MUS 100(1-0-1)
Basic Ensemble
This course is designed to provide instruction in the basic aspects of musical performance and practices. The course will also provide development of sight reading and interpretive skill's on the student's instrument or voice.
MUS 106(3-0-3)
Ear Training and Sight Singing
This course provides development of skills in ear training; matching pitches, maintaining a pitch center, and sight singing; and other vocal music reading competencies. Recommended for preparation of a college music degree program entrance audition.
F, S
MUS 110(1-0-1)
Lab Ensemble I
This course provides development of skills in sight reading on the student's concentration instrument or in voice. Different styles including classical, jazz, rock, Latin, musical theatre and commercial music will be presented with emphasis on reading a high volume of literature. This course is recommended for students preparing a career in performance.
PR: approved entrance audition for degree programs
F
MUS 112(1-0-1)
Music Notation
This course is designed for students to provide instruction in the essential aspects of music writing software programs such as Sibelius and Finale. Students will be instructed in notation for single instruments, large and small ensembles, and basic music arranging concepts. Other components of the course will include various input methods such as mouse, QWERTY keyboard, and MIDI keyboard entry. Emphasis will be placed on music writing rules and traditions. This course assumes basic music reading skills on the part of the student.
PR: Basic music reading skills
MUS 115(3-0-3)
Rock Music Style and Development
This course explores rock music in terms of historical development, musical style and societal influence. The course discusses the pre-existing styles (pop, country and western, rhythm and blues, jazz, folk, gospel and classical music) that have impacted the evolution of rock music. The development of music listening skills is emphasized. Directed listenings reinforce the concept of musical style as a synthesis of musical elements (rhythm, pitch, dynamics, timbre and form). The role of rock music as a social, cultural, economic and political force is examined. This course is acceptable as a humanities elective.
MUS 121(3-0-3)
The Enjoyment of Music I
This course in the appreciation of art music of the Western world examines major styles, examples of the great musical works and composers, and relationships with the other arts. The vocabulary and materials of music are presented with examples from major style periods of music, followed by a survey of western art music from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century. The development of listening skills is emphasized. This course is acceptable as a humanities elective.
MUS 127(3-0-3)
Jazz Styles and Development
This course presents an introduction to the styles and literature of jazz, a uniquely American art form, and its relationships to popular and art music. The course includes a survey of jazz styles beginning with pre-jazz styles, ragtime, early jazz, swing, bebop, cool, third stream, the avant-garde, and fusion. Jazz listening skills, such as form recognition, are also emphasized. This course is acceptable as a humanities elective.
MUS 131(3-0-3)
African American Music Survey
This appreciation and literature course surveys the music of African Americans. Topics of study range from the slave and folk songs of 19th century America to the popular and classical compositions of 20th century African Americans. A course goal is the development of listening skills. This course is acceptable as a Humanities Elective.
MUS 135(1-0-2)
Applied Music I
Applied Music I is designed to enable the student to achieve basic competencies in performance. Students will study techniques and repertoire (with a private instructor) appropriate to the individual student's instrument or voice. The course is designed for personal musicianship enrichment. The course is also designed to prepare students for a college degree program entrance audition.
F, S
MUS 136(1-0-2)
Applied Music II
Applied Music II is designed to enable the student to achieve basic competencies in performance. Students will study technique and repertoire (with a private studio instructor) appropriate to the individual student's instrument or voice. The course is designed for personal musicianship enrichment. The course is also designed to prepare students for a college degree program entrance audition.
F, S
MUS 147(3-0-3)
Music Fundamentals
The basic course in fundamentals of tonal music is designed to develop competencies in the reading and writing of notes, scales, key signatures, intervals, chords, and rhythmic elements. The course is designed for the developing musician and for those preparing a college music degree program entrance audition.
F, S
MUS 151(2-0-2)
Theory I
Theory I covers the fundamentals of tonal music, scales, modes, triads, seventh chords and cadences. This course prepares the student for more detailed analysis of rhythm, texture, and form, with an emphasis on basic harmony and eighteenth century voice leading practices.
PR: Acceptance into music degree program
CR: MUS 155
F
MUS 152(2-0-2)
Theory II
Theory II builds on the concepts of Theory I and covers the eighteenth century voice leading practices, root movements and progressions, and figured bass theory usage. Dominant seventh chords and non-dominant seventh chords are introduced. Also included are secondary dominants, modulation, application of cadential formulas, and dance forms including binary and simple ternary forms.
