Music, Theatre & Dance Classes

Open to All U-M Students

Enjoy your fall 2024 semester with inspiring courses from SMTD!

Looking for a Fun and Refreshing Elective?

Learn to dance, sing in a choir, meditate, act, or compose music

Take classes from beginning guitar and rap songwriting to hip hop dance and the history of pop music

Escape the day-to-day stress with a fun, relaxing, creatively recharging class

Explore your talents! You can add a music minor to your degree with only 15 credits of mainly electives

Fall 2024 Courses

Open to All U-M Students • No Experience Needed

ACTING

Walgreen Drama Center
THTREMUS 101: Intro to Acting • 3 cr. • MW 3:00 pm or T/Th 3:00 pm

ADVANCED INDIVIDUAL STUDIO LESSONS

Available for Guitar, Piano, Voice, and all band/orchestra instruments* • 2 cr.
*Students need to apply and be accepted for individual lessons. Times and locations will vary. Group classes (below) are open to students without an application.

DANCE

Dance Building
DANCE 100: Intro to Dance • 1 cr. • multiple times & studio practice

ENSEMBLE

Burton Memorial Tower, Modern Languages Building, Moore Building, Stearns Building, & Revelli Hall
Arts ChoraleUniversity and Campus BandsCampus Jazz EnsembleCampus OrchestraGamelanGuitar (new) • Marching & Athletic BandsOut of the BlueMen’s and Women’s Glee Clubs • usually 1 cr.* • multiple times
*Audition may be required

GUITAR

Burton Memorial Tower & Stearns Building
GUITAR 110, 111, & 112: Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced • 2 cr.
GUITAR 330: Guitar Ensemble • 2 cr. • MW 5:30 pm

MINDFULNESS

Stearns Building & Remote
JAZZ 450/550: Contemplative Practice (Meditation) • 2 cr. • multiple times

MUSIC COMPOSITION

Moore Building
COMP 221: Intro to Elements of Composition • 3 cr. • T/Th 11:30 am or T/Th 4:00 pm

MUSIC THEORY

UMMA
THEORY 137: Intro to Music Theory • 3 cr. • T/Th 11:00 am

MUSICOLOGY

Modern Languages Building, Burton Memorial Tower, & Moore Building
MUSICOL 121: Art of Music • 4 cr. • MWF 11:00 am
MUSICOL 345.001: History of Music – The History of Western Music I • 3 cr. • T/Th 1:00 pm
MUSICOL 345.002: History of Music – Bollywood Sounds • 3 cr. • T/Th 1:00 pm
MUSICOL 346.001: Music & Media • 3 cr. • T/Th 2:30 pm
MUSICOL 346.002: Music Video in the US: From Talkies to TikToks • 3 cr. • T/Th 11:30 am
MUSICOL 346.003: Global and Popular Music • 3 cr. • MW 10:00 am
MUSICOL 346.004: Electric Guitar: A History of Loudness • 3 cr. • MW 8:30 am
MUSICOL 346.005: Music of Black Americans • 3 cr. • MW 2:30 pm
MUSICOL 417/517: History of Jazz • 3 cr. • MW 11:30 am

PERFORMING ARTS TECHNOLOGY

Moore Building
PAT 200: Intro to Electronic Music Production • 3 cr. • M or T 9:00 am, multiple lab times
PAT 220: Songwriting Workshop • 2 cr. • F 12:30 pm

PIANO CLASSES

Moore Building & Burton Memorial Tower
PIANO 110 & 111: Beginning & Intermediate Piano • 2 cr. • multiple times

RAP HISTORY & SONGWRITING

Burton Memorial Tower
MUSIC 210: Rap History & Songwriting • 2 cr. • F 1:00 pm or 3:00 pm

STRINGS

East Quad, Room B852
JAZZ 420: Roots Music & Improvisation for Strings • 2 cr. • Th 5:30 PM

VIDEO GAME MUSIC

UMMA Auditorium & Moore Building
PAT 305: Video Game Music • 2 cr. • T/Th 4:00 pm
MUSIC 460: Bleep Bloop: Writing about Video Game Music • 3 cr. • MW 10:00 am

VOICE CLASSES

Walgreen Drama Center or Moore Building
VOICE 111: Beginning Voice Class • 2 cr. • MW 12:30 pm or T/Th 11:30 am or T/Th 12:30 pm

WELLNESS

Walgreen Drama Center
WELLNESS 421: Yoga for Performers I & II – Strength and Conditioning • 1 cr. • MW or T/Th or F 9:00 am or Th 11:30 am

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Add a Minor to Your Degree with as Few as 15 Credits

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