2022-2023 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    Apr 28, 2024  
2022-2023 Pierce College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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MUSC 254 College Orchestra (2 credits)



Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities with Performance; General Transfer Elective
Formerly MUSIC 254A

Course Description
A large performance group open to all students with experience reading and performing orchestra literature. Non-music major participation encouraged. Course is repeatable for additional credit up to 3 times in the degree.

Course Content
Course content is based on the orchestra literature chosen for quarterly performance(s). Literature to be performed is determined at the beginning of each quarter and depends, in part, on the interests and collective performance ability of the students involved.

Student Outcomes
1. At the community college level, perform selected music at designated quarterly concerts.

2. At the community college level and on music selected for quarterly concerts, demonstrate appropriate ability in the areas of timbre, rhythmic accuracy, intonation, expression, style and balance.

3. Work effectively as a part of a team.

4. Demonstrate a professional attitude towards practice, self-motivation and self-evaluation as it pertains to the appropriate performance of music selected for each quarterly concert

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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