PR: MUS 151
CR: MUS 156
S
MUS 155(1-1-1)
Aural Skills I
Aural Skills I is a skills development course designed to enhance performance through the recognition, mental imaging and vocal performance of a broad range of musical structures. The course begins with the fundamentals of tonal music, scales, rhythmic patterns, intervals, modes, triads, seventh chords, cadences, and chord patterns. Students are trained to aurally recognize, notate and vocally reproduce these elements. The course also emphasizes sight singing, harmonic and melodic dictation and the use of solfege as a learning and study tool.
PR: Acceptance into music degree program
CR: MUS 151
F
MUS 156(1-1-1)
Aural Skills II
Aural Skills II is a skills development course designed to enhance performance through the recognition and mental imaging of a broad range of musical structures. It continues work in the fundamentals of tonal music: scales, rhythmic patterns, modes, triads, seventh chords, and chord patterns and introduces modulations, non-harmonic tones, inversions of seventh chords, and four-voice chord progressions and patterns. Students are trained to aurally recognize, notate and vocally reproduce these elements. The course also emphasizes sight singing and the use of solfege as a learning and study tool.
PR: MUS 155
CR: MUS 152
S
MUS 157(1-1-1)
Conducting I
This course introduces the basic techniques of conducting: posture and hand position, baton usage, aural skills for conductors, foreign and technical terms, a survey of large ensemble repertoire, metric patterns in two, three, and four, tempo, instrumental transpositions, string bowings and harmonics, score preparation and analysis, preparatory gestures, gestures of syncopation, fermata and caesura problems, and basic ensemble setups. Students will prepare and conduct simple scores in class and analyze orchestral and other scores. Other topics may include rehearsal technique and interpretation.
PR: MUS 152 and either MUS 257 or MUS 258
F
MUS 158(1-1-1)
Conducting II
This course continues study of the basic techniques of conducting: simple compound, asymmetric and subdivided metric patterns, and rehearsal techniques and planning. Separate instrumental and choral conducting techniques are introduced. Students will learn a systematic procedure for marking scores and will conduct scores in class. Several basic instrumental arrangements are prepared by students. Other topics will include cuing and left hand independence, basic ensemble setups, changing tempi, concert programming and interpretation.
PR: MUS 157
S
MUS 161(0-*-1)
Performance Organization I
MUS 161, 162, 261, 262 are the performing ensembles of the SCCC Music Department. They include the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Chorus, Percussion Ensemble, Guitar Ensembles, Woodwind Chamber Ensemble and Vocal Chamber Ensemble. Participation in ensembles is open to all students by audition and/or permission of the Department.
PR: Audition or permission of the Department
F
MUS 162(0-*-1)
Performance Organization II
PR: MUS 161 or permission of the Department
S
MUS 163(2-0-2)
Performance Concentration I
Performance Concentration is designed to develop the student's performance and teaching skills to the highest possible level through the careful study of techniques appropriate to the individual student's instrument or voice with a private studio instructor. Practical experience in performance and critical analysis will be emphasized in the weekly performance classes with division instructors. Practical experience in formal performance will be provided in the division recital. A final performance examination is administered by a faculty panel, including the instructor, at the conclusion of MUS 164 and MUS 264. Courses must be taken consecutively.
PR: Acceptance into a music degree program
CR: MUS 161, 162, 261, or 262 (appropriate ensemble as assigned)
MUS 164(2-0-2)
Performance Concentration II
Performance Concentration is designed to develop the student's performance and teaching skills to the highest possible level through the careful study of techniques appropriate to the individual student's instrument or voice with a private studio instructor. Practical experience in performance and critical analysis will be emphasized in the weekly performance classes with division instructors. Practical experience in formal performance will be provided by the division recital. A final performance examination is administered by a faculty panel, including the studio instructor, at the conclusion of MUS 164 and MUS 264. Courses must be taken consecutively.
PR: Acceptance into a music degree program
CR: MUS 161, 162, 261, or 262 (appropriate ensemble as assigned)
MUS 167(1-0-1)
Percussion Techniques
This course is designed to familiarize music students with the fundamentals of percussion performance pedagogy. Topics and activities will include snare and other drum techniques, timpani, mallet percussion, accessories and percussion ensembles. Not applicable for percussion concentration students.
PR: approved entrance audition for music degree programs
MUS 169(1-0-1)
Guitar Techniques
This course is designed to develop basic competencies in guitar accompaniment for classroom singing and in teaching a beginning guitar class unit within a public school general music sequence. Not applicable for guitar concentration students.
PR: approved entrance audition for music degree programs
MUS 171(2-0-2)
Beginning Voice Class
This course presents the fundamentals of basic vocal production. Instruction in vocal technique is based upon songs and vocalizes with emphasis upon principles of breathing and placement. Beginning Voice Class is recommended for development of a foundation for the singing voice using classical vocal techniques and repertoire.
