Course Catalog Information (24-25)
MUSI 35
Mariachi Ensemble
Course Description
This is an intermediate-level ensemble course focusing on mariachi literature. Students will rehearse and perform arrangements for mariachi. This course emphasizes authentic mariachi style, excellence in personal and group performance, repertoire building, sight-reading music, playing and transposing songs by ear, memorization techniques, working and performing in a group, stage presence and other aspects of performance, and overall professionalism.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Sight read, rehearse, and publicly perform repertoire from the mariachi literature in various styles.
- Participate in the art of performing in an ensemble by demonstrating correct intonation, phrasing, balance, dynamics, and tone quality.
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)
- Ability to play a mariachi or related instrument Enrollment subject to audition
- Corequisite(s)
- Advisory(ies)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
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