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3.00 Credits
Instruction in voice and instruments for qualified students. Regular offerings include violin, viola, violoncello, piano, voice, flute, guitar (classical, American traditional, and jazz), selected brass and woodwind instruments, and African drums. The student's performance in the course will be evaluated by faculty jury at the end of the semester. For additional information concerning fees, scheduling, and related matters, see the Music Department secretary. May be repeated for additional credit. Prerequisite: Music 153 or 181 (may be taken concurrently). One or two credit hours. FACULTY
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3.00 Credits
Credit for participation in musical ensembles sponsored by the Music Department. In addition to the large ensembles listed below, the department frequently offers a contemporary music ensemble, a flute choir, a guitar ensemble, a trumpet choir, a string ensemble (master class), and small chamber music groups. Interested students should consult the department for additional information before registering. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Music 153 or 181 for graded credit (may be taken concurrently) and permission of the department. One credit hour. African Drumming. Performance of music from various African cultures, with hands-on experience with various instruments, including drums, rattles, bells, and exposure to several traditions of African singing and dancing. The group presents concerts on campus and throughout the state of Maine. BENISSAN Chorale. Colby's largest choral ensemble, its repertoire includes unaccompanied works of the 18th through 20th centuries by European and American composers as well as major works for chorus and orchestra. Tours and exchange concerts are arranged. Enrollment, open to all students, is through auditions early in the fall semester. MACHLIN Collegium Musicum. Early music ensembles, performing music from before 1750. Groups include a chamber choir and instrumental ensembles (strings, winds). Instrumentalists should contact instructor; enrollment for singers is through auditions early in the fall semester. BORGERDING Jazz Band. The Jazz Band presents a standard big band setup, performing swing, Latin jazz, funk, soul, R & B, and bebop styles for concert, tour, and college functions. Brass, wind, and percussion players by audition. THOMAS Orchestra. A symphony orchestra composed of students, local amateurs, and professionals performs four concerts per year of works spanning the entire range of major symphonic literature. Noncompetitive auditions are held at the beginning of each semester. HALLSTROM Wind Ensemble. The Wind Ensemble presents a concert each semester of works drawn from standard literature, symphonic works, movie music, marches, etc. Open to all interested brass, wind, and percussion players without audition. THOMAS
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4.00 Credits
An exploration of the musical world of colonial and vice-regal Latin America. Topics include stylistic interactions between European and indigenous music and musicians of the 16th through the 19th centuries, the development of musical institutions and practices in the New World, and the role of music in the process of colonization, evangelization, and the formation of national identities. Course materials include assigned listening and readings. No previous musical knowledge necessary. Four credit hours. A. BORGERDING
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4.00 Credits
Practical and theoretical instruction in vocal and instrumental music in the Hindustani and Sufi traditions as well as contemporary Indian pop and fusion. Previous musical experience is desired but not required. Four credit hours. A. SANGARI
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4.00 Credits
Do sounds have color Is it possible to "hear" an image If so, can the intersection form the basis for a composite art form Examines these questions from historical, philosophical, and practical viewpoints. Class time will be divided between lecture and hands-on work with audio/video software. Focuses almost exclusively on abstract sound and image, with mainstream film and music video receiving only passing attention. Assumes enrollees will have some background in music and/or art and a modicum of computer facility. Formerly offered as Music 297. Four credit hours. A.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the first half-century of jazz (during its recorded era), examining the music and the cultural and social forces that shaped it. Specific consideration given to the development of various forms and styles (the blues, New Orleans jazz, stride piano, big band music, bebop) and analyses of the music of seminal performers and composers (Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis). Prerequisite: Music 111, 133, 153, or 181. Four credit hours. A, U.
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3.00 Credits
A history of American musical theater in the 20th century, including an examination of African-American shows of the pre-Broadway era and the jazz age; cabarets and revues; Broadway's golden years--the works of Berlin, Gershwin, Kern, and Porter; modernist trends in the works of Rodgers, Weill, and Bernstein; classics and revivals of Broadway's second golden age; musicals on film; and postmodernism on Broadway (Sondheim). Prerequisite: Music 111, 136, 153, or 181. Four credit hours. A.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of African-American popular song during the rhythm-and-blues era, from its origins in the 1930s and '40s in the blues, small band "jump blues," and black swing bands to its transformation into soul in the mid-1960s. A focus on analysis of the musical styles of individual musicians and groups as well as on a study of the way these styles analyze and comment on the culture(s) in which they are embedded. Prerequisite: Music 111, 133, 153, or 181. Four credit hours. A, U. MACHLIN
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3.00 Credits
The first in a three-semester sequence for majors, acquainting students with the history and literature of Western art music. An investigation of compositional concepts and sociological contexts of the earliest notated music from the Middle Ages (c. 800) to polyphony of the Renaissance (c. 1400 to c. 1600) and the emergence of opera as well as the rise of autonomous instrumental music in the 17th century. Consideration of music within a broader cultural context with its relation, for example, to theology, literature, and the visual arts. Prerequisite: Music 111 and 181. Four credit hours. BORGERDING
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3.00 Credits
The second in a three-course music history sequence for majors. The principal genres of the High Baroque, Classical, and early Romantic periods (including opera, oratorio, cantata, song, sonata, string quartet, concerto, and symphony) as well as major composers (Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert). Theoretical issues and cultural context include music's relationship to literature and the visual arts, the nature of dramatic music, the rise of functional tonality, national styles, and aesthetics. Prerequisite: Music 111 and 181. Four credit hours. BORGERDING
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