The acquiring of knowledge, the development of concepts, and the application of skills necessary for the operation of equipment and the organization and set up for a live program or performance. The synthesis of improvising skills at the keyboard with sufficient proficiency to accompany songs or create new accompaniments. An introduction to the psychological, technical, and musical elements of conducting. Study of musical scores of choral literature is also stressed. A study of the development of music from the pre-Christian through the Baroque eras.
Stylistic cognizance is acquired through aural experience.
Offered fall semesters. History-Literature II A study of the development of music during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and concomitant phases of social and cultural practices of the times. Stylistic perception is gained through audiovisual and aural experience. Offered spring semesters. A study of the business aspects of the music industry including topics such as identification of the management team, the recording industry, songwriting and music publishing, touring, music merchandising and motion picture music.