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1.00 Credits
Credits:1 credit Prerequisites:ENSB-111 or overall ensemble rating 2 Course Chair:R. Savage Required of:All first-semester students who are enrolled in neither ENGT-111 nor ENSB-111 Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description This ensemble focuses on performance in a variety of musical styles. Classes will cover performance techniques utilized in contemporary idioms including pop/rock, r&b, jazz, Latin, and world music styles. Instrumentation: all instruments.
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3.00 Credits
Credits:1 credit Prerequisites:Overall ensemble rating 3 Course Chair:R. Savage Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description A variety of small band ensembles that focus on performance techniques in particular styles. Classes include mixed styles, rock, r&b, jazz, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, funk, blues, and smooth jazz. Instrumentation: all instruments.
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1.00 Credits
Credits: 1 credit Prerequisites: Overall ensemble rating 3 Course Chair: R. Savage Required of: None Electable by: All Offered: Spring, Fall Description Style characteristics, performance requirements, rehearsal, and performance of rock music. Students will be asked to write music in various rock styles. Repertoire will draw from the fifties, sixties, and seventies. Classes will present an end-of-semester final performance.
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1.00 Credits
Credits:1 credit Prerequisites:Overall ensemble rating 3 Course Chair:R. Savage Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Fall Description Ensembles will focus on learning rock performance in a variety of rock styles and approaches. Styles to include classic rock of the seventies, eighties, nineties, and the music of Jimi Hendrix. Instrumentation: all instruments.
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1.00 Credits
Credits: 1 credit Prerequisites: Overall ensemble rating 3 through 5 Course Chair: R. Savage Required of: None Electable by: All Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall Description Discussion and playing of contemporary, bebop, and other styles of music for keyboards and rhythm section. Improvisation and comping in piano trio styles; use of original materials as well as standard jazz compositions. Instrumentation: four pianos, bass, and drums.
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4.00 Credits
Credits:1 credit Prerequisites:Overall ensemble rating 4 Course Chair:R. Savage Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description A variety of small band ensembles that focus on performance techniques in particular styles including pop/rock, funk, r&b, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, jazz, African pop, and mixed styles. Instrumentation: all instruments.
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1.00 Credits
Credits: 1 credit Prerequisites: Overall ensemble rating 6 Course Chair: R. Savage Required of: None Electable by: All Offered: Spring, Fall Description An ensemble that performs jazz arrangements in the bebop idiom. Emphasis on both reading skills and improvisation. Instrumentation: trumpet, alto saxophone, trombone, piano, bass, and drums.
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1.00 Credits
Credits: 1 credit Prerequisites: MS-225, either MTEC-222 or MS-223, and written approval of instructor and course chair Course Chair: R. Savage Required of: None Electable by: All Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall Description A multi-instrumental controller ensemble consisting of all synthesized sound equipment.
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1.00 Credits
Credits: 1 credit Prerequisites: Overall ensemble rating 5 through 7 Course Chair: R. Savage Required of: None Electable by: All Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall Description Ensembles that perform Latin American musical styles and explore different Latin American rhythms. Instrumentation: mixed winds, piano, guitar, bass, drums, and percussion.
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1.00 Credits
Credits: 1 credit Prerequisites: By audition Course Chair: R. Savage Required of: None Electable by: All Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall Description This ensemble will specialize in playing various styles of country music. It will be of particular interest to all vocalists, violinists, and rhythm section players. Materials will cover bluegrass, southern rock, rock-a-billy, Texas swing, and country and western music (the Nashville sound). Instrumentation: bass, drums, two acoustic guitars, two electric guitars, fiddle, four to six singers, acoustic piano, and synthesizer.
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