Non-Major Offerings

Private Lessons (MUSI 141-197), 2 credits in:

*Subject to availability

Open to all current Rice students, our lessons provide private, one-on-one instruction with a graduate student or faculty member for 50 minutes per week throughout the semester.

Students must register at the Shepherd School of Music before submitting a university registration form. Registration is limited and will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Opens: Tuesday, August 26, 2025 – 8:30 AM
Location: In-person, second floor, Alice Pratt Brown Hall

For more information, please email Blair McLaughlin at b.mclaughlin@rice.edu.

Additional Details:

• Most private lessons are taught by graduate students.
• An applied music fee of $500 per semester will be billed to your ESTHER account

*Please note: You will need to provide your own instrument for non-major private lessons with the exception of piano, harp, and organ.*

APPLIED STUDIES IN JAZZ IMPROVISATION MUSI 345 | 2 credits
Private lessons on specific techniques in jazz improvisation. You must register at the Shepherd School of Music before submitting a university special registration form. Registration will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis, beginning Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at 8:30 AM. 

For more information, please contact Danny Kamins at danny.kamins@gmail.com.

RICE CHORALE MUSI 335 | 1 credit
Under the direction of Thomas Jaber, the Rice Chorale is a choral ensemble that performs once a semester. The Chorale meets MW from 4:00-5:30 pm. Email jaber@rice.edu or call 713-348-2336 for more information.

CAMPANILE ORCHESTRA MUSI 334 | 1 credit

Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Music Director
Ana Spasovska and Kyle Haake, Associate Conductors
The Campanile Orchestra is a symphony orchestra made up of talented non-music majors and members of the greater Rice community who wish to continue their orchestral activities in an environment of artistic inspiration and camaraderie. Campanile Orchestra plays works expanding from the traditional repertoire, including pops and film music, and meets on Saturdays from 10:00 am-1:00 pm in Alice Pratt Brown Hall. More information and audition criteria can be found HERE.

FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC MUSI 117 | 3 credits
For non-music majors with minimal music preparation. Rudiments of pitch and duration. 
Study of scales, chord structure, tonality, and forms.

Section 1 MWF 9:00 - 9:50 am
Section 2 TTH 2:30-3:45 pm

THEORY FOR NON-MAJORS I MUSI 317 | 3 credits
Study of harmony, melody, rhythm, and form.

Section 1 MWF 10:00-10:50 am
Section 2 TTH 1:00-2:15 pm

BASIC ELECTRONIC MUSIC MUSI 403 | 3 credits
Introduction to electronic and computer music.

MWF 1:00-1:50 pm