UG Course Descriptions

Ensemble provides an opportunity to rehearse and perform standard brass ensemble literature from Gabrieli to contemporary literature. Open to all students by audition. Fulfills small ensemble requirement. (Offered fall and spring semesters)

Ensemble provides opportunities for both music and non-music majors to learn how to perform ensemble music for guitar. Fulfills small ensemble requirement. (Offered fall and spring semesters)

Ensemble provides opportunities to rehearse and perform standard percussion ensemble literature. Open to all students by audition. Fulfills small ensemble requirement.
(Offered fall and spring semesters)

Ensemble provides opportunities to rehearse and perform Jazz Combo, Big Band, and Jazz Ensemble literature. Open to all students by audition. Fulfills small ensemble requirement.
(Offered fall and spring semesters)

Ensemble provides opportunities for students to perform a variety of trumpet repertoire to include fanfares, flourishes, and other standard repertoire from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th-Century eras of music. Open to all students by audition. Fulfills small ensemble requirement. (Offered fall and spring semesters)

Ensemble provides experience rehearsing and performing standard clarinet ensemble repertoire. Open to all students by audition. Fulfills small ensemble requirement. (Offered fall and spring semesters)

Open to students of all musical disciplines, this ensemble provides performing experiences for vocalists and instrumentalists. Chamber Ensemble is by audition only. Fulfills small ensemble requirement. (Offered fall and spring semesters)

Various topics in the field of music

This course is designed to be a theoretical and practical study of the art of Jazz Improvisation. Students will learn the basic and standard 12-bar blues progressions as well as other forms of Jazz Improvisation to include the study of jazz harmonies and rhythms. (Prerequisites: MUSC 132 and MUSC 133) Offered upon request.

Overview of teaching procedures for beginning class instruction. Methods and techniques for learning basic performance skills on various orchestral string instruments with applications for music teaching and learning theory. (Offered every fall)