman

Staff, Nikki Melville

Weekly half-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. The juried (J) course includes the opportunity for students to share their work in an end-of-term public or closed performance. Open to students with no previous musical experience. 

2023-24 $376 fee

Nikki Melville

Weekly half-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. The juried (J) course includes the opportunity for students to share their work in an end-of-term public or closed performance. Open to students with no previous musical experience. 

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Nikki Melville

Loren Fishman

Weekly half-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. The juried (J) course includes the opportunity for students to share their work in an end-of-term public or closed performance. Open to students with no previous musical experience. 

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Loren Fishman

Matthew McCright

Weekly half-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. The juried (J) course includes the opportunity for students to share their work in an end-of-term public or closed performance. Open to students with no previous musical experience. 

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Matthew McCright

Marcia Widman

Weekly half-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. The juried (J) course includes the opportunity for students to share their work in an end-of-term public or closed performance. Open to students with no previous musical experience. 

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Marcia Widman

Rick Penning

2020-21 $345 fee. Students will be assigned to a section by the voice coordinator

KrisAnne E Weiss

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with KrisAnne E Weiss

Rick Penning

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Rick Penning

Matthew Olson

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Matthew Olson

Rick Penning

2020-21 $345 fee. Students will be assigned to a section by the voice coordinator

KrisAnne E Weiss

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with KrisAnne E Weiss

Rick Penning

2023-24 $376 fee

Matthew Olson

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Matthew Olson

Mark Kreitzer

2023-24 $376 fee

Mark Kreitzer

2023-24 $376 fee

Andrea Mazzariello

Individual instruction focusing on the student’s original compositions. Course work includes the study of compositional techniques, analysis of relevant works, and computer/MIDI/synthesizer technologies. The course is particularly directed toward the major who wishes to pursue the composition option in the Senior Integrative Exercise.

Prerequisite: Music 220, or two courses from Music 221, 222 or 223 or instructor consent