F, S
MUS 180(1-0-1)
Introduction to Music Therapy
This course is an orientation to the music therapy field. It presents the historical background and philosophical bases of music therapy and functions of the music therapist as a health-field professional. The course is offered in a time period shorter than one semester. It will usually be offered as a four-week summer course. It can serve as a pre-requisite to four-year college music therapy courses.
MUS 181(2-0-2)
Beginning Piano
Group instruction designed for the beginning piano student is provided in this course. Pupils learn to read music and develop technical facility at the piano through preparation and performance of progressively difficult music. Keyboard ensemble activities provide additional opportunities for musical development.
F, S
MUS 182(2-0-2)
Intermediate Piano
This course continues Beginning Piano with group instruction in piano at the advanced beginning level. The course includes further development of keyboard and music reading skills using solo and group piano literature and with increasing emphasis on classic works for piano.
PR: MUS 181 or consent of department
F, S
MUS 210(1-0-1)
Lab Ensemble III
This course provides development of skills in sight reading on the student's concentration instrument or in voice. Different styles including classical, jazz, rock, Latin, musical theatre and commercial music will be presented with emphasis on reading a high volume of literature. This course is recommended for students preparing a career in performance.
PR: approved entrance audition for degree programs
MUS 231(3-0-3)
Music Business
This course explores practical, legal and procedural problems encountered in the music industry with emphasis upon music merchandising, music publishing, recording, arts management and copyright law. A variety of other career areas are surveyed, providing orientation for those preparing for employment in the music business as well as those preparing to transfer to four-year programs in music merchandising and other fields.
S
MUS 232(2-0-2)
Jazz Improvisation I
This course provides an introduction to the study of jazz improvisation. Topics to be discussed include chord scales, modes, arpeggios and harmonic formulae. Special emphasis will be placed on common compositional forms such as ABA, AABA, The Blues, and "rhythm" changes. The music to be studied includes compositions by Ellington, Parker, Coltrane, Gershwin and Kern.
PR: MUS 152
MUS 233(2-0-2)
Basic Arranging
This course provides an introduction to the musical craft of arranging, the setting of music for various combinations of instruments. Topics will include transpositions, instrument ranges, voicings, and writing for jazz and commercial rhythm sections. Students will participate in class exercises and prepare and conduct weekly assigned arrangements as well as a final project.
PR: MUS 152
MUS 251(2-1-2)
Theory III
Theory III builds on the concepts of Theory II and covers two-voice eighteenth century counterpoint, extended and chromatic harmony (extensions, borrowed chords, Neapolitan 6th chords, augmented 6th chords, and altered dominants) and sonata form. The course begins with a review of the basic concepts of Theory II.
PR: MUS 152
CR: MUS 255
F
MUS 252(2-1-2)
Theory IV
Theory IV builds on the concepts of Theory III and covers rondo forms, chromaric mediants, variation technique, enharmonic modulation, common tone diminished 7th chords, Impressionism, the contemporary period, set theory and twelve-tone technique.
PR: MUS 251
CR: MUS 256
S
MUS 255(1-1-1)
Aural Skills III
This course is a skills development course designed to enhance musical performance and comprehension through the recognition, mental imaging and performance of a broad range of musical structures. It is designed as the third course in a four-course sequence. Aural Skills III continues with the materials in Aural Skills I and II and adds chromatic and secondary harmonies, modulation to closely related keys, extensions, and asymetrical meters. Students are trained to aurally recognize, notate, and vocally reproduce these elements. The course also emphasizes sight singing and the use of solfege as a learning and study tool.
PR: MUS 156
CR: MUS 251
F
MUS 256(1-1-1)
Aural Skills IV
This course is a skills development course designed to enhamce musical performance through the recognition, mental imaging, and performance of a broad range of musical structures. It is designed as the fourth in a four-course sequence, continuing with the materials from Aural Skills III and adding foreign modulation, impressionist devices, twelve-tone techniques, set theory and other 20th century elements. Students are trained to aurally recognize, notate, and vocally reproduce these elements. The course also emphasizes sight-singing and the use of solfege as a learning a study tool.
PR: MUS 255
CR: MUS 252
S
MUS 257(3-0-3)
Literature and Style I
Literature and Style I is a comprehensive survey of Western art music dating from the Medieval Period through the end of the Classical period. The course begins with a a brief introductory unit surveying each styl period.
