Non-music majors at UT-Austin interested in music performance courses and/or ensembles in the Butler School of Music may enroll. In most cases, the permission of the instructor must be obtained before a student can register for a music course. Information about certain music courses available to non-Music majors is listed below.
 
For instruments other than Guitar, Piano, Violin, or Voice, please see:
PERFORMANCE LESSONS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS.
 
For ensembles, an audition is required.  Please contact the instructor listed under the heading ENSEMBLES. Nearly all ensemble auditions take place just before or during the first four class days of the semester. The first class day for Spring Semester 2010 is Tuesday, January 19, 2010.  Students participating in an ensemble for Fall 2009 are usually not required to perform another audition for the same ensemble for Spring 2010.
 
To find the most recent online course schedule and unique numbers for Spring 2010, go to http://registrar.utexas.edu/schedules/index.html
(UT EID and password required to search for courses.)
 

GUITAR
 
Please note: MUS 101G and GUI 201 for guitar require that the student provide their own classical guitar, not an acoustic guitar.  A classical guitar has six nylon strings (no steel strings) and a wider neck (fretboard) than an acoustic guitar.
 
For those who cannot read music and who do not own a guitar:  Register for MUS 313 Fundamentals of Music:  Guitar. This is our most beginning level course for students who have no prior guitar experience and do not know how to read music. This course teaches music reading and basic guitar playing skills. There are no restrictions on the registration for this course; however, sections of this course fill very quickly.
 
For those who can read music and own a classical guitar:  Register for MUS 101G Beginning Music Performance:  Guitar.
This is our beginning classical guitar class that requires that students know how to read treble clef music notation and can provide their own classical (not acoustic) guitar for the course.
 
For those who have a minimum of two years of classical guitar training:  GUI 201 (Private lessons in classical guitar)
Interested students must contact Professor Adam Holzman aholzman@mail.utexas.edu to ask his permission to register.  Do not contact Prof. Holzman until the first day of Spring 2010 classes. If permission is granted, the student must complete a green performance card available from the Student Office, MRH 3.836 and get Prof. Holzman’s signature, then submit the card to the Student Office before registering.

 
PIANO
 
For those who cannot read music and who have no prior piano experience:MUS 313 Fundamentals of Music:  Piano
This is our most beginning level course for students who have no prior piano experience and do not know how to read music. This course teaches students how to play chords in various styles of music. There are no restrictions on the registration for this course; however, sections of this course fill very quickly.
 
For those who cannot read music and who have no prior piano experience:  MUS 201J Beginning Class Piano for Non-Music Majors. NOTE:  201J has been cancelled for Spring 2010. This course teaches students how to read music as well as basic piano skills and some beginning music theory.
 
For those who can read music and have at least one year of formal training in piano:  Register for PIA 201 (private lessons).
 
For students new to PIA 201: An audition is required. Audition dates for PIA 201 for Spring 2010 will occur on Jan. 13, 14, and 15, 2010 in MRH 4.192. Sign-up sheets will be posted on the door, 4.192, just before the winter break begins in December. Audition times: 12noon to 6pm, with some breaks. Auditions will last approximately 5 minutes each. Students will receive their results on the following Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. (Classes begin Tuesday, Jan. 19. 2010.). Students who are approved to take PIA 201 will have PIA 201 added to their Spring 2010 registration.

PIA 201 Audition information
For the audition, students should prepare the following:

1. Play a major scale in the key of your choice, for at least one octave, and hands separately. If you are familiar with other forms of technique such as arpeggios and cadences, you may also play these, in the key of your choice.
2. Play one piece of your choice. Memorization is optional. If you intend to play with your music, please bring your music.
3. You will be asked to sight-read a short and simple fragment from a piano piece that is considerably simpler than the one you choose to perform.


In addition, you must complete a questionnaire. Questionnaires will be available at the door, MRH 4.192, next to the sign-up sheets.

Students who are registered for PIA 201 this fall may register for PIA 201 for Spring 2010 if they notify the Student Office by noon on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009.  Those students planning to continue in PIA 201 for the spring and who register for it in the spring semester must have satisfactorily completed the course requirements according to the PIA 201 syllabus with at least a grade of “C-” (or as designated in the course syllabus) by the end of the Fall 2009 semester.  Those who do not will be dropped from PIA 201 for the spring semester before the first class day of Spring 2010.
 
All registered students for PIA 201 for the spring will be notified of who their instructor is by the fourth class day.  First class day for Spring 2010 is Tuesday, January 19, 2010.

VIOLIN
 
For those who can read music and have no prior violin experience: Register for MUS 101G Beginning Music Performance:  Violin
Students interested in taking this class are not required to have prior violin performance; however, they must be able to read treble clef music notation.  There is no Violin course for students who cannot read music.
 
For VIO 201 (private lessons in violin), see the list “Performance Lessons for Other Instruments.

VOICE

For those who can read music and with or without prior voice instruction: VOI 201 (private lessons).  An audition is required.  Students are required to vocalize and are allowed to bring one piece of music to sing; no sight-reading is required.  Auditions for Spring Semester 2010 will occur on Friday, Jan. 15, 2010 in MRH 4.116 beginning at 1:30pm until 3:30pm. Students will be notified of acceptance by the first class day and will be notified of who their instructor is by the fourth class day; accepted students should register for the course during the first four class days.  First class day for Spring 2010 is Tuesday, January 19, 2010.

Note: College of Fine Arts students are given priority for registering for this course.
 
 
PERFORMANCE LESSONS FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS
 

For information about instrument lessons or permission to register for them, please contact the
following faculty members. An audition may be required; all students requesting to register for one of these courses are expected to know how to read music.
 
NOTE:  Some instructors may not consider taking non-Music major students until just before or after the start of Spring 2010 classes.  The first class day for Spring Semester 2010 is Tuesday, January 19, 2010.  Instructors who do not take requests until the start of Spring 2010 are listed below with “***”.
 
After receiving permission to take (individual instruction) lessons, students must complete a green performance card, available from the Student Office, MRH 3.836, obtain the instructor's signature, and return the form to the Student Office before registering for the course.
 
Contact information for faculty may be found on the UT-Austin directory at:
http://www.utexas.edu/directory/
 

• Bassoon – BSN 201:  Prof. Kristin Jensen
• Clarinet – CLA 201:  Prof. Richard MacDowell
• Double Bass – D B 201:  Prof. DaXun Zhang
• Euphonium – EUP 201:  Prof. Steven Bryant
• Flute – FLU 201:  Contact TA: Chia-Jung Lee rivalee@mail.utexas.edu
• French Horn – F H 201:  Prof. Patrick Hughes
• ***Harp – HAR 201:  Prof. Delaine Fedson (via email only)fedson@mail.utexas.edu
• ***Oboe – OBO 201:  Prof. Rebecca Henderson
Organ – ORG 201: Gerre Hancock
• ***Percussion – PER 201:  Prof.  Thomas Burritt
• ***Saxophone – SAX 201:  Prof. Harvey Pittel
• Trombone TRO 201:  Prof. Nathaniel Brickens
• ***Trumpet – TRU 201:  Prof. Ray Sasaki
• Tuba – TBA 201:  Prof. Steven Bryant
• Violoncello – V C 201:  Prof. Bion Tsang
• ***Viola – VIA 201:  Prof. Roger Myers
• Violin – VIO 201:  Prof. Brian Lewis