2023-24 $376 fee

Hector Valdivia

2020-21 $345 fee. Students will be assigned to a section

Hector Valdivia

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Hector Valdivia

Liz Ericksen

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Liz Ericksen

Susan Crawford

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Susan Crawford

Hector Valdivia

2020-21 $345 fee. Students will be assigned to a section

Hector Valdivia

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Hector Valdivia

Liz Ericksen

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Liz Ericksen

Susan Crawford

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Susan Crawford

Staff, Hector Valdivia

2020-21 $345 fee. Students will be assigned to a section

Hector Valdivia

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Hector Valdivia

Liz Ericksen

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Liz Ericksen

Susan Crawford

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Susan Crawford

Staff, Hector Valdivia

2020-21 $345 fee. Students will be assigned to a section

Hector Valdivia

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Hector Valdivia

Liz Ericksen

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Liz Ericksen

Susan Crawford

2023-24 $376 fee, Only for students previously with Susan Crawford

Thomas Rosenberg

2023-24 $376 fee

Zachery W Pelletier

2023-24 $376 fee

Thomas Rosenberg

2023-24 $376 fee

Zachery W Pelletier

2023-24 $376 fee

Connie K Martin

2023-24 $376 fee

Connie K Martin

2023-24 $376 fee

Martha Jamsa

2023-24 $376 fee

Martha Jamsa

2023-24 $376 fee

Merilee Klemp

2023-24 $376 fee

Merilee Klemp

2023-24 $376 fee

Merilee Klemp

2023-24 $376 fee

Merilee Klemp

2023-24 $376 fee

Nina Olsen

2023-24 $376 fee

Nina Olsen

2023-24 $376 fee

Greg Keel

2023-24 $376 fee

Greg Keel

2023-24 $376 fee

Ann Pesavento

2023-24 $376 fee

Ann Pesavento

2023-24 $376 fee

Gwen Anderson

2023-24 $376 fee

Gwen Anderson

2023-24 $376 fee

Lynn Deichert

2023-24 $376 fee

Lynn Deichert

2023-24 $376 fee

JC C Sanford

2023-24 $376 fee

JC C Sanford

2023-24 $376 fee

JC C Sanford

2023-24 $376 fee

JC C Sanford

2023-24 $376 fee

JC C Sanford

2023-24 $376 fee

JC C Sanford

2023-24 $376 fee

Jay Johnson

2023-24 $376 fee

Jay Johnson

2023-24 $376 fee

Elinor Niemisto

2023-24 $376 fee

Elinor Niemisto

2023-24 $376 fee

Janean Hall

2023-24 $376 fee

Janean Hall

2023-24 $376 fee

Janean Hall

2023-24 $376 fee

Janean Hall

2023-24 $376 fee

Yaron Klein

2023-24 $376 fee

Yaron Klein

2023-24 $376 fee

Laura Caviani

Study the tools for learning the jazz "language." Learn to improvise through scale and mode study, transcription, and composition. Turn chord symbols into chord voicings and accompaniment. Explore the blues, jazz "standards," and today's music. Materials: staff paper, The Real Book, vol. 1, or similar fake book, and the app iReal Pro. Weekly studio class required.

Prerequisite: Three years of piano or instructor permission

2023-24 $376 fee

Laura Caviani

Study the tools for learning the jazz "language." Learn to improvise through scale and mode study, transcription, and composition. Turn chord symbols into chord voicings and accompaniment. Explore the blues, jazz "standards," and today's music. Materials: staff paper, The Real Book, vol. 1, or similar fake book, and the app iReal Pro. Weekly studio class required.

Prerequisite: Three years of piano or instructor permission

2023-24 $376 fee

Travis Schilling

2023-24 $376 fee

Travis Schilling

2023-24 $376 fee

Zacc Harris

2023-24 $376 fee

Zacc Harris

2023-24 $376 fee

Jay Johnson

2023-24 $376 fee

Jay Johnson

2023-24 $376 fee

Laura Caviani

The study of the basic grammar and syntax of jazz improvisation styles, including transcribing solos, chord/scale materials and melodic patterns. Weekly studio class required.

2023-24 $376 fee

Laura Caviani

The study of the basic grammar and syntax of jazz improvisation styles, including transcribing solos, chord/scale materials and melodic patterns. Weekly studio class required.

2023-24 $376 fee

David Whetstone

2023-24 $376 fee

David Whetstone

2023-24 $376 fee

David Whetstone

2023-24 $376 fee

David Whetstone

2023-24 $376 fee

Gao Hong

2023-24 $376 fee

Gao Hong

2023-24 $376 fee

Jay Johnson

World drumming instruction in various ethnic drumming styles including West African (Ghanaian instruments), Cuban (congas), North Indian (tabla) and Middle Eastern (dumbek). Equipment available for registered students.

2023-24 $376 fee

Jay Johnson

World drumming instruction in various ethnic drumming styles including West African (Ghanaian instruments), Cuban (congas), North Indian (tabla) and Middle Eastern (dumbek). Equipment available for registered students.

2023-24 $376 fee

Mark Kreitzer

Beginning to advanced study of technique and improvisational styles on American folk instruments. Students may study 5-string banjo (bluegrass or clawhammer style), bluegrass guitar, Dobro©, fiddle (violin, viola, cello), bass, ukulele, mandolin, and accordian. The Music Department has a single mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and guitar (and two ukuleles) available for shared use by enrolled students unable to provide their own instruments.

2023-24 $376 fee

Mark Kreitzer

Beginning to advanced study of technique and improvisational styles on American folk instruments. Students may study 5-string banjo (bluegrass or clawhammer style), bluegrass guitar, Dobro©, fiddle (violin, viola, cello), bass, ukulele, mandolin, and accordian. The Music Department has a single mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and guitar (and two ukuleles) available for shared use by enrolled students unable to provide their own instruments

2023-24 $376 fee

Matthew Olson

The Carleton Choir, the cornerstone of the choral program, is a select mixed chorus of Carleton students. Each term, the ensemble presents a concert of short and extended works from the large bodies of classical, ethnic, and cultural repertories, including works for mixed, treble, and tenor-bass voices. Concerts are sometimes repeated off campus. Students must have good vocal skills, music reading ability, and a high degree of interest in performing quality choral music. Admission is by audition.

