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    Jul 03, 2025  
2025-2026 Pierce College Catalog
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MUSC 265 Private Instruction: Voice (1 credit)



Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities with Performance; General Transfer Elective
Course Description
A continuation of MUSC 165 geared towards advancing student music vocal performance. Course is repeatable for additional credit up to 3 times in the degree.

Course Content
a.) pitch, rhythm, tempo, articulation, and intonation precision
b.) proper vocal technique
c.) dynamic, phrase, balance
d.) timbre, stylistic expression
e.) Sight reading
f.) Contrasting repertoire including culturally sustaining repertoire

Student Outcomes
  1. Demonstrate through performance improvement in technique, literacy and musicality.   
  2. Demonstrate effective audition skills and strategies.


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.

Effective Communication
Graduates will be able to craft and exchange ideas and information in a variety of situations, in response to audience, context, purpose, and motivation.

Lecture Contact Hours 0
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20

Potential Methods
A. Juried Performance
B. Instructor observation
C. Instructor feedback
D. Self-evaluation



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