教学部门
The 音乐 Division’s main areas of classroom instruction—耳朵的培训, 音乐理论与分析, 音乐的历史 and 键盘的研究—are designed to give students the skills and knowledge they need to become complete musicians. Our faculty members in these areas are distinguished composers, 学者, and performing artists whose passion for their subject matter and dedication to teaching offer our students invaluable learning opportunities.
另外, Juilliard’s Center for Innovation in the Arts (formerly called the 音乐 Technology department), 创建于1995年, provides students with the basic skills needed to compose and perform music using new technology, and offers hands-on experience with state of the art equipment.
音乐理论与分析
The 音乐理论与分析 department helps students to develop and refine their natural musical instincts. The core curriculum offers a broad introduction to musical syntax, 结构, and styles from the Renaissance to the present day. Advanced elective courses (offered in a wide variety of subjects, on a rotating basis) allow students to focus in-depth on repertoire tailored to their special interests as well as to pursue sophisticated analysis projects.
The department offers a separate honors track (by advisement) for composers and other advanced students who wish to pursue a more intensive, academically rigorous program of study.
The department also offers 音乐 Studies courses for students in the 跳舞 and 戏剧 Divisions, drawing on the School’s unparalleled musical tradition to offer a rich grounding in music.
音乐的历史
The music history curriculum is designed to foster the music student’s knowledge of his or her art and its cultural significance overall; it also promotes the development of students’ communication skills, 批判性思维, and the application of knowledge to real-world circumstances. Classroom instruction advocates historically informed performance practice, not only for music written before 1800, 但是对于每一种音乐, including non-Western and popular music.
Students begin the music history survey in the spring semester of their first year (MHMUS 111). This is followed by the second-year survey courses (MHMUS 211; 311) and three advanced electives spread over their third and fourth years.
耳朵的培训
The aim of the ear training program at esball世博 is to equip students with thorough skills in rhythm, 球场, and musical 结构s in order to promote confident, 快, 以及准确的学习. Through a guided series of precision exercises, students come to understand their roles as soloists, as collaborators in small or large ensembles, and as creators in transmitting to an audience the emotional content of the music. The fixed-do system—primarily because of its systematic approach to both tonal and atonal music—is employed to develop all 球场-related skills.
键盘的研究
The 键盘的研究 department aims to broadly enhance the level of keyboard playing and musicianship skills for all music students at Juilliard. It is primarily comprised of two courses of study: Secondary 钢琴 and Keyboard Skills.
The Secondary 钢琴 course is required of all non-keyboard music majors. Its three-year curriculum trains students in the rudiments of piano playing, 包括尺度, 琶音, 基本键盘和声, 和视, while maintaining the study of repertoire, ranging from simple pedagogical pieces to two-part inventions and Classical-era sonatinas.
The Keyboard Skills course is required of all keyboard majors. Its two-year curriculum is designed to sharpen specific practical skills that are necessary for all keyboard players. It covers sight-reading, keyboard harmony, transposition, and score-reading. The final semester of the Keyboard Skills sequence offers a rich menu of advanced electives on a rotating basis.
Prior to entering into the Keyboard Skills sequence, students are required to pass a sight-reading proficiency exam. 支持这一要求, a two-semester Keyboard Sight-Reading course taught by graduate teaching fellows is offered in the student's first year.