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Music Program
The Music Minor is open to all students. No previous experience in music required.
Upcoming Music concerts and recitals at USF
Performance Ensembles and performance opportunities at USF
Music Faculty and Instructors
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about taking private lessons, using practice rooms, joining a performance ensemble, or fulfilling the Minor requirements. To complete a Minor in Music requires 20 units in coursework:
two core courses (Musicianship and History of Western Art Music) and three electives (see list below).
Music electives come in the form of performing ensembles, private lessons, or academic studies. 4 of the 12 electives units must be an academic study of music; the remaining 8 units can come from mixing different types of elective classes to fulfill the total elective units. Most students participate in at least one year's worth of directed musical instruction. Many electives are offered each semester, but not all are offered every year. Check the USF registrar's office Live Schedule of Classes to see this semester's music course offerings and the time/location of classes.
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Units |
Course |
| 4 Units |
MUSICIANSHIP
MUS 201 Musicianship and Principles of Tonal Theory |
| 4 Units |
HISTORY OF WESTERN ART MUSIC SURVEY CLASS
MUS 301 History of Western Art Music I (origins to 1750) OR
MUS 302 History of Western Art Music II (1750 to today) |
| 12 Units of electives |
Directed Music Instruction: Private Lessons - 2 units each
MUS 112 through 120
currently offering lessons in: voice, piano, guitar, violin, viola, flute, piccolo, oboe and clarinet.
Directed Music Instruction: Performance Ensembles - 1 or 2 units each
MUS 130 Jazz Ensemble
MUS 110 Vocal Ensemble
currently offering: USF Classical Choirs (Western Art Music), ASUSF Voices (Popular/Jazz), Gospel Choir, St. Ignatius Contemporary Ensemble (contemporary Catholic repertoire)
Academic courses - 4 units each
MUS 195-01 Symphony in San Francisco (freshmen only)
MUS 195-02 Opera in San Francisco (freshmen only)
MUS/LAS 210 Music of the Americas (CORE F, CD)
MUS 212 Music and Social Protest
MUS/ANST 214 Asian Musical Cultures (CORE F, CD)
MUS 216 History and Evolution of Popular Music (CORE F)
MUS 218 Survey of African Music (CORE F, CD)
MUS 220 Women's Music Through the Ages (CORE F, CD)
MUS 221 Mozart's Greatest Operas (CORE F)
MUS 222 Romantic Piano Music
MUS 223 Jazz, Culture, and Social Justice (CORE F, CD)
MUS 224 Introduction to Opera (CORE F)
MUS 225 Music Appreciation (CORE F)
MUS 240 Digital Audio Synthesis
MUS 250 Diatonic Harmony
MUS 350 Chromatic Harmony
MUS 301 or 302 (whichever was not used to satisfy minor core requirement may count as part of electives)
PASJ 310 Music for Performance (for PASJ majors)
SII 302 Music and Art (for St. Ignatius Institute)
MUS 390 Special Topics (examples from past years include "American Musical Theater" and "Anthropology of Music")
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Any performance ensemble can be taken for credit (students may enroll for 1 or 2 units) or without registering for any class credit. Anyone enrolled in an ensemble for credit can is also eligible to take private lessons in voice or instrument (for 2 units of credit). For any other information contact the conductor in charge of the ensemble.
USF Jazz Ensemble
Students study the language and repertoire of jazz and perform in small ensembles. Meets Tuesdays from 5:30 to 7:15 PM, in room ED 040.
To enroll for credit (1 or 2 units) course number is: MUS 130-01
For more information, contact conductor Pascal Bokar Thiam (pbthiam@usfca.edu)
USF Classical Choir Ensembles
Performs high quality accompanied and a cappella traditional art music (classical music) from all periods, including major works and shorter choral gems. The Choir has performed such masterworks as Schubert's Mass in G, Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols, Gabriel Faurés Messe Basse, and Daniel Pinkham's Wedding Cantata. In addition to the full University Choir and its repertoire, smaller groups (Chamber Choir and Women's Choir) perform advanced vocal music. Rehearsals for the University Choir are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 12:00-1:00 in the Choir room of St. Ignatius Church. Women's Choir rehearses Wednesdays from 12:00-1:00 PM; Chamber Singers rehearses Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:00-12:00.
