The course is designed as a practical introduction to choral arranging with exposure to pertinent elements of orchestration/instrumentation. Students will explore the art of choral arranging through critical evaluation, study of copyright, research of suitable source material, as well as examination of voicing, range, transposition, balance, notation, and texture. The course features guest speakers (brass, woodwind, and string specialists) and culminates with a forum performance of student arrangements. Students will use Finale software for arranging projects. Prerequisites: 205.
A select treble show choir ensemble drawn from all major areas in the college community. Emphasis on performing literature from the pop, rock and Broadway repertoire. Combines voice, movement, and stage presence into one package. Opportunity to work with professional choreographers and to explore a wide variety of song styles and movement. Enrollment by audition. Restricted to students with junior and senior standing. May be repeated for credit. AE
A select, small (12-18 voices) choral ensemble dedicated to performing classical, jazz, Broadway, and pop repertoire. Choreography and solo singing may be included in this versatile organization. Enrollment by audition. Restricted to students with junior standing or higher. May be repeated for credit. AE
A class designed for the music education concentration with emphasis on the development of childrens listening, performance, literacy, and creative-expressive skills.
The study of teaching choral music and directing techniques for middle/junior high and senior high school. Topics include rehearsal techniques, repertoire, voicing, curriculum design, classroom management, learning styles, teaching strategies, strategies for teaching students with disabilities, the changing voice, and philosophy. Emphasis on the total years program in perspective with performances and understanding the non-musical responsibilities of a middle/junior high and high school teacher.
Definitions of Social Justice and Equity, combined with discussions about identity and commitment to change, will provide context for a general history of global movements impacted by music and musicians. A deeper exploration of El Sistema ("The System" - a music program offering social change for the poorest areas of Venezuela) will develop intercultural knowledge by introducing students to programs in the United States and abroad that have made strides in improving social conditions in their respective communities.
This course will emphasize the importance of Arts Therapy as a lay person when working with the Geriatric Dementia and Alzheimers Communities. Students will learn the importance and value of spending time bringing joy to geriatric individuals through use of visual, musical, or chair dancing arts. After three weeks of background knowledge and information about how the elderly, especially with dementia, qualify as an under-served community, students will explore different arts-based techniques to engage cognitive connections.
A continuation of the development of skills learned in Conducting I, with emphasis on baton technique, gesture, score preparation, score reading and interpretation, performance practice, and rehearsal sequencing. Prerequisite: 265.
This course is for students who audition for and are cast in a major or minor role in an opera production. This performance course encompasses learning an operatic score and staging the work. Chamber operas have minimal costuming and set, and they are performed in the Recital Hall. Full length operas are performed with full costuming and set with orchestra in the Main Theatre. Opera productions rehearse three hours per night and five nights per week for a period of seven weeks. May be repeated.
Instrumental Techniques I introduces music education students to fingering, notation, and pedagogy related to woodwind and brass instruments. Students will learn basic information for classroom and arranging purposes. Prerequisite: 151, 152.