Organ

Classes

MUSF 100 : Organ Instruction

 Private lessons to non-music major. Permission of coordinator/instructor required. Course can be repeated.

Credits

1

MUSF 111, 112 : Organ Minor

Study of Peeters’ The Little Organ Book, Johnson’s Organ Method, and manual and pedal exercises.

Credits

2

MUSF 121, 122 : Organ Minor

Consists of moderately difficult works by Bach, Mendelssohn, and Brahms; contemporary works; service playing; improvisation; and pedal studies, scales and exercises

Credits

2

Prerequisites

MUSF 111, 112, or consent of instructor.

MUSF 131, 132 : Organ Minor

Bach’s Chorale Preludes, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Dorian Toccata, and Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, with service playing and improvisation

Credits

2

Prerequisites

MUSF 121, 122, or consent of instructor.

MUSF 141, 142 : Organ Minor

Continuation of MUSF 131, 132, provides preparation of senior recital

Credits

2

Prerequisites

MUSF 131, 132, or consent of instructor.

MUSF 153 : Service Playing

Literature for church and community use; hymns, responses, preludes, voluntaries, and postludes; accompaniments; modulation; and improvisation.

Credits

2

MUSF 211, 212 : Organ Major

Bach’s Chorale Preludes for Manuals, Orgelbuchlein (Nos. 27, 44, 37, and 12), Eight Little Preludes, and Fugues (A Minor, F Major, G Minor, and B flat Major), along with easy compositions by contemporary composers, hymn playing, and technique.

Credits

4

MUSF 221, 222 : Organ Major

Selected preludes, Fantasia and Fugue C Minor, selections from Orgelbuchlein, Brahms’ Chorale Preludes, and Franck’s larger works. Qualifying recital

Credits

4

Prerequisites

MUSF 211, 212, or consent of instructor.

MUSF 231, 232 : Organ Major

Bach’s Chorale Preludes, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Dorian Toccata, Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, and Trio Sonata 1; Franck’s Piece Heroique, Prelude, Fugue, and Variation; and Mendelssohn’s Second Sonata; along with selected contemporary works. Service playing and improvisation

Credits

4

Prerequisites

MUSF 221, 222, or consent of instructor.

MUSF 241, 242 : Organ Major

Selected works from Bach, Mendelssohn, Franck, and the symphonies of Widor and Vierne; and selected compositions by Alain, Messiaen, Langlais, Fax, Kerr, and others

Credits

4

Prerequisites

MUSF 241, 242, or consent of instructor.