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[email protected] SPRING 2022 - COURSE LISTINGS Please refer to the online schedule on CLASS-Web to access course section details and the course record numbers (CRNs) for registration. MUS 15 JAZZ ENSEMBLE 1.0 Units This course is for the study, rehearsal, and public performance of standard jazz ensemble literature, with an emphasis on the development of skills needed to perform within an ensemble. New literature will be studied each term so that different technical and artistic issues are addressed. Opportunities to arrange and compose for the ensemble as well as to conduct. Opportunity to apply improvisation techniques in a group setting. MUS 16 PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 1.0 Units This course is for the study, rehearsal, and public performance of the standard Classical orchestra literature, with an emphasis on the development of skills needed to perform within an ensemble. Different literature is studied each semester so that different technical, historical and artistic issues are addressed. Attendance at all scheduled performances is required. Enrollment by audition only. MUS 17A JAZZ COMBO 1 1.0 Units For instrumentalists who want experience in performing and interpreting small-group literature. The music literature will cover important aspects of Jazz band development and works of all styles and periods. Emphasis will be on articulations, stylistic differences, composition, arranging, and common performance practices of the various periods of music. Strongly Recommended: MUS 18A, MUS 6 with a minimum grade of C Enrollment by audition only. MUS 17B JAZZ COMBO 2 1.0 Units For intermediate/advanced instrumentalists who want to continue what they learned in 17A by performing, composing, and arranging small-group literature. Prerequisite: MUS 17A with a minimum grade of C Enrollment by audition only. MUS 18A JAZZ/POP PIANO 1 1.0 Units Voicings, chords, and guidelines for interpretation of lead sheets in a variety of genres for the contemporary pianist. Emphasis on improvisation, accompaniment, bass lines, grooves, and reharmonization. Strongly Recommended: MUS 21A with a minimum grade of C. MUS 18B JAZZ/POP PIANO 2 1.0 Units Building on the content offered in Music 18A, this course offers more advanced voicings, chords, and guidelines for interpretation of lead sheets in a variety of genres for the contemporary pianist. The student learns chords and chord progressions used in jazz and popular music styles as applied to the keyboard, focusing on chromatic seventh chords and sequences, chord extensions and advanced rhythmic concepts. Prerequisite: MUS 18A with a minimum grade of C MUS 19 STUDIES IN MUSIC COMPOSITION 3.0 Units Presents a technical and historical analysis of works in various music languages. Students will compose individual pieces to be performed by college-based music ensembles. Strongly Recommended: MUS 8A with a minimum grade of B MUS 23A ELEMENTARY VOICE I 1.0 Units Group singing with emphasis on solo performance. Tone production, breathing, diction, and interpretation in regard to song literature. Strongly Recommended: MUS 6 MUS 23B ELEMENTARY VOICE II 1.0 Units Development of skills learned in Music 23A. Emphasis on further development of vocal production and performance. Prerequisite: MUS 23A with a minimum grade of C MUS 34 MUSIC IN FILM 3.0 Units The class traces the history and development of film music through reading, lecture and film viewing. The class studies the process of film scoring and how music and its relationship to film have changed over the last century. Class includes discussion and evaluation of different compositional styles and learning to listen critically to film scores while viewing movies. MUS 35 INTRO TO MUSIC TECHNOLOGY 3.0 Units This course covers the following basic aspects of music technology: computer skills, software-based sequencing, synthesis, MIDI, sampling, notation, principles of sound, microphones, introduction to digital audio, signal processing, mixers and mixing, recording principles, cables and interconnects, and audio in live performance. MUS 36 INTERMEDIATE MUSIC TECHNOLOGY 3.0 Units This course is the 2nd level course in the music technology series. Topics include intermediate/advanced computer skills, software- based sequencing, synthesis, MIDI, sampling, notation, principles of sound, microphones, introduction to digital audio, signal processing, mixers and mixing, recording principles, cables and interconnects, and audio in live performance. Prerequisite: MUS 35 MUS 38 APPLIED LESSONS 1.0 Units Individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for the specific instrument or voice being studied. The emphasis is on the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. Achievement is evaluated through a juried performance. Enrollment subject to a standardized audition demonstrating basic competencies in technique and musicianship in their major performance medium. Corequisites: MUS 8A or MUS 8B or MUS 10A or MUS 10B or MUS 12 or MUS 14 or MUS 15 or MUS 16 or MUS 44 or MUS 45 or MUS 46A or MUS 46B or MUS 48. MUS 38 APPLIED LESSONS - BASS 1.0 Units MUS 38 APPLIED LESSONS - BASSOON 1.0 Units MUS 38 APPLIED LESSONS - CELLO 1.0 Units MUS 38 APPLIED LESSONS - COMPOSITION 1.0 Units MUS 38 APPLIED LESSONS - DRUMS 1.0 Units MUS 38 APPLIED LESSONS - FLUTE 1.0 Units MUS 38 APPLIED LESSONS - FRENCH HORN 1.0 Units MUS 38 APPLIED LESSONS - GUITAR 1.0 Units MUS 38 APPLIED LESSONS - LOW BRASS 1.0 Units MUS 38 APPLIED LESSONS - PIANO 1.0 Units MUS 38 APPLIED LESSONS - JAZZ PIANO 1.0 Units MUS 38 APPLIED LESSONS - PERCUSSION 1.0 Units MUS 38 APPLIED LESSONS - TRUMPET 1.0 Units MUS 38 APPLIED LESSONS - VOICE 1.0 Units MUS 38 APPLIED LESSONS - WOODWINDS 1.0 Units MUS 41 INSTRUMENTAL CHAMBER MUSIC 1.0 Units This course is an instrumental music ensemble that performs selections from the standard classical repertoire, as well as modern compositions. Students develop all aspects of instrumental performance including technique, sight-reading, intonation, rhythmic interpretation, ensemble balance, and stylistic interpretation. Musical