Course Descriptions

Meets MnTC Goal Area 6F. The voice ensemble is an auditioned choir (from the M State Concert Choir) meeting two hours per week on a regularly scheduled basis. This group will study and prepare music from various musical periods and geographic regions and performs a minimum of one concert each semester. This group also participates in campus life venues as they arise, MCC Fine Arts Festival and occasional area tours. May be repeated for credit.

Meets MnTC Goal Area 6F. The M State choir is a non-auditioned group that meets four times per week on a regularly scheduled basis. The group will study and prepare music from various musical periods and geographic regions and performs a minimum of one concert each semester. The group will also participate in campus life venues as they arise, the MCC Fine Arts Festival and occasional area tours.

Meets MnTC Goal Area 6F. The M State Chamber Chorale is an auditioned community chorus that performs one concert of choral/orchestral music each semester. The group meets one evening per week on a regularly scheduled basis. May be repeated for credit.

Meets MnTC Goal Area 6. Through jazz music itself, students will learn about the styles within jazz and the prominent performers from the birth of the blues and ragtime through jazz-rock fusion to the new age, smooth, acid and hip-hop jazz styles of today. Jazz music is uniquely American in origin, and the effects that society and jazz music have had on each other will be explored.

Meets MnTC Goal Area 6F. Students interested in individual voice lessons should contact the music department so that instruction can be arranged. There is an additional fee. May be repeated for credit.

Meets MnTC Goal Area 6. Students study and prepare music in various contemporary styles. The group(s) will perform each semester. There will be special emphasis on aspects of music business and performance, including audio demo production, promotion, management and recording contracts, in addition to songwriting, improvisation and performing.

Meets MnTC Goal Area 6F. The Jazz Ensemble meets on a weekly basis, studies and prepares music in the various styles of jazz and performs one concert each semester. Special emphasis will be given to jazz improvisation as an integral part of this music. Enrollment is open to any instrumentalist at the discretion of the instructor. May be repeated for credit.

Meets MnTC Goal Area 6F. The M State Concert Band is an instrumental group that meets three times per week on a regularly scheduled basis. The group will study and prepare music from a wide range of composers and styles and performs a minimum of one concert each semester. This ensemble will participate in campus life venues, festivals and occasional area tours. Small ensemble performances will also be included in this experience. May be repeated for credit.

Meets MnTC Goal Area 6F. The M State Pep Band is an instrumental group that meets two times per week on a regularly scheduled basis. The group will study and prepare music from a wide range of composers and styles and performs a minimum of one concert each semester. This ensemble will participate in sporting events, campus life venues and other events. May be repeated for credit.

Meets MnTC Goal Area 6F. Individual woodwind, brass, percussion, string and guitar lessons are offered, subject to instructor availability. Students should contact the music department to arrange instruction. There is an additional fee. May be repeated for credit.

Meets MnTC Goal 6. Individual music composition and advanced theory discussion and lessons are offered, subject to instructor availability. Students should contact the music department to arrange instruction. There is an additional fee, and the course may be repeated for credit.

Meets MnTC Goal Area 6F. Students should contact the music department to arrange individual piano lessons. There is an additional fee. May be repeated for credit.

Meets MnTC Goal Area 6F. This course provides class instruction in piano, building on the skills learned in MUSC 1114 Beginning Class Piano. Skills covered include major and minor scales and arpeggios, solo repertoire, ensemble playing, harmonization, transposition, sight-reading, chord progressions and chord realization.

Meets MnTC Goal Area 6. This course offers continued study and application of concepts from MUSC1121 and 1122, including functional harmony, basic style and form analysis, chromatic harmony and an introduction to 20th century harmonic practices. Course includes comparisons of music from various stylistic periods and beginning studies in counterpoint.

Meets MnTC Goal Area 6. This course provides continued study and application of concepts from MUSC1121 and 1122, including functional harmony, basic style and form analysis, chromatic harmony and an introduction to 20th century harmonic practices. Course includes comparisons of music from various stylistic periods and beginning studies in counterpoint.