MUSC 157 Jazz Band (2 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities with Performance; General Transfer Elective
Formerly MUSIC 157A
Course Description
A jazz ensemble intended to provide the experienced instrumentalist an opportunity to rehearse and perform selected jazz literature. Non-major participation encouraged. Course is repeatable for additional credit up to 3 times in the degree.
Course Content
Course content is based on jazz literature chosen for quarterly performances. Literature performed is established at the beginning of each quarter, based on the collective interests and performing abilities of the students and community members involved.
Student Outcomes
1. Perform selected music at designated quarterly concerts.
2. Demonstrate appropriate timbre, rhythmic accuracy, intonation, expression, style, and balance on music selected for quarterly concerts.
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.
Responsibility: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts and consequences of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable systems.
Lecture Contact Hours 0
Lab Contact Hours 40
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 40
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