This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. Please see the college advisement center for information regarding requirements for admission to this major.
Students majoring in sound recording technology prepare for engineering opportunities in the recording industry and related fields such as broadcasting and video sweetening. This degree gives students theoretical and practical experience in the recording of music in an acoustical environment and also includes course work in the digital recording and digital editing procedures that characterize the recording field today. The program combines rigorous grounding in traditional repertoires with preprofessional course work and project experience in recording.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance as a music major; concurrent enrollment in Music 195, 197. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Development of aural skills through melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic dictation. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 193, 195, 197; concurrent enrollment in Music 198, 196. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 193. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance as a music major; concurrent enrollment in Music 193, 197. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Writing and analysis in diatonic harmony. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 193, 195, 197; concurrent enrollment in 194, 198. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Writing and analysis in diatonic and chromatic harmony. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance as a music major; concurrent enrollment in Music 193, 195. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Rhythm and pitch-reading skills using two systems of counting and melodic solfeggio singing with hand signs. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 193, 195, 197; concurrent enrollment in Music 194, 196. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 197. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Piano skills determined by entrance diagnostic exam; music major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Provides music majors with basic keyboarding ability in such areas as sight reading, technique, harmonization, and score reading. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 221; music major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 221. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 194, 196, and 198; concurrent enrollment in Music 295, 297. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 194. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 293, 295, 297; concurrent enrollment in Music 296, 298. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 293. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 194, 196, and 198; concurrent enrollment in Music 293, 297. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Extended chromatic techniques and introduction to twentieth-century concepts. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 293, 295, 297; concurrent enrollment in Music 294, 298. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Set theory, serialism, and late twentieth-century concepts. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 194, 196, and 198; concurrent enrollment in Music 293 and 295. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 198. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 293, 295, 297; concurrent enrollment in Music 294, 296. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 297. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music major status, C- or higher in Music 194, 196, 198. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Physical techniques and musical understanding required to conduct an instrumental performance ensemble. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music major status, C- or higher in Music 194, 196, 198. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Physical techniques and musical understanding required to conduct a choral performance ensemble. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Private instruction and studio class. |
| NOTE: | From one to four hours of daily practice. Fee. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance by audition to the School of Music. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Class instruction in voice technique. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Private instruction and studio class. |
| NOTE: | From one to four hours of daily practice. Fee. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | Audition and instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Training and experience in operatic choral music and stage movement. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Audition and instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Training and experience in operatic excerpts, chamber opera, and full productions for operatic soloists. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Audition and instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Auditioned chorus or orchestra for opera or music dance theatre productions. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Audition and director's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Participation as soloists, coaches, or directors in music dance theatre or opera performances. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | Audition or director's consent. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Director's consent. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Audition. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Audition. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Contemporary and traditional show music (Young Ambassadors) and ethnic music (Lamanite Generation). |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Audition. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Includes Jazz Ensemble (big band), Jazz Lab Band (entry-level big band), and Vocal Jazz Ensembles. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Audition. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Includes Jazz Ensemble (big band), Jazz Lab Band (entry-level big band), and Vocal Jazz Ensembles. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Audition. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Audition. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Traditional ensemble specializing in early jazz. Band occasionally tours off campus. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Playing and performing on the Balinese gamelan (percussion) instruments. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Audition. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Director's consent. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Director's consent. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Director's consent. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music 260R or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Accompanying and ensemble performance. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Director's consent. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Director's consent. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Director's consent. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Director's consent. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Instructor's consent. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 294 & MUSIC 296 & MUSIC 298; Music major status; Music 201, 202 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Survey of musical genres, forms, styles, and performance practices from antiquity through the baroque. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 294 & MUSIC 296 & MUSIC 298; Music major status; Music 201, 202 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Survey of musical genres, forms, styles, and performance practices from the classic through the present. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 293, 295, 297. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Analytical study of forms from the common-practice period, including baroque contrapuntal structures and instrumental forms, classical sonata cycle, and romantic part forms. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand; Summer On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 194 & MUSIC 196 & MUSIC 198; Music major status; Music 201, 202 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Exploration of music making from a global perspective. |
| NOTE: | This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 194 & MUSIC 196 & MUSIC 198; Music major status; Music 201, 202 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Survey of jazz history, emphasizing periods, styles, and artists through the analysis of published transcriptions and arrangements. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | PHSCS 167; Math 110 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Basic recording studio procedures and principles. Foundation course for major in sound recording technology. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 251 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of basic recording studio procedures and principles, emphasizing signal path concepts. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | PHSCS 167 & MUSIC 251; Math 110 or equivalent and music major status or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Basic recording theory, operational techniques, and procedures. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 256 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 256. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | The music business and its models. Guided research topics for all musicians. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 251 & MUSIC 256 & MUSIC 257 & MATH 110 & PHSCS 167 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Advanced concepts in digital sound editing. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 351 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Advanced concepts in digital sound editing. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Introductory acoustics course, emphasizing physical principles underlying production and perception of music and speech. |
| NOTE: | This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 251; or MUSIC 257 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Studio projects in multitrack recording for records, broadcast, film, and television. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Internship or externship in creative, performing, producing, or teaching applications of major course work. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Basic music reading and keyboard skills. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Songwriting for present-day music publishing industry; basic songwriting theory; form, content, and style. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand; Summer On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 194 & MUSIC 196 & MUSIC 198; Music major status; Music 201, 202 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Exploration of music making from a global perspective. |
| NOTE: | This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 194 & MUSIC 196 & MUSIC 198; Music major status; Music 201, 202 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Survey of jazz history, emphasizing periods, styles, and artists through the analysis of published transcriptions and arrangements. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music major status; jury approval. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Private instruction and studio class. |
| NOTE: | From one to four hours of daily practice. Fee. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 186; Music major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Projects in advanced songwriting. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 186; Music major status, Music 295 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Introductory projects in scoring for broadcast media, publication, and studio recording. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Analytical studies for understanding and appreciating media forms and messages, as well as basic history, theory, and aesthetics. Lab required. |
| PREREQUISITE: | Theatre arts foundation courses. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Basics in sound design and reinforcement. Work on departmental productions. |
Note: Music 307, 308 can be used here only if not used in #7 above.
*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.