Page 207 of Sierra College 2005-2006 Catalog by Sierra College Rocklin, Roseville, Grass Valley, Truckee

SIERRA COLLEGE CATALOG 207 MUSIC 40E PIANO Units: 2 Transfer: CSU/UC Prerequisite: Completion of Music 40D or equivalent Hours: 3 (1 lecture, 2 laboratory) Instruction in keyboard technique. Continuation of Music 40D, with music drawn from the more advanced grades. Individual needs and interests considered. NOTE: Stu dents may take a maximum of 8 units of the Music 40A- 40F (Piano) series. MUSIC 40F PIANO Units: 2 Transfer: CSU/UC Prerequisite: Completion of Music 40E or equivalent Hours: 3 (1 lecture, 2 laboratory) More advanced instruction in keyboard technique. Con tinuation of Music 40E, with music drawn from the more advanced grades. Individual needs and interests are considered. NOTE: Students may take a maximum of 8 units of the Music 40A-40F (Piano) series. MUSIC 42 CHAMBER SINGERS Units: 2 Transfer: CSU/UC Prerequisite: Admission by audition including sightsinging aural skills assessment Hours: 3 (2 lecture, 1 laboratory) Explores the literature and performance practices for small vocal ensembles from the Renaissance to the present. Public performances, festivals, and eld trips required. May be taken four times for credit. MUSIC 46 JAZZ ENSEMBLE Units: 2 Transfer: CSU/UC Prerequisite: Three to four years experience on instrument or equivalent Hours: 3 (1 lecture, 2 laboratory) A workshop in the problems of jazz ensemble. Practical experience in playing jazz ensemble charts. Consideration of the vocational possibilities in the eld; study of impro visation. Each repeat includes an increased facility above previous level. May be taken four times for credit. MUSIC 47 VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE Units: 2 Transfer: CSU/UC Prerequisite: Previous choral experience or equivalent Hours: 3 (1 lecture, 2 laboratory activity) Study and performance of modern and vocal jazz styles, tone production, and rhythms. Public performances and eld trips required. May be taken four times for credit. MUSIC 48 CONCERT CHOIR Units: 2 Transfer: CSU/UC Prerequisite: By audition only; ability to match pitches Hours: 3 (1 lecture, 2 laboratory) A variety of choral experience performing repertoire, both sacred and secular, from the medieval, baroque, classical, romantic and modern periods of music history. Focuses on performance practice, musical style and poetic inter pretation. May be taken four times for credit. MUSIC 49 JAZZ IMPROVISATION AND PERFORMANCE PRACTICE Units: 2 Transfer: CSU/UC Prerequisite: Three to four years experience on instrument or equivalent Hours: 3 (1 lecture, 2 laboratory) Fundamentals of jazz improvisation, including chordscale application. Analysis of diverse styles of the great jazz artists through recordings and transcriptions. Devel opment of a unique improvisational style as applied to performance. May be taken four times for credit. MUSIC 50 WIND ENSEMBLE Units: 2 Transfer: CSU/UC Prerequisite: Three to four years experience on instrument or equivalent Hours: 3 (1 lecture, 2 laboratory) Training in the interpretation and performance of stan dard band literature, with emphasis on sight reading new band music. Advanced students given the opportunity for solo work. At least one public performance given each semester. May be taken four times for credit. MUSIC 51A APPLIED MUSIC I Units: 1-2 Transfer: CSU/UC Prerequisite: Three to four years experience on instrument or equivalent Hours: 3 laboratory per unit Individualized study of departmentally approved classical performance curriculum, evaluated through a juried per formance and including a departmental recital. MUSIC 51B APPLIED MUSIC II Units: 1-2 Transfer: CSU/UC Advisory: Completion of Music 51A or equivalent recom mended Hours: 3 laboratory per unit Individualized study of departmentally approved classical performance curriculum, evaluated through a juried per formance and including a departmental recital.

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