Prerequisite: Audition

Matthew Olson

The Carleton Choir, the cornerstone of the choral program, is a select mixed chorus of Carleton students. Each term, the ensemble presents a concert of short and extended works from the large bodies of classical, ethnic, and cultural repertories, including works for mixed, treble, and tenor-bass voices. Concerts are sometimes repeated off campus. Students must have good vocal skills, music reading ability, and a high degree of interest in performing quality choral music. Admission is by audition.

Prerequisite: Audition

Matthew Olson

The Carleton Choir, the cornerstone of the choral program, is a select mixed chorus of Carleton students. Each term, the ensemble presents a concert of short and extended works from the large bodies of classical, ethnic, and cultural repertories, including works for mixed, treble, and tenor-bass voices. Concerts are sometimes repeated off campus. Students must have good vocal skills, music reading ability, and a high degree of interest in performing quality choral music. Admission is by audition.

Prerequisite: Audition

Matthew Olson

The Carleton Choir, the cornerstone of the choral program, is a select mixed chorus of Carleton students. Each term, the ensemble presents a concert of short and extended works from the large bodies of classical, ethnic, and cultural repertories, including works for mixed, treble, and tenor-bass voices. Concerts are sometimes repeated off campus. Students must have good vocal skills, music reading ability, and a high degree of interest in performing quality choral music. Admission is by audition.

Prerequisite: Audition

Matthew Olson

The Carleton Choir, the cornerstone of the choral program, is a select mixed chorus of Carleton students. Each term, the ensemble presents a concert of short and extended works from the large bodies of classical, ethnic, and cultural repertories, including works for mixed, treble, and tenor-bass voices. Concerts are sometimes repeated off campus. Students must have good vocal skills, music reading ability, and a high degree of interest in performing quality choral music. Admission is by audition.

Prerequisite: Audition

Hector Valdivia

The Carleton Orchestra performs large symphonic masterpieces, such as Beethoven, Stravinsky and Bernstein. Concerti with students and faculty soloists, and smaller works for string and wind ensembles are also performed. Occasional sight-reading sessions. Admission by audition.

Gao Hong

The ensemble will use indigenous instruments and a Chinese approach to musical training in order to learn and perform music from China. In addition to the Wednesday meeting time, there will be one sectional rehearsal each week.

Prerequisite: Previous experience in a music ensemble, Chinese Musical instruments or instructor permission

Ronald Rodman

The Carleton Symphony Band performs music selected from the standard and contemporary repertory, including compositions by Holst, Masianka, Arnold and others. Regular sight-reading sessions. Admission by audition.

Laura Caviani

The Carleton Jazz Ensemble's focus is on improvisation and the fusion between jazz, rock, funk, and Latin influences. There is no predetermined instrumentation. Rather, the ensemble's size and instrumentation vary each term. String players, vocalists, and any brass or woodwind instrumentalists are welcome to register. The ensemble performs once each term.

Prerequisite: Admission by audition

Admission by audition.

Jay Johnson

Prerequisite: Music 199 and/or instructor permission

Nikki Melville, Staff

Small group study and performance of instrumental and/or vocal chamber music from the western art music or non-western/folk repertory. Groups are usually formed by students prior to registration, and should consist of 3-8 musicians. Student groups are coached weekly by specialized music faculty, and participate in an end-of-term performance. Students must be registered, may not audit, and can register for only one group per term. 

Prerequisite: At least one term of applied music lessons at Carleton, or co-registration in applied music lessons, or permission of instructor

Gao Hong

Small group study and performance of instrumental and/or vocal chamber music from the western art music or non-western/folk repertory. Groups are usually formed by students prior to registration, and should consist of 3-8 musicians. Student groups are coached weekly by specialized music faculty, and participate in an end-of-term performance. Students must be registered, may not audit, and can register for only one group per term. 

Prerequisite: At least one term of applied music lessons at Carleton, or co-registration in applied music lessons, or permission of instructor

Hector Valdivia

Small group study and performance of instrumental and/or vocal chamber music from the western art music or non-western/folk repertory. Groups are usually formed by students prior to registration, and should consist of 3-8 musicians. Student groups are coached weekly by specialized music faculty, and participate in an end-of-term performance. Students must be registered, may not audit, and can register for only one group per term. 

