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This course is an introduction to teaching music classes for children ages infancy through age 6 in a group setting. Various music teaching techniques and teaching materials will be explored.

MUSIC 27 is the same course as ECE 81. Students may earn credit for one, but not both.

IGETC AREA 3A (Arts)

Satisfies Global Citizenship

This course offers an exploration of Global cultures through music. Students will study musical instruments, musical elements in composition, styles, and performance practices of different regions of the world. This course also explores artistic, social and historical contexts that lead to the development of different/cultural forms of music.

• Prerequisite: MUSIC 2.

This course provides a guided study of basic musical phenomena and traditional notation through sight singing, dictation, ear training, and keyboard harmony with the primary aim of developing musical perception, comprehension and fluency. Topics covered include sight singing with the “movable do” system, keyboard harmony, and in-class dictation of melodic lines, rhythmic patterns, intervals, harmonic progressions. Also included are ear training exercises using computer-assisted-instruction. Correlated with Music 7 (Chromatic Harmony).

IGETC AREA 3A (Arts)

• Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.

This course is a survey of music in Western Civilization from Antiquity through Baroque (approximately 800 BC to 1750 AD). Emphasis is placed upon the principal composers and their works related to the history and philosophy of each stylistic period and interrelationships with the arts and humanities in general. The stylistic periods covered include Greco-Roman, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque. The course is designed for the music major, but open to all.

IGETC AREA 3A (Arts)

• Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.

This course is a survey of music in Western Civilization from the Rococo Period (about 1720) to the present. Emphasis is placed upon the principal composers and their works related to the history and philosophy of each stylistic period and interrelationships with the arts and humanities in general. The stylistic periods covered include Rococo, Classical, Romantic, Impressionist, and the diverse directions of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The course is designed for the music major but open to all.

IGETC AREA 3A (Arts)

• Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.

This course is designed for the non-major. It utilizes a broad approach to musical literature, primarily of the sixteenth through twenty-first centuries, and its place in the cultural development of Western Civilization. It provides the tools for a basic understanding of music, an awareness of the primary musical styles, comprehension of the building blocks of music, and the development of an attentive level of listening.

IGETC AREA 3A (Arts)

Satisfies Global Citizenship

This course concentrates on the origin, development, and major musical styles of jazz music in American culture, with significant emphasis placed on the sociopolitical and economic realities that resulted in shaping the musical decisions of the primary innovators. The course will further illustrate how the multicultural intersection of the African-American, European-American, and Chicano/Latino communities has been and continues to be an essential element for the existence and proliferation of this uniquely American art form. Designed for the non-major but recommended for majors.

IGETC AREA 3A (Arts)

Satisfies Global Citizenship

This course is a musical and cultural survey of popular music widely referred to as Rock & Roll. Musical trends are followed from influential traditions of early blues and jazz at the beginning of the twentieth century and include the emergence of Rock & Roll in the early 1950’s, Motown, the “British Invasion”, Art Rock, Heavy Metal, Punk, Rap and Hip-Hop, Techno, Grunge, Electronica, Garage Rock and Modern Rock.

IGETC AREA 3A (Arts)

Satisfies Global Citizenship

This course is a survey of the music of Native Americans, European Americans, African Americans, Latino Americans and Asian Americans from their historical roots to the present, including blues, gospel, bluegrass, zydeco, salsa, mariachi, norteno, and taiko, and the impact of traditional music on American pop styles. The course examines musical elements, the role of music in society, and how music reflects culture. Students will develop listening and descriptive skills through a variety of media including recordings, video and live demonstration. The course is open to all regardless of previous musical background or experience.

IGETC AREA 3A (Arts)

The history of opera, from ‘l’Orfeo’ by Monterverdi to the present day. An examination of the creative elements of opera which combines the visual, vocal, instrumental, literary and kinesthetic arts into an art form that can measure a civilized culture. The origins of modern opera in Italy, soon followed by French, German, Russian, English, Spanish, other European and American variations, and a worldwide variety of theater forms presented in the language of music.

• Prerequisite: MUSIC 3.

This course provides a guided study of basic musical phenomena and traditional notation through sight singing, dictation, ear training, and keyboard harmony with the primary aim of developing musical perception, comprehension and fluency. Topics covered include sight singing with the “movable do” system, keyboard harmony, and in-class dictation of melodic lines, rhythmic patterns, intervals, harmonic progressions, and take-home transcription projects. Also included are ear training exercises using computer-assisted-instruction. Correlated with Music 8 (Modulation and Analysis).

• Prerequisite: Pre-enrollment audition required.
• Advisory: MUSIC 50B.

The philosophy of this course is that everyone who wants to sing opera should have the opportunity to do so. In this workshop, those who are enrolled will be assigned parts commensurate with their experience, vocal technique and enthusiasm for participation.

• Prerequisite: Audition required.
• Advisory: MUSIC 50B.

This course is designed for intermediate and advanced singers interested in developing their vocal abilities and becoming acquainted with and learning selected works from the standard operatic repertoire. The course will offer solo and ensemble experience through singing, acting, and movement leading to the public performance of operatic scenes. This is the summer version of Music 40.

• Prerequisite: Pre-enrollment audition.
• Advisory: MUSIC 50B.

This course consists of rehearsals and performance of a full-length operatic production with orchestra. Emphasis is placed on the cooperative blending of all theatre and musical activities into a finished public performance.

This course provides rehearsal and performance of literature written for mariachi ensembles with emphasis on methods and materials. Musical materials include published arrangements of mariachi repertoire, special arrangements of mariachi music, and contemporary compositions in the mariachi idiom selected according to the ability of the group. Instructor approval and the ability to play an instrument or sing are required.

• Prerequisite: Audition required.

This course introduces the student to theories, techniques and practices of musical theatre performance. The class concentrates on preparing and performing scenes from musical theatre, culminating in a public performance. Attendance at theatre productions for which students must purchase tickets is required.

MUSIC 45 is the same course as TH ART 45. Students may earn credit for one, but not both.

• Prerequisite: Pre-enrollment audition required. Co-enrollment in TH ART 51 is required.

This course includes rehearsals and performances of a theatrical production geared specifically for a younger audience. It explores acting skills through the application and development of progressive performance techniques. Emphasis is placed on cooperative blending of all theatre activities into a finished public performance. Students will rehearse and prepare material and learn about the processes of performing for the live theatre.

MUSIC 46 is the same as TH ART 53. Students may earn credit for one but not both.

• Advisory: MUSIC 1 or concurrent enrollment in MUSIC 1.

This course covers the rudiments of sight singing with the “movable do” system, keyboard harmony, and in-class dictation of melodic lines, rhythmic patterns, intervals, harmonic progressions. Also included are ear training exercises using computer-assisted instruction.

Introduction to the fundamental principles of singing: breath control, tone production, diction and the use of appropriate song material.

• Advisory: MUSIC 50A.

Continued development of vocal technique, musicianship, style and interpretations and song repertoire.