Membership in these and similar ensembles is gained by audition only. May be taken twice for credit. May be taken twice for credit. Mixed Ensemble - 1 hour A performance class of mixed vocalists and instrumentalists. Study will involve performing techniques and popular or folk music styles.
Membership is by audition only.
An introduction to reading and notating Western music. The areas of musical tone and its characteristics, the notation of pitch and its organization in scales, keys, and intervals, and combinations of duration and pitch culminating in melody and harmony will be studied. These fundamentals will be translated into skills as a study of basic vocal technique, sight singing and conducting are explored. Consent of instructor. Study of music theory and its relationship to historical evolution of music.