Prerequisite: At least one term of applied music lessons at Carleton, or co-registration in applied music lessons, or permission of instructor

Martha Jamsa

Small group study and performance of instrumental and/or vocal chamber music from the western art music or non-western/folk repertory. Groups are usually formed by students prior to registration, and should consist of 3-8 musicians. Student groups are coached weekly by specialized music faculty, and participate in an end-of-term performance. Students must be registered, may not audit, and can register for only one group per term. 

Prerequisite: At least one term of applied music lessons at Carleton, or co-registration in applied music lessons, or permission of instructor

Liz Ericksen

Small group study and performance of instrumental and/or vocal chamber music from the western art music or non-western/folk repertory. Groups are usually formed by students prior to registration, and should consist of 3-8 musicians. Student groups are coached weekly by specialized music faculty, and participate in an end-of-term performance. Students must be registered, may not audit, and can register for only one group per term. 

Prerequisite: At least one term of applied music lessons at Carleton, or co-registration in applied music lessons, or permission of instructor

Laura Caviani

Small groups participate in the study and performance of instrumental and/or vocal jazz chamber music. Groups are usually formed by students prior to registration, and should usually consist of 3-8 students. Groups rehearse independently, and are coached weekly by jazz music faculty; all groups participate in an end-of-term performance. Students must register, and may not audit; students register for only one group, but may participate in two groups with permission of instructor.

Prerequisite: At least one term of applied music lessons at Carleton, or co-registration in applied music lessons, or permission of instructor

Zacc Harris

Small groups participate in the study and performance of instrumental and/or vocal jazz chamber music. Groups are usually formed by students prior to registration, and should usually consist of 3-8 students. Groups rehearse independently, and are coached weekly by jazz music faculty; all groups participate in an end-of-term performance. Students must register, and may not audit; students register for only one group, but may participate in two groups with permission of instructor.

Prerequisite: At least one term of applied music lessons at Carleton, or co-registration in applied music lessons, or permission of instructor

Laura Caviani

This class focuses on the theory and practice of jazz improvisation. Students will develop their improvisational skills by learning and applying various scales, modes, and chord structures to lab performances of standard jazz repertoire on their respective instruments.

Prerequisite: Ability to read music and facility on an instrument/voice: performing knowledge of major scales: or instructor permission

Instructor Permission Required

Mark Kreitzer

An introduction to classical and folk guitar: styles, chords and music notation for persons with little or no previous music instruction. Not to be taken concurrently with Music 152 or 252 (Guitar).

2023-24 fee $104

Jay Johnson

Class instruction in basic techniques of African drumming. No musical training or experience is necessary.

2023-24 fee $104

Andrea Mazzariello

This course surveys computer techniques for analyzing, synthesizing, manipulating, and creating musical sounds. We'll study the basic components of digital sound: waveforms, oscillators, envelopes, delay lines, and filters. While we’ll explore the techniques and concepts of computer music in detail, our focus will be putting them to work in our creative practice, using open source computer music languages as well as digital audio workstations, according to the strengths and limitations of each music-making environment. We’ll show how computer music composition takes shape in a wide variety of styles and aesthetics, free to choose among them or create our own.

Prerequisite: Music 108 or Computer Science 111 or Instructor permission

Melinda Russell

This course focuses on South Asian musical traditions including qawwali, folk and popular musics, and the classical Hindustani and Carnatic traditions of North and South India. We will consider the historical and cultural contexts of several genres, read the work of scholars from various disciplines, and study relevant audio and video. Students will learn rudimentary theory of Indian classical music, understand its twentieth and twenty-first century developments, and develop listening skills to enable recognition of major genres, styles, and artists. One day a week will be devoted to applied study of Indian vocal raga. No musical background required.

Staff, Nikki Melville

Weekly one-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. Music 250 is intended for the more advanced piano student; permission of instructor is required.

2020-21 $690 fee. Instructor Permission. Students will be assigned to a section

Nikki Melville

Weekly one-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. Music 250 is intended for the more advanced piano student; permission of instructor is required.

