MUSC 114 - Choral Ensemble

1 Credits: (2 lab, and as needed before performances)

Course Description
Choral Ensemble affords students the opportunity to sing major and minor choral works of high quality with a community choral ensemble. Music may include works from various time periods as well as works in foreign languages, and will afford opportunity to read music. Choral ensemble performances will expose students to a variety of concert styles and interaction with community members. Rehearsals and performances are usually held off campus.

Text
Texts are the various works performed during the semester.  In addition each student must obtain designated concert attire. 

Objectives
The student will be able to: 

A. Learn his or her part in works performed. 

B. Interpret conductor’s directions. 

C. Perform choral techniques such as:  choral sound, dynamics, articulation, phrasing. 

D. Perform in an ensemble. 

Content
Choral works as assigned. 

Student Evaluation
A. Participation 

B. Attendance at rehearsals and concerts 

C