PR: Successful music degree program audition
CR: MUS 151, 155
F
MUS 258(3-0-3)
Literature and Style II
Literature and Style II is a comprehensive survey of Western art music dating from the Romantic Period through the present. The course begins with a brief introductory unit surveying each style period.
PR: MUS 257
CR: MUS 152, 156
S
MUS 261(0-*-1)
Performance Organization III
PR: MUS 162 or permission of the Department
F
MUS 262(0-*-1)
Performance Organization IV
PR: MUS 261 or permission of the Department
S
MUS 263(2-0-2)
Performance Concentration III
Performance Concentration is designed to develop the student's performance and teaching skills to the highest possible level through the careful study of techniques appropriate to the individual student's instrument or voice with a private studio instructor. Practical experience in performance and critical analysis will be emphasized in the weekly performance classes with division instructors. Practical experience in formal performance will be provided by the division recital. A final performance examination is administered by a faculty panel, including the studio instructor, at the conclusion of MUS 164 and MUS 264. Courses must be taken consecutively.
PR: Acceptance into a music degree program
CR: MUS 161, 162, 261, or 262 (appropriate ensemble as assigned)
MUS 264(2-0-2)
Performance Concentration IV
Performance Concentration is designed to develop the student's performance and teaching skills to the highest possible level through the careful study of techniques appropriate to the individual student's instrument or voice with a private studio instructor. Practical experience in performance and critical analysis will be emphasized in the weekly performance classes with division instructors. Practical experience of formal performance will be provided by the division recital. A final performance examination is administered by a faculty panel, including the studio instructor, at the conclusion of MUS 164 and MUS 264. Courses must be taken consecutively.
PR: Acceptance into a music degree program
CR: MUS 161, 162, 261, or 262 (appropriate ensemble as assigned)
MUS 270(1-0-1)
Studio Literature
This course is presented as a series of one-on-one sessions with the student's performance concentration instructor. The student will be guided through the study of historically, theoretically and technically significant literature for the student's concentration. Recorded performances will be studied to reinforce the student's understanding of style and performance practices.
F
MUS 283(3-2-3)
Music in Contemporary Education
This comprehensive overview of the professional world of music in education deals with the process of learning; goals and objectives; bases for selection of strategies, materials, and functional techniques; and evaluative considerations within a consistent philosophical rationale related to contemporary educational environ- ment. Selected teaching opportunities and observations in school music classrooms provide resources for developing teaching foundations. Emphasis is upon school grades K-6. Thirty (30) clock hours of supervised observation in local public schools are an integral part of this course.
PR: MUS 152 and 158
F
MUS 284(3-2-3)
Music in Contemporary Education II
This course provides an overview of current methods, materials and practices in secondary school music instruction. It explores all aspects of teaching music, with emphasis upon active learning which engages students and involves them directly in the learning process. Particular attention is given to the develop- mental needs and interests of secondary school students. Thirty (30) clock hours of supervised observations are an integral part of this course.
PR: MUS 283
S
MUS 285(2-0-2)
Brass Techniques
This course is designed to develop basic performance and pedagogical skills for brass instruments. In addition to performance development, course topics include acoustics, embouchure development, breathing, instrument selection, and basic maintenance and repair.
PR: MUS 152, 156
F
MUS 286(2-0-2)
Woodwind Techniques
This course is designed to develop basic performance and pedagogical skills for woodwind instruments. In addition to performance development, course topics include acoustics, embouchure development, breathing, instrument selection, and basic maintenance and repair.
PR: MUS 152, 156
S
MUS 287(1-0-1)
Keyboard Techniques I
The MUS 287-289 sequence, presented in the twelve-station electronic piano lab, develops keyboard musicianship and pedagogical skills for public school teaching. MUS 287 establishes basic keyboard rudiments in a group piano setting for music degree program students with little or no keyboard background. Competencies include playing and sight reading easy piano solos and song accompaniments, scales, chords and transpositions.
PR: approved entrance audition for music degree programs
F
MUS 288(1-0-1)
Keyboard Techniques II
This course builds on the foundations of MUS 287 with emphasis on public school teaching applications. Competencies include scales, playing/reading solos, and preparation of diatonic accompaniments to songs and instrumental solos. Students are assigned to one of the following groups: A) basic keyboard background or B) intermediate keyboard background.
PR: MUS 287
S
MUS 289(1-0-1)
Keyboard Techniques III
This course further develops keyboard musicianship and pedagogical resources established in MUS 288. Materials are expanded to include harmonies, greater use of minor mode, leading a school music class and accompanying performances. Students are assigned to one of two skill level groups appropriate to their performance concentration and background.
PR: MUS 288
F