To enroll for credit (1 or 2 units) the course number is: MUS 110-01
For more information, contact conductor Rebecca Seeman (seeman@usfca.edu)
ASUSF Voices
A collaboration between the Associated Students of USF and the Performing Arts Department, ASUSF Voices contains a variety of choral ensembles that specialize in popular and jazz vocal styles. USF voices rehearses on Mondays 5-6 PM, Men's voices Mondays 6-7:30 PM, and Women's voices Tuesdays 6:30-8 PM, in UC 101A. Jazz Voices (SATB) performs vocal jazz, with a focus on a cappella singing, and rehearses on Tuesdays 5-6:30 PM, in UC 101A.
To enroll for credit (1 or 2 units) the course number is: MUS 110-03.
For more information, contact conductor Rick Roberts (robertsr@usfca.edu), 415-422-2862.
USF Gospel Choir
Performs African American Gospel Music and Spirituals. Rehearsals are Mondays from 5:30 to 7:15 PM, in room ED 040.
To enroll for credit (1 or 2 units) the course number is: MUS 110-02
For more information contact conductor Rawn Harbor (rawnharbor@yahoo.com)
USF Contemporary Mass Ensemble
Provides the vocal and instrumental music ministry for the 9:30 AM and the 5:00 PM Masses every Sunday at St. Ignatius Church. Music is drawn from Gregorian chant to the very latest in modern Catholic repertoire, creatively arranged to meet and challenge the needs of all levels of the Ensemble. Students may sing and/or play their instruments at either the 9:30 AM or the 5 PM Masses. Rehearsals for the 9:30 AM Mass are on Thursdays from 7:00-9:00 PM. Rehearsals for the 5:00 PM Mass are on Fridays from 3:00-4:30 PM.
To enroll for credit (1 or 2 units) the course number is: MUS 110-04.
For more information, contact conductor Tim K. Murphy (tkmurphy@usfca.edu) 415-422-6440.
 Alexandra Amati-Camperi, Ph.D. (associate professor and coordinator of the music program, music history, theory, topics courses) 415-422-2072 camperia@usfca.edu
Francesca Rivera (co-coordinator of the music program for 2008-2009, ethnomusicology and music history) 415-422-4786 fmrivera@usfca.edu
Private Lessons
Daria D'Andrea (violin and viola) dedandrea@usfca.edu
Cara Burgoyne (voice) caraburgoyne@yahoo.com
Gail Edwards, MM (flute, piccolo, clarinet, and oboe) gaedwards@usfca.edu
Mike Fiorentino (guitar) mcfiorentino@usfca.edu
Rachael Hutchings (piano) website and contact information
Judith May, MM (voice) jmay1@usfca.edu
Kit Ruscoe (guitar) kitruscoe@yahoo.com
Rebecca Seeman, DMA (voice) seeman@usfca.edu
Jeffrey Swinkin, MM (piano) website and contact information
Ensemble Directors
Pascal Bokar Thiam, Ed.D. (Jazz ensemble) pbthiam@usfca.edu
Rawn Harbor (Gospel Choir) rawnharbor@yahoo.com
Rick Roberts (ASUSF Voices choral groups) robertsr@usfca.edu
Rebecca Seeman, DMA (University Classical Choral Ensembles) seeman@usfca.edu
Tim Murphy (Contemporary Mass Choir, St. Ignatius Church) tkmurphy@usfca.edu
Academic Classes in music history, theory, ethnomusicology
Pascal Bokar Thiam, Ed.D. (lecturer, African and African American music) pbthiam@usfca.edu
Florian Conzetti, DMA (lecturer, music appreciation, theory) fconzetti@usfca.edu
Kara Gardner, Ph.D. (lecturer, Women's music, American music, topics courses) gardnerk@usfca.edu
Jeremy Hunt, Ph.D. (lecturer, digital audio synthesis and computer music) jeremyhunt@mac.com
Pamela Kamatani, Ph.D. (lecturer, musicianship) pkamatani@usfca.edu
Francesca Rivera (lecturer, Latin American music, popular music, music appreciation) fmrivera@usfca.edu
Rebecca Seeman, DMA (lecturer, music appreciation, theory) seeman@usfca.edu
Joe Sargent (lecturer, Western Art Music, music appreciation, opera)
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