MUSC 144 Concert Choir (2 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities with Performance; General Transfer Elective
Formerly MUSIC 144A
Course Description
Non-auditioned choir for both beginning and experienced singers. Rehearses and performs choral literature. Quarterly concerts required. Non-music major participation encouraged. Course is repeatable for additional credit up to 3 times.
Course Content
A. Rehearsal, memorization, and performance of choral music literature
B. Vocal etiquette
C. Vocal technique
D. Diction, including vowel and rhythmic unification
E. Music appreciation
Student Outcomes
1. Demonstrate and analyze quality vocal pedagogy and technique.
2. Demonstrate and analyze choral music literature theoretically and aurally.
3. Learn and perform a varying assortment of choral repertory.
4. Work effectively as part of a team (ensemble) in rehearsal, performance and travel.
5. Sing in a variety of languages with proper diction and enunciation
6. Demonstrate 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.
8. Listen and analyze live and recorded performances of choral literature
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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