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• Advisory: MUSIC 70A.

A limited number of loaner instruments are available for use while enrolled in this course.

This course is designed as an intermediate level class to continue development of the skills needed to play bowed string instruments (violin, viola, cello, string bass) and to improve reading skills. This course will offer a first level ensemble experience with emphasis on precision, intonation, balance, and blend. A separate time will be scheduled to help prepare more advanced students for the orchestra.

• Advisory: MUSIC 70B or audition.

A limited number of loaner instruments are available for use while enrolled in this course.

This course provides study of musical style and rehearsal techniques as they relate to the performance of intermediate level string orchestra literature. Ability to play a string instrument is required. During the course attention also will be given to technical development of the students in relation to the music that is being studied.

This course provides instruction in and reinforcement of the basic technical skills need to play instruments of the woodwind family, including embouchure development, standard and auxiliary fingerings, hand position, posture, and diaphragmatic breathing. Instruments of the woodwind family include flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and bass clarinet.

This course is the study of fundamental techniques, including tone production, fingerings, embouchure and hand position, of standard brass instruments which include trumpet, horn, euphonium, trombone and tuba.

Instruction in the basic techniques of concert percussion for beginners, emphasizing snare drum and orchestra bells. Techniques of other instruments, including bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine and timpani will be demonstrated. Students will play individually and in small ensembles.

• Advisory: MUSIC 73A.

Instruction in percussion and snare drum at a more advanced level than given in Music 73A. Additional instruction will be given in other percussion instruments, such as bass drum, cymbals, timpani, and tambourine. Class rehearsal as well as outside preparation will lead to public performance.

• Prerequisite: Audition required.

This course provides study of musical style and rehearsal techniques as they relate to the performance of orchestra literature.

• Prerequisite: Audition required.

This course provides study of musical style and rehearsal techniques as they relate to the performance of orchestra literature. Ability to play an orchestral instrument is required.

• Prerequisite: Audition required.

The study of musical literature, musical style, rehearsal techniques and ensemble playing as they relate to the performance of instrumental chamber music.

• Advisory: MUSIC 71, 72, 73A, or 73B.

This course is designed as an intermediate level class to continue skill development of the individual brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments and improve reading skills. The course will offer a first-level ensemble experience with emphasis directed to precision, intonation, balance and blend.

• Prerequisite: Audition required.

This course provides study and performance of musical literature written for wind ensemble with emphasis on style and rehearsal technique as they relate to the performance of band literature. Ability to play a band instrument is required.

• Prerequisite: Audition Required.

This course provides study and performance of musical literature written for wind ensemble with emphasis on style and rehearsal technique as they relate to the performance of band literature. Ability to play a band instrument is required.

• Prerequisite: Audition required.

This course provides rehearsal and performance of literature written for large jazz ensembles with emphasis on methods and materials. Musical materials include published arrangements of standard tunes, special arrangements of standard tunes, and contemporary compositions in the jazz idiom and selected according to the ability of the group. Ability to play an instrument and instructor’s approval are required.

• Advisory: MUSIC 1.

This course focuses on the development of idiomatic jazz improvisation skills through the study of jazz standard tunes, 12 bar blues, jazz theory, ear training, transcriptions and performance.

• Prerequisite: MUSIC 7.

This course is designed to integrate the elements of harmonic structure presented in Music 6 and 7 with broader concepts of style so that entire compositions of the common practice period can be analyzed and understood. Emphasis is placed on chord analysis, phrase structure, tonal relationships, and macro-form. As a supplement, an introduction to the melodic and harmonic devices of the 20th Century is given. Correlated with Music 4 (Musicianship).

The study and performance of popular guitar styles in the range of beginning to intermediate skills of music reading, interpretation and performance.

Access to a guitar in good playing condition is required. A limited number of loaner guitars are available for use while enrolled in this course.

• Advisory: MUSIC 84A.

The study and performance of popular guitar styles in the range of intermediate difficulty are the goals of this course. The course includes finger styles as found in Folk, Rock, Jazz, and their variations.

Access to a guitar in good playing condition is required. A limited number of loaner guitars are available for use while enrolled in this course.

• Advisory: MUSIC 84B.

The study and performance of popular guitar styles in the range of intermediate difficulty are the goals of this course. The course includes finger styles as found in Folk, Rock, Jazz, and their variations.

Access to a guitar in good playing condition is required. A limited number of loaner guitars are available for use while enrolled in this course.

This course focuses on music reading in first-position from beginning to intermediate level and on right- and left-hand skills, using repertoire from Classical, Flamenco, Popular, and other traditions.

Access to a guitar in good playing condition is required. A limited number of loaner guitars are available for use while enrolled in this course.

• Advisory: MUSIC 87A.

This course focuses on music reading in first-position at the intermediate level and on right- and left-hand skills, using repertoire from Classical, Flamenco, Popular, and other traditions.

Access to a guitar in good playing condition is required. A limited number of loaner guitars are available for use while enrolled in this course.