Course Description

A small ensemble of men's and women's voices rehearses and performs vocal jazz works. Develop skills in vocal jazz styles, blending harmonies, microphone technique, and jazz theory. Group 2 course.

Credit Hours

1

Contact Hours

1

Recitation Hours

2

Required Prerequisites

MUS 136A, previous choral experience or instructor permission.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge:

• Identify techniques for vocal jazz ensemble performance, combining the elements of jazz rhythms, melodies, harmonies and ensemble blend.
• Successfully participate in rehearsals as would be required on a professional level.

Application:

• Demonstrate knowledge of musical elements.
• Demonstrate tone production competencies.
• Demonstrate microphone technique with a sound system.

Integration:

• Demonstrate performance convention competencies through the concert repertoire.
• Demonstrate language competencies through the concert repertoire.
• Demonstrate musicality competencies through the concert repertoire.

Human Dimension:

• See themselves as artists.
• Collaborate with others in a creative environment.
• Recognize the personal and societal importance of self-expression and creativity.

Caring - Civic Learning:

• Express interest in music from other cultures and genres.
• Value differences in cultural expressions of creativity.
• Recognize the role music plays as an expression of social concerns.

Learning How to Learn:

• Read study effectively.
• Frame useful questions.
• Develop educational goals.
• Direct/regulate their own learning.
• Learn through collaboration.