Music Courses

Number	Name	Units	Description
MUS 071	Private Piano	0.25	By permission of instructor only. Development of individual skills and their application dependent upon student's specific goals. .25 unit.
MUS 073	Private Voice	0.25	By permission of instructor only. Development of proper vocal technique and breath control with focus on student's background and goals. .25 unit.
MUS 074	Instrument	0.25	By permission of instructor only. Learning proper practice methods, building technique, acquiring sufficient repertoire, and gaining broad knowledge of literature and composers for the respective instrument. .25 unit.
MUS 101	Concert Band	0.25	Performance of classic band repertoire as well as transcriptions, arrangements, and contemporary works. Open to all students with instructor's permission. .25 unit.
MUS 102	College Choir	0.25	Performance of literature representing all stylistic periods. Open to all students with instructor's permission. .25 unit.
MUS 103	Chamber Singers	0.25	Repertoire performed primarily Renaissance and 20th century, although not limited to these styles. Membership by audition from membership in College Choir. .25 unit.
MUS 104	Chamber Orchestra	0.25	Performance of music from all periods. Frequently combines with selected wind and percussion players to perform works for a larger ensemble. Open to all students with instructor's permission. .25 unit.
MUS 112	Literature of Music	1	A study of great musical works throughout history and the forces that directly influence composers and their compositions.
MUS 121	Theory and Aural Skills I	1	Rudiments of music: scales, intervals, triads, cadences, basic introduction to part-writing. Sight singing and ear training correlated with rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic activity in the course.
MUS 122	Theory and Aural Skills II	1	Diatonic harmony, including analysis and partwriting. Sight singing and ear training correlated with rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic activity in the course. Prerequisite: 121.
MUS 218	American Music	1	A study of American music from the colonial era to the present day with emphasis on American idioms.
MUS 221	Theory and Aural Skills III	1	Chromatic harmony, including analysis and part-writing. Sight singing and ear training correlated with rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic activity in the course. Prerequisite: 122.
MUS 222	Theory IV: Form & Analysis	1	Analysis of structural and motivic development in music literature encompassing a variety of styles. Representative works in various forms will be examined. Prerequisite: 221.
MUS 231	History of Music I	1	A study of musical style from the Greeks through the Renaissance as evidenced in theoretical documents and works of major composers.
MUS 232	History of Music II	1	A continuation of Music History I, beginning with stylistic trends of the late 16th century and continuing through 19th century Romanticism. Prerequisite: 231.
MUS 233	History of Music III	1	A continuation of Music History II, beginning with Impressionism and continuing with a study of 20th-century idioms and composers. Prerequisite: 232.
MUS 303	Advanced Private Voice	0.5	Prerequisite: 073 or permission. .50 unit.
MUS 304	Advanced Instrument -	0.5	Prerequisite: 074 or permission. .50 unit.
MUS 325	Conducting and Literature	1	Techniques in simple and complex rhythms, including score reading, practical experience with ensembles, study of forms and styles.