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Nikki Melville

Loren Fishman

Weekly one-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. Music 250 is intended for the more advanced piano student; permission of instructor is required.

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Loren Fishman

Matthew McCright

Weekly one-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. Music 250 is intended for the more advanced piano student; permission of instructor is required.

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Matthew McCright

Marcia Widman

Weekly one-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. Music 250 is intended for the more advanced piano student; permission of instructor is required.

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Marcia Widman

Staff, Nikki Melville

Weekly one-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. The juried (J) course includes the opportunity for students to share their work in an end-of-term public or closed performance. Music 250J is intended for the more advanced piano student; permission of instructor is required. 

2020-21 $690 fee. Instructor Permission. Students will be assigned to a section

Nikki Melville

Weekly one-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. The juried (J) course includes the opportunity for students to share their work in an end-of-term public or closed performance. Music 250J is intended for the more advanced piano student; permission of instructor is required. 

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Nikki Melville

Loren Fishman

Weekly one-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. The juried (J) course includes the opportunity for students to share their work in an end-of-term public or closed performance. Music 250J is intended for the more advanced piano student; permission of instructor is required. 

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Loren Fishman

Matthew McCright

Weekly one-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. The juried (J) course includes the opportunity for students to share their work in an end-of-term public or closed performance. Music 250J is intended for the more advanced piano student; permission of instructor is required. 

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Matthew McCright

Marcia Widman

Weekly one-hour lessons, with repertoire selected as appropriate for the individual student's experience. Works from a variety of style periods may be studied, with attention to both musical and technical development. The juried (J) course includes the opportunity for students to share their work in an end-of-term public or closed performance. Music 250J is intended for the more advanced piano student; permission of instructor is required. 

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Marcia Widman

Staff, Rick Penning

2020-21 $690 fee. Instructor Permission. Students will be assigned to a section

KrisAnne E Weiss

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with KrisAnne E Weiss

Rick Penning

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Rick Penning

Matthew Olson

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Matthew Olson

Staff, Rick Penning

2020-21 $690 fee. Instructor Permission. Students will be assigned to a section

KrisAnne E Weiss

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with KrisAnne E Weiss

Rick Penning

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Rick Penning

Matthew Olson

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Matthew Olson

Mark Kreitzer

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Mark Kreitzer

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Andrea Mazzariello

Individual instruction focusing on the student's original compositions. Course work includes the study of compositional techniques, analysis of relevant works, and computer/MIDI/synthesizer technologies. The course is particularly directed toward the major who wishes to pursue the composition option in the Senior Integrative Exercise.

Prerequisite: Music 220, or two courses from Music 221, Music 222 or Music 223 or instructor consent

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Staff, Hector Valdivia

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2020-21 $690 fee. Instructor permission. Students wil be assigned to a section.

Hector Valdivia

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Hector Valdivia

Liz Ericksen

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Liz Ericksen

Susan Crawford

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Susan Crawford

Staff, Hector Valdivia

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2020-21 $690 fee. Instructor permission. Students will be assigned to a section

Hector Valdivia

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Hector Valdivia

Liz Ericksen

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Liz Ericksen

Susan Crawford

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Susan Crawford

Staff, Hector Valdivia

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2020-21 $690 fee. Students will be assigned to a section

Hector Valdivia

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Hector Valdivia

Liz Ericksen

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Liz Ericksen

Susan Crawford

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Susan Crawford

Staff, Hector Valdivia

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2020-21 $690 fee. Students will be assigned to a section

Hector Valdivia

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Hector Valdivia

Liz Ericksen

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Liz Ericksen

Susan Crawford

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission, Only for students previously with Susan Crawford

