MUSC 247 Chamber Choir (2 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities with Performance; General Transfer Elective
Prerequisite Audition and/or instructor permission.
Course Description
An smaller auditioned choir intended for more experienced singers. Rehearses and performs advanced choral literature. Quarterly concerts and occasional touring are required. Course is repeatable for additional credit up to 3 times in the degree.
Course Content
A. Rehearsal, memorization, and performance of choral music literature
B. Small ensemble blend
C. Vocal etiquette
D. Vocal technique
E. Diction, including vowel and rhythmic unification
F. Music appreciation
Student Outcomes
1. Analyze and apply quality vocal pedagogy and technique.
2. Analyze choral music literature theoretically and aurally.
3. Perform a varying assortment of choral repertory.
4. Work effectively as part of a small ensemble in rehearsal, performance and travel.
5. Sing in a variety of languages with proper diction and enunciation.
6. Display a professional attitude toward practice, using self-motivation and self-evaluation, as it pertains to the appropriate performance of selected music.
7. Demonstrate professional performance etiquette.
Degree Outcomes
Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.
Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.
Lecture Contact Hours 0
Lab Contact Hours 40
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 40
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