A direct experience of music based on extensive listening to Western European art music from diverse historical epochs and related music from the Middle East, China, and West Africa. Concepts of major musical styles and forms, as well as basic musical terminology and notation, are discussed. Offered each semester. R. Huang, Staff. A study through rehearsal and performance of choral music selected from the 16th century to the present.
Membership is obtained by audition, normally in the first semester.
Advanced singers may also participate in the Chamber Singers group. Half-course credit per semester. A study of choral music from 1500 to the present, with emphasis on those works composed for performances of a choral chamber nature. Singers will be accepted into the class on the basis of a successful audition. Half-course credit per semester.