MUSC 172 Percussion Ensemble (1 credit)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities with Performance; General Transfer Elective
Formerly MUSIC 172A
Prerequisite Instructor permission required.
Course Description
A small performance group open to all students with experience in reading and performing percussion ensemble literature. Outside performances required. Student self-initiative is a vital component of success in this class.
Course Content
Course content is based on the brass percussion 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.
Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.
Lecture Contact Hours 0
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20
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