Flute Ensemble 4. May be repeated each year for credit. For the major, students must take a minimum of one each semester in residence, with the exception of the student teaching semester. Credit hours count as electives, but are not counted toward the major or minor. A study of jazz styles from the beginning of jazz to the present.
Emphasis is upon the differences as well as the similarities between the various styles.
Topics covered include the music and the performers, composers and other personalities in the world of this uniquely American art form. A study of the most standard form structures that have served as vehicles for musical expression for generations of the world's best composers. A study of the way music, drama, dance and art combine to tell a story, beginning with the operettas of the early 1900s and concluding with The Will Rogers Follies. The class will also explore how these works were influenced by and evolved from the environment from which they were created. Satisfies the general education requirement in the fine arts.