43 courses with the subject MUSC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Catalog Description Survey of the history and diversity found within primarily western music and its relation to culture and society including a brief survey of the elements of music, incorporating the extensive use of audio recordings and attendance at a live performance.
Catalog Description This course will introduce students to music outside of traditional Eurocentric cultures and Western music, bring a global musical perspective to students, and explore the uniquely American musical culture that incorporated influences from these societies. Students will be required to attend and critique a live musical performance to complement the course’s extensive use of audio recordings.
Catalog Description Class guitar is designed to develop an entry-level understanding of beginning guitar technique by applying an understanding of notation, improvisation, and elementary chord construction. This forum provides an opportunity for students to explore their musical aspirations through guitar and expose them to basic musical concepts while exploring a variety of repertoire from diverse times, places, and cultures.
Catalog Description A course in basic technique covering keyboard skills, notation, and repertoire. For the student without previous keyboard experience or with limited piano background who wants to explore a variety of musical repertoire, basic musical terminology, and keyboard navigation.
Catalog Description Basic introduction to music notation and reading instruction in rhythm, note reading, scales, key signatures, intervals, triads and listening analysis. Intended for students desiring to improve music reading skills.
Catalog Description Private instruction in music-vocal or instrumental. Extra charge for lessons is determined by the college and the rate is assessed per semester. Required of majors and minors in music at most colleges. Fifteen half-hour lessons per semester. Students may repeat this course to earn a maximum of 4 credits.
Catalog Description The ensemble rehearses a variety of concert band literature for study and performance. The Concert Band is open to all students. The ensemble meets the requirements for wind, brass and percussion instrumentalists pursuing the Associates of Fine Arts Degree in Music. No audition is required. Students must read written musical notation for their instrument. Some instruments are available for student use. One to two performances each semester. Weekly scheduled rehearsals. Additional rehearsals may be required. Students may repeat this course to gain a maximum of 4 credits.
Catalog Description This ensemble rehearses a variety of orchestra literature for study and performance. Ensemble is open to all students. This ensemble meets the requirements for bowed string instrumentalists pursuing the AFA degree in Music. No audition is required. Students must read written musical notation for their instruments. 1-2 performances each semester. Weekly scheduled rehearsals. Additional rehearsals may be required. Students may repeat this course to gain a maximum of 4 credits.
Catalog Description A mixed chorus that studies and performs a variety of choral literature from classical to popular songs. Ensemble is open to all students. No audition required. This ensemble meets the requirements for vocalists pursuing the Associates of Fine Arts Degree in Music. Multiple concerts each semester. Weekly scheduled rehearsals. Additional rehearsals may be required. Students may repeat to a maximum of 4 credits.
Catalog Description The student will learn to develop the voice as an instrument and learn basic fundamentals of music as well as diversity of singing styles and music history. Opportunities to perform for peers and instructor will help develop students as performers.
Catalog Description Rock and Roll History is a study of popular American music, its musical elements, cultural perspectives, and historical developments. An emphasis is placed on the impact African-American men and women had on its development. Attendance at a live performance is required.
Catalog Description This is an introductory course designed to help students become familiar with and appreciate jazz as an important American art form. It includes jazz as a reflection of the evolution of American society. A historical overview will be used. Attendance at a live performance is required.
Catalog Description Introduction to Songwriting explores individual elements of form, lyrics, melody, and harmony associated with the popular song. Coursework focuses on combining these elements in song construction and techniques for creating interesting melodic and lyrical ideas. It’s recommended that students have familiarity with major, minor and 7th chords on a harmonic instrument and ability to sing a melody, but previous formal music training is not required.
Catalog Description An introduction to computer-based (MAC OS) music technology used in the music profession and music educational settings including music notation and recording software/hardware.
Catalog Description Music Theory is an in-depth study of music and its historical and cultural development through music analysis and performance. Intended for students with prior performance experience in music, i. e., band, choir, etc. This course is required for students pursuing the Music, AFA . Students must also register for MUSC 1117 .
Catalog Description Aural Comprehension prepares the ear to perceive and identify both large and small patterns in music through ear training, sight-singing and rhythmic performance. Intended for students with prior performance experience in music, i.e., band, choir, etc. Students are required to register for MUSC 1116 . This course is required for music majors and/or minors.
Catalog Description This course provides a survey of the history of social justice through the lens of Hip-Hop music. Along with being a survey into Hip-Hop artists who have dealt with social justice issues in their work, this class will also explore how the roots and continued evolution of Hip-Hop have tied into significant cultural criticism, activism, and protest in American History.
Catalog Description An introduction to the music industry including recording and performance contracts, business structures in publishing, publicity and advertising, arts administration, copyright law and the role of agents and managers.
Catalog Description Applies the concepts of MUSC 1116 and MUSC 1117 specifically to the keyboard. Class is two hours per week in keyboard lab developing skills in keyboard navigation, sight reading, scales, chord progressions, harmonizing and transposing. The first in a two-part course sequence (with MUSC 1122 ), this course prepares music majors and minors for required piano proficiency exams in bachelor programs across the country.
Catalog Description Applies the concepts of MUSC 1126 and MUSC 1127 specifically to the keyboard. Class is one hour per week in keyboard lab developing more advanced skills in keyboard fluency: chord-based accompaniment patterns, transposition, sight reading and improvisation. The second in a two-part course sequence (with MUSC 1121 ), this course prepares music majors and minors for required piano proficiency exams in bachelor programs across the country.
Catalog Description A continuation of MUSC 1116 . Advanced study of scales, chords, notation chord grammar, ear training and sight singing. An in-depth study of harmony including voice leading, harmonic progression, dominant seventh chord, leading-tone seventh chord, nondominant seventh chords, modulation and secondary dominants and leading-tone chords. This course is required for students pursuing the Music, AFA . Students must also register for MUSC 1127 .
Catalog Description Aural Comprehension II continues the sequence of ear training and sight-singing. Aural comprehension continues to develop the ear and its ability to perceive and identify both large and small patterns in music through ear training, sight-singing and rhythmic performance. Intended for students with prior performance experience in music, i.e., band, choir, etc. Students are required to register for MUSC 1126 . This course is required for students pursuing the Music, AFA .
Catalog Description A historical survey and the study of the function and development of music in popular media forms: film, television, and video/computer gaming. This course will be focusing on music’s effect on drama/expression and how it has influenced popular culture.
Catalog Description Introduction to Drumming in the World allows students to perform, study, and explore the cultural connections of music from around the world, particularly non-Western cultures. It is open to all students regardless of musical background or experience. Students may repeat this course to gain a maximum of four credits.
Catalog Description This ensemble rehearses a variety of jazz literature for study and performance. Ensemble is open to all students. No audition is required. Students must read written standard musical notation for their instrument. Some instruments are available for student use. One to two performances each semester. Weekly scheduled rehearsals. Additional rehearsals may be required. Students may repeat this course to gain a maximum of 4 credits.
Catalog Description An instrumental ensemble performing music to accompany the yearly musical theatre production. This course is open to students after a successful audition with the director. Some instruments are available for student use. Performances and rehearsals are scheduled by the director. Students may repeat this course to gain a maximum of 4 credits.
Catalog Description A small vocal ensemble that studies and performs a variety of choral literature from classical to popular songs. Open by audition. Concerts each semester. Students may repeat this course to gain a maximum of 4 credits.
Catalog Description Rock and Pop Band provides students with the opportunity to experience, practice, and perform a variety of popular music styles with other students in small groups. The styles of music covered can range from rock to country, hip hop, metal, folk, and many others. Students with some basic skills on an instrument or voice are welcome to join. This can include guitar, bass, drum set, keyboard/piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, as well as others. Other topics discussed in this class include song writing, music business, production, recording, promotion, and music theory. Students perform in small groups at a variety of venues and events including both on and off campus events. Students can repeat this class up to four times for credit.
Catalog Description The Chorale is a treble-voiced choral ensemble open to all students at the college without an audition as well as alumni, employees of the college, and community members. The Chorale performs in a formal concert each semester. Prior music reading and choral experience is extremely helpful, but not absolutely necessary, for successful participation.
Catalog Description This course provides private instruction in music–vocal or instrumental. An extra charge for lessons is determined by the college and the rate is assessed per semester. This course is required of majors and minors in music at most colleges and universities. There will be fifteen one-hour lessons per semester. Students may repeat this course to earn a maximum of 8 credits.
Catalog Description Introduction to Music Education gives students the opportunity to study current teaching strategies, philosophies of teaching, plan lessons, observe music educators in the field, investigate current technologies used in classrooms, and gain an overview of the field of music education.
Catalog Description This course will investigate the role of management, administration, and individual musicians within the music industry. Topics include contracts, promotion, publicity strategies, strategic partnerships, sponsorship, for-profit and non-profit sectors, and challenges specific to the music industry. Students will build a working vocabulary of music industry topics and participate in practical field experience.
Catalog Description History and theory of the music therapy field, exploring interventions used across a variety of clinical settings to promote wellness, manage stress, alleviate pain, express feelings, enhance memory and cognitive abilities, improve communication, and promote physical rehabilitation. Observing a music therapist in the community outside of class time is required for all sections. The 3-credit option pairs this curriculum with practical piano, guitar, improvisation, Orff-Schulwerk, voice and movement skills and adapting those to working within a therapeutic process. Required access to a guitar for 3-credit option.
Catalog Description Chamber music is a performance class. Students will be assigned to small groups (duets, trios, etc.), in which they will learn to select appropriate repertoire and develop rehearsal skills. Participating in both student-directed rehearsals and small-group coaching with instructor, student work will culminate in a public performance during the last weeks of class. Students will also explore the variety of instrumentation, performance styles, and historical contexts of chamber repertoire. Some examples of performance group possibilities are: flute trio, guitar quartet, brass quintet, voice and guitar duet, percussion ensemble, etc. Students may repeat to a maximum of four credits.
Catalog Description Private instruction in music–vocal or instrumental–for students pursuing the Music, AFA . Extra charge for lessons is determined by the college and the rate is assessed per semester. Required for students earning the Music, AFA . Fifteen one-hour lessons per semester. Students may repeat this course to earn a maximum of 8 credits.
Catalog Description Monthly performance opportunity for Music, AFA Majors. Students enrolled in MUSC 2150 or MUSC 2175 must also be enrolled in MUSC 2151.
Catalog Description Private instruction in music–vocal or instrumental–in preparation for the required Music, AFA recital. Extra charge for lessons is determined by the college and the rate is assessed per semester. At least three semesters of MUSC 2150 are required before enrolling in this course. Fifteen one-hour lessons per semester and a formal recital performance.
Catalog Description Study of Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods of western music including the political, religious, cultural, and social influences. Explore masterwork composers such as Bach, Handel, and more through listening, attendance at a live concert, reading, and writing.
Catalog Description Study of the Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century periods of western music including their influence on political, religious, cultural, and social movements. Explore masterwork composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, Debussy, and more through listening, attendance at a live concert, reading, and writing.
Catalog Description A continuation of MUSC 1126 . An in-depth study of harmony including chromatic harmony, i.e., borrowed chords, Neapolitan 6th chords, augmented 6th chords, 9th, 11th, and 13th chords, altered dominants, and chromatic mediants. Advanced study in ear-training and sight-singing. This course is required for students pursuing the Music, AFA . Students must also register for MUSC 2217 .
Catalog Description Advanced Aural Comprehension I continues the sequence of ear training and sight-singing. Aural comprehension continues to develop the ear and its ability to perceive and identify both large and small patterns in music through ear training, sight-singing, and rhythmic performance. Intended for students with prior performance experience in music, i.e., band, choir, etc. Students are required to register for MUSC 2216 . This course is required for students pursuing the Music, AFA .
Catalog Description A continuation of MUSC 2216 . An in-depth study of Form in Music: two-part binary, three-part ternary, two-voice eighteenth-century counterpoint, the fugue, variation technique, sonata form, and rondo form. Also, an in-depth study of music of the 20th century. This course is required for students pursuing the Music, AFA . Students must also register for MUSC 2227 .
Catalog Description Advanced Aural Comprehension II continues the sequence of ear training and sight-singing. Aural comprehension continues to develop the ear and its ability to perceive and identify both large and small patterns in music through ear training, sight-singing, and rhythmic performance. Intended for students with prior performance experience in music, i.e., band, choir, etc. Students are required to register for MUSC 2226 . This course is required for students pursuing the Music, AFA .
Source: Anoka-Ramsey Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