Thomas Rosenberg

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Zachery W Pelletier

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Thomas Rosenberg

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Zachery W Pelletier

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Connie K Martin

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Connie K Martin

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Martha Jamsa

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Martha Jamsa

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Merilee Klemp

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Merilee Klemp

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Merilee Klemp

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Merilee Klemp

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Nina Olsen

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Nina Olsen

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Greg Keel

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Greg Keel

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Ann Pesavento

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Ann Pesavento

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Gwen Anderson

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Gwen Anderson

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Lynn Deichert

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Lynn Deichert

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

JC C Sanford

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

JC C Sanford

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

JC C Sanford

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

JC C Sanford

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

JC C Sanford

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

JC C Sanford

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Jay Johnson

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Jay Johnson

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Elinor Niemisto

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Elinor Niemisto

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Janean Hall

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Janean Hall

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Janean Hall

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Janean Hall

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Yaron Klein

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Yaron Klein

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Laura Caviani

Study the tools for learning the jazz "language." Learn to improvise through scale and mode study, transcription, and composition. Turn chord symbols into chord voicings and accompaniment. Explore the blues, jazz "standards," and today's music. Materials: staff paper, The Real Book, vol. 1, or similar fake book, and the app iReal Pro. Weekly studio class required.

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Laura Caviani

Study the tools for learning the jazz "language." Learn to improvise through scale and mode study, transcription, and composition. Turn chord symbols into chord voicings and accompaniment. Explore the blues, jazz "standards," and today's music. Materials: staff paper, The Real Book, vol. 1, or similar fake book, and the app iReal Pro. Weekly studio class required.

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Travis Schilling

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Travis Schilling

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Zacc Harris

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Zacc Harris

Study of chord voicings, accompanimental techniques, and solo guitar performance in the jazz idiom. Prerequisites: previous study of guitar and the ability to read music, or the permission of the instructor. Students must provide their own instruments.

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Jay Johnson

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Jay Johnson

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Laura Caviani

The study of the basic grammar and syntax of jazz improvisation styles, including transcribing solos, chord/scale materials and melodic patterns. Weekly studio class participation required.

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Laura Caviani

The study of the basic grammar and syntax of jazz improvisation styles, including transcribing solos, chord/scale materials and melodic patterns. Weekly studio class participation is required.

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

David Whetstone

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

David Whetstone

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

David Whetstone

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

David Whetstone

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Gao Hong

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Gao Hong

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Jay Johnson

World drumming instruction in various ethnic drumming styles including West African (Ghanaian instruments), Cuban (congas), North Indian (tabla) and Middle Eastern (dumbek). Equipment available for registered students.

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Jay Johnson

World drumming instruction in various ethnic drumming styles including West African (Ghanaian instruments), Cuban (congas), North Indian (tabla) and Middle Eastern (dumbek). Equipment available for registered students.

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Mark Kreitzer

Beginning to advanced study of technique and improvisational styles on American folk instruments. Students may study 5-string banjo (bluegrass or clawhammer style), bluegrass guitar, Dobro©, fiddle (violin, viola, cello), bass, ukulele, mandolin, mandola, mandocello and accordion. The Music Department has a single mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and guitar (and two ukuleles) available for shared use by enrolled students unable to provide their own instruments.

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Mark Kreitzer

Beginning to advanced study of technique and improvisational styles on American folk instruments. Students may study 5-string banjo (bluegrass or clawhammer style), bluegrass guitar, Dobro©, fiddle (violin, viola, cello), bass, ukulele, mandolin, mandola, mandocello and accordion. The Music Department has a single mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and guitar (and two ukuleles) available for shared use by enrolled students unable to provide their own instruments.

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

Staff

A public music recital of a minimum of thirty minutes of solo performance (some chamber music may be included). Students enrolling in 299 do so in lieu of registering for applied lessons; 299 includes nine one-hour lessons. Normally 299 would be taken in the junior or senior year, and is repeatable one time. Fees and financial aid for 299 are the same as for two-credit applied lessons.

Prerequisite: Permission of department. At least two terms of juried lessons at the 200 level. Students must have completed recital form and permission of the Music Department the term prior to the recital

2023-24 $752 fee. Instructor permission

David Wiles

Introduces students to fundamental acting skills, including preliminary physical training, improvisational techniques, and basic scene work. The course includes analysis of plays as bases for performance, with a strong emphasis on characterization.

Sophomore Priority

Waitlist for Juniors and Seniors: THEA 110.WL0 (Synonym 58780)

Mary Ann Kelling