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1.00 Credits
Credits: 1 credit Prerequisites: Written approval of instructor and course chair Course Chair: R. Savage Required of: None Electable by: All Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall Description A group that primarily performs music created by members of the ensemble. Improvisational and ensemble skills are blended to allow for individual musical growth. Instrumentation: five reeds, four trumpets, four trombones, piano, guitar, bass, and drums.
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1.00 Credits
Credits: 1 credit Prerequisites: Overall ensemble rating 7 or by audition Course Chair: R. Savage Required of: None Electable by: All Offered: Spring, Fall Description A large ensemble dedicated to the study and performance of the more difficult repertoire of the great big band masters including Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Stan Kenton, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, and others. Utilization of Berklee ensemble library materials and the diverse expertise of faculty who have performed professionally with these artists.
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1.00 Credits
Credits:1 credit Prerequisites:Overall ensemble rating 7 Course Chair:R. Savage Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Fall Description An ensemble that performs student compositions in the jazz idiom. The repertory includes blues, ballads, contemporary postbebop, and avant-garde works. Instrumentation: two trumpets, one trombone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, piano, guitar, bass, and drums.
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1.00 Credits
Credits: 1 credit Prerequisites: Overall ensemble rating 7 Course Chair: R. Savage Required of: None Electable by: All Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall Description Designed to cover free or atonal playing using a wide variety of sounds inside and outside the normal range of the instruments. Instrumentation: mixed winds, piano, guitar, bass, and drums.
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2.00 Credits
Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:By audition Course Chair:R. Savage Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Fall Description A big band ensemble that plays original compositions by student writers as well as select repertoire of the great big band leaders such as Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, Woody Herman, Count Basie, Stan Kenton, and others. An end-of-semester concert is usually scheduled.
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0.50 Credits
Credits: 0.5 credit Prerequisites: None Course Chair: D. Anderson Required of: MUED drum set and MUED total percussion principals Electable by: All percussion principals Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall Description For beginning percussion players. Covers the use of snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, tambourine, triangle, simple mallet music, and timpani in an ensemble setting.
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1.00 Credits
Credits:1 credit Prerequisites:ILPM-121 or by audition Course Chair:D. Anderson Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring Description This nontraditional percussion ensemble consists of mallet instruments with a rhythm section performing original compositions. Emphasis is placed upon rhythmic accuracy and creating spontaneous compositions. No previous improvisational skills are necessary.
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1.00 Credits
Credits:1 credit Prerequisites:ILPD-112 and overall ensemble rating 4 Course Chair:D. Anderson Required of:None Electable by:All percussion principals Offered:Spring, Fall Description An ensemble utilizing transcriptions and adaptations of the repertoire of percussion groups throughout the world. Drum set, marching, and orchestral percussion instruments will be combined in performance with African, Indian, Brazilian, and Latin instruments. Through demonstration and study of recorded audio and video sources, students will develop performance skills on a wide variety of percussion instruments.
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1.00 Credits
Credits:1 credit Prerequisites:Overall ensemble rating 7 or written approval of instructor and course chair Course Chair:D. Anderson Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Fall Description Development of repertoire and performance skills in an ensemble consisting of both Western and non-Western or "world" instruments. Integration of non-Western ideas and techniques; listening and improvising outside of standard jazz and pop forms; spontaneous composition as opposed to loose improvisation; strengthening of individual musical aesthetic.
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1.00 Credits
Credits:1 credit Prerequisites:ILPH-354 Course Chair:D. Anderson Required of:None Electable by:All percussion principals Offered:Spring, Fall Description A continuation of ILPH-354. Continued development of performance skills through study of recordings and transcriptions, singing and chanting, and group playing. Application of drumming and singing to other musical forms.
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