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MUSC 1300 - Concert Choir

Credit Hours: 1.00

Prerequisites: None

Performance outlet at college level. Repertoire representative of sacred and secular masterpieces in choral literature. May be taken 4 times for credit. A student can earn a maximum of 8 semester hours credit for any combination of MUSC 1300 and MUSC 1351 thru MUSC 1359.

Location: Center Campus

Contact Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 3
OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES
Outcome 1: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate growth in personal vocal development.

Objectives: During the course, students will:

  1. Sing in tune.
  2. Acquire one’s part.
  3. Recognize one’s part within the context of the whole.
  4. Utilize musicianship.
  5. Perform with a musicality consistent with the piece.
  6. Maintain posture and breath support.
  7. Energize the sound.
  8. Communicate the text to the listener.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate growth in musicianship.

Objectives: During the course, students will:

  1. Define basic musical terminology and fundamentals, including:
    1. Key signatures.
    2. Time signatures.
    3. Note values.
    4. Pitches.
    5. Rhythms.
    6. Accidentals.
    7. Dynamics.
    8. Tempo indications.
    9. Various Italian terms that give direction in the music.
  2. Recognize the harmonic nature of one’s part.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate growth in musicality.

Objectives: During the course, students will use:

  1. Style.
  2. Phrasing.
  3. Consistency and continuity.
  4. Emotional communication.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate growth in choral balance.

Objectives: : During the course, students will:

  1. Exhibit sensitivity to others on the same part.
  2. Exhibit sensitivity to the other parts within the whole.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate growth in foreign language as it applies to singing.

Objectives: During the course, students will:

  1. Pronounce individual sounds, including appropriate intonation and stress.
  2. Paraphrase translations to English.

Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate growth in aesthetic sense as it is applied to performance.

Objectives: During the course, students will:

  1. Apply text within the music.
  2. Recognize the value of quality choral literature.
  3. Recognize the value of excellence in performance.
COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES
(Bulleted outcomes apply to the course)

  1. The graduate can integrate the knowledge and technological skills necessary to be a successful learner.
  • 2. The graduate can demonstrate how to think competently.
  • 3. The graduate can demonstrate how to employ mathematical knowledge.
  • 4. The graduate can demonstrate how to communicate competently.
  • 5. The graduate is sensitive to issues relating to a diverse, global society.
COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
Students will rehearse and perform selected literature. Selections will vary. Rehearsal will include:

Intonation
Part
Musicianship
Musicality
Choral tone
Posture/support
Focus/energy
Communication

Primary Faculty
Scott, Stuart
Secondary Faculty
Cook, Thomas
Associate Dean
Ternullo, Annette
Dean
Pritchett, Marie

Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088


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