17 courses with the subject ENS, 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.
ENS 170The Concordia Orchestra,0
The Concordia Orchestra performs representative works from the symphonic music literature in a series of concerts on campus and on its annual tours. PEAK DESCRIPTION: In a week-long domestic/national Concordia Orchestra tour, students will embrace and explore serious questions and concerns in the current music education system in the United States, such as: funding for the arts in education, diversity in American schools, the place of the musical art in our culture and in the classroom, and working with ethical responses to these serious matters. The experience is open to all students, regardless of major, who have auditioned into the Concordia Orchestra.
Kantorei is a mixed choral ensemble made up primarily of first-year students who love to sing and enjoy the challenges and rewards of participating in choir. Kantorei rehearses together three times a week, and in half-hour sectionals twice weekly. The group performs at a fall concert, the Concordia Christmas Concert, a spring concert, and the annual Masterworks Concert. Auditions are held at the beginning of each semester.
Cantabile is for Concordia women in all years who long to sing, enjoy challenging music of all styles, and want to be part of an inspiring and welcoming group. Cantabile rehearses together three times a week, and in half-hour sectionals twice weekly. The group performs at a fall concert, the Concordia Christmas Concert, a spring concert, and the annual Masterworks Concert. Auditions are held at the beginning of each semester.
The Concordia Choir (sophomores and above) tours nationally and internationally, performing at major concert venues on a regular basis, in addition to campus concerts and chapel appearances.
The Concordia Band, and audition-based ensemble of the college's finest wind and percussion instrumentalists, performs the finest wind band repertoire at concerts, convocations, as well as on its domestic tour. Membership is available to all students regardless of major. Auditions take place at the start of the fall semester. Audition information is located on the music department Web page.
The Concordia Symphonic Band, an audition-based ensemble, performs a variety of high quality repertoire for large wind band at concerts, chapel services and campus events. Membership is available to all students regardless of major. Auditions take place at the start of the fall semester. Audition information is located on the music department web page. The Concordia Echo Band is a non-audition-based concert band that rehearses weekly in order to prepare concerts on the college campus both semesters. Membership is open to all students regardless of major.
The Percussion Ensemble is a chamber music organization that performs on the many and varied definite and indefinite pitched instruments of the percussion family. The Percussion Ensemble is open through audition to students of all levels who express an interest in performing on percussion instruments. The group performs a wide variety of literature from the "standard" percussion repertoire, as well as exciting new arrangements of popular, classical and folk music. All students, regardless of majors, are eligible to audition for the Percussion Ensemble.
The Marimba Choir is a chamber music organization consisting of marimbists selected from the members of the Percussion Ensemble. They perform literature ranging from transcriptions of works by Bach, Mozart and other great composers, to Latin American, pops favorites, ragtime and contemporary literature for keyboard percussion. The Marimba Choir performs in the Percussion Ensemble concerts, as well as at numerous community and civic events. All students, regardless of their majors, are eligible to audition for the Marimba Choir.
The Concordia College Jazz Ensembles consist of approximately twenty musicians each. These groups perform major works representing jazz literature and styles at numerous concerts and clinics both on and off campus.
Ensembles are formed from a pool of students who have the interest and ability to perform chamber ensemble repertoire. Instrumentation is based on the genre of music selected. Emphasis is placed on developing independent ensemble skills and performances may include concerts and various college functions.
Ensembles are formed from a pool of students who have the interest and ability to perform chamber ensemble repertoire. Instrumentation is based on the genre of music selected. Emphasis is placed on developing ensemble skills and performances may include concerts and various college functions.
