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Course Syllabus

MUSC 4146 Jazz Ensemble IV

  • Division: Fine Arts, Comm, and New Media
  • Department: Music
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 1; Lecture: 4; Lab: 0
  • Repeatable: Yes.
  • Prerequisites: MUSC 3146 or permission of instructor. Audition required.
  • Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
  • Semester Approved: Summer 2019
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Spring 2025
  • End Semester: Spring 2025
  • Optimum Class Size: 20
  • Maximum Class Size: 30

Course Description

Jazz Ensemble is a standard jazz big band. The jazz ensemble will perform literature inclusive of all jazz styles. This ensemble will provide students with an opportunity to develop technical skill, sight-reading ability, and knowledge of the repertory related to the ensemble. It further allows students to synthesize musical, historical and cultural knowledge into meaningful artistic expression. Addition required. May be repeated for credit.

Justification

Jazz is a uniquely American form of art that is generally taught at the college level in a big band setting. This course is standard at four-year institutions throughout the state.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Accurately perform the rhythms, melodies and harmonies of the music selected by the director.
  2. Perform essential skills as part of a section, including, proper intonation blend and balance.
  3. Show improvement in both speed and accuracy of literature learning as measured by small group assessment.
  4. Understand the music in its historical setting as well as the stylistic, expressive, and formal qualities associated with the particular era of music history.
  5. Communicate the understanding which they have gained to their audiences.

Course Content

Members of the ensemble will learn and perform appropriate literature as selected by the instructor. Content includes study of:
• Intonation
• Balance
• Blend
• Articulation
• Historical Context
• Performance Practice