Andrew Davis
Director of Graduate Studies
Assistant Professor of Music Theory
120 School of Music Building
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204–4017
email: adavis at uh.edu
office phone: 713 743 3294
fax (Moores School of Music—please include a cover page): 713 743 3166
professional (Moores School of Music) web page (with short biography): http://www.music.uh.edu/people/davis.html.
This file last updated 25 August, 2008 / Please report bad links to me by email.
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For most questions concerning graduate studies at the University of Houston, please contact Douglas Goldberg, Graduate Academic Advisor, at 713 743 3314, or email gradmusic at uh.edu. Also see the graduate studies web site at the Moores School of Music: graduate studies. For prospective graduate applicants to the Moores School of Music, see the web site for prospective graduate students: prospective graduate students. The Moores School of Music home page is here: Moores School of Music; the University of Houston home page is here: University of Houston.
More information is also available in the school of music's graduate handbook, available in print from the graduate office or available online at http://www.music.uh.edu/academics/graduate.html.
Additional information:
Graduate catalog: The university's graduate catalog is available online, at http://www.uh.edu/grad_catalog/index.html. No print version is available.
Application for graduation: You may apply for graduation online, by logging in to your account at www.uh.edu/peoplesoft/mypeoplesoft/. Please use the electronic form—this is better than using the paper form and will minimze problems. Note that you must be registered in the semester in which you graduate; the university allows no exceptions. Contact Doug Goldberg for more information. Deadline for Fall 2008: Friday September 19.
Theses and documents: Submission of defended theses and doctoral documents to the dean's office: deadline for Fall 2008 is Friday December 05. See the school of music's graduate handbook (here) for more information on timing the defense, submission to committees, etc. For thesis formatting guidelines, including page ordering, sample title pages, copyright pages, signature pages, etc. etc., see http://www.class.uh.edu/advising_grad.html.
[note: copies of all archived syllabi, course schedules, and reserve lists are available here in .pdf format. All material has been removed from the web, except material related to courses in progress.]
FALL 2008:
1) Graduate Theory review: meets T Th at 11:30am in MSM 110. http://www.uh.edu/~adavis5/6397theory/.
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Graduate theory seminar (master's/doctoral level): Music and Text in Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera. Meets T Th at 10:00am in MSM 110. http://www.uh.edu/~adavis5/6397verdi/ This will be on the operas of Verdi, mainly, and will be a study of the integration of musical forms and text forms in Verdi's work; we'll pay particular attention to what was known in the nineteenth century, and what's known in recent literature on Verdi, as the "solita forma." We'll also study some music of Puccini, with attention especially to how he adapted (or didn't) the solita forma conventions in his work. Reading will be extensive and may include work of Harold Powers, Scott Balthazar, David Rosen, Phillip Gossett, Robert Moreen, David Lawton, and others. Listening will be extensive and will include Verdi's La Traviata, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Don Carlos, Un ballo in maschera, Aida, and others; and Puccini's La Boheme, Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schichi, Turandot, and others. |
SUMMER 2008:
MUSI 1300: Fundamentals of Music. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
SPRING 2008:
MUSI 2214: Techniques of Music since 1900. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
MUSI 2171: Aural Skills IV. Copes of the syllabus / schedule
FALL 2007:
MUSI 2210: Music Theory III. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
MUSI 2170: Aural Skills III. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
SUMMER 2007:
MUSI 1311: Music Theory II. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
MUSI 1171: Aural Skills II. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
SPRING 2007:
MUSI 1311: Music Theory II. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
MUSI 1171: Aural Skills II. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
FALL 2006:
MUSI 1310: Music Theory I. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
MUSI 1170: Aural Skills I. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
SPRING 2006:
MUSI 4211: Advanced Analysis. Copies of the syllabus / schedule / reserve list
MUSI 6306: Post-Tonal Analysis. Copies of the syllabus / schedule / reserve list
FALL 2005:
MUSI 4210: Introduction to Large Forms. Copies of the syllabus / schedule / reserve list
MUSI 6397: Special-topics seminar: Operas of Mozart. Copies of the syllabus / schedule / reserve list
SPRING 2005:
MUSI 2211: Music Theory IV. Copies of the syllabus / schedule / reserve list
MUSI 2171: Aural Skills IV. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
MUSI 4211: Advanced Analysis. Copies of the syllabus / schedule / reserve list
MUSI6301: Pedagogy of Music Theory. Copies of the syllabus / schedule / reserve list
FALL 2004:
MUSI 2210: Music Theory III. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
MUSI 2170: Aural Skills III. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
MUSI 3214: Music Theory V. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
MUSI 6397: Special-topics seminar: Operas of Puccini and Strauss. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
SUMMER 2004:
MUSI 6397: Style Analysis. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
SPRING 2004:
MUSI 1311: Music Theory II. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
MUSI 1171: Aural Skills II. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
MUSI 4211: Advanced Analysis. Copies of the syllabus / schedule / reserve list
FALL 2003:
MUSI 1310: Music Theory I. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
MUSI 1170: Aural Skills I. Copies of the syllabus / schedule
MUSI 4210: Introduction to Large Forms. Copies of the syllabus / schedule / reserve list
Some general information on preparing for a comprehensive exam in music, geared especially toward answering questions in music theory and/or discussing unidentified scores, is here: general comprehensive exam information. Think of this as a kind of general guide to studying for the comprehensive exams; use the more specific documents below to supplement the information.
Additional specific information on the theory questions I write for the masters comprehensive exams at the Moores School of Music is here: theory-specific, masters comps information.
Brief additional information on the questions I write for the theory portion of the doctoral comprehensive exams at the Moores School of Music is here: theory-specific, doctoral comps information.
Society for Music Theory
Texas Society for Music Theory
Centro Studi Giacomo Puccini, Lucca, Italy
Pi Kappa Lambda. National music honor society. I am the faculty president of the Zeta Tau chapter at the University of Houston.
pc set calculator. Good, basic calculator for pc sets and related information and properties, by David Walters, Mt. Allison University, New Brunswick, Canada.
Houston Grand Opera
Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts
NPR World of Opera
online research databases. New Grove Dictionary online, RILM, WorldCat, Oxford English Dictionary, etc. UH library barcode required—the number needed is below the barcode on the back of most UH ID cards.
UH library catalog
Chronicle of Higher Education. Subscription needed for some content.
Houston Chronicle
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather maps (Houston/Galveston map)
Houston TranStar. Houston traffic information.
Houston Architecture Info Forum
Texas State Historical Association
Handbook of Texas Online
Last updated: 17 July, 2006
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