Students are responsible for purchasing tickets to live concerts as well as providing their own transportation to these events. Students learn to make music from a written score, singing as well as exploring a variety of simple folk instruments. Offered every semester. A chronological survey of classical composers and their major works is presented. Live music performed in the community is integrated into class sessions, and as such, attendance at live concerts plays an important part in the course.
Students are responsible for purchasing tickets and providing transportation to concerts.
Offered each fall. The traditions of music, painting, sculpture, and architecture of the Western world are explored. Beginning with the Greeks and continuing through the present time, many individual works from important art periods are introduced. Discussions include how the arts reflect the sociocultural conditions of their time and place, how media are used, and how the elements in each art form contribute to the aesthetic response. Artistic contributions of minorities and women are included.