Course Catalog Information (24-25)
MUSI 34
Jazz Ensemble
Course Description
This course will cover sight-reading, rehearsal, performance, and recording of diverse styles of music, composed and arranged for standard jazz ensemble, with emphasis on improvising within the ensemble structure as a goal for each individual.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Sight read, rehearse, and publicly perform selected repertoire from the Big Band literature found in various time periods from the Swing Era to the present.
- Participate in the art of performing in an ensemble by demonstrating correct intonation, phrasing, balance, dynamics, and tone quality on his or her instrument.
Course Details
- Units
- 2 Units
- Hours
- Weekly Lecture Hours: 1
- Weekly Lab Hours: 3
- Gen Ed
- Non-GE Class
- Program Status
- Program Applicable
- Credit
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Transferability
- Transferable to both UC and CSU
- Grading Method
- Letter Grading
Requisite and Advisory
- Prerequisite(s)
- Audition based on the ability to play a traditional big band instrument and read music
- Corequisite(s)
- Advisory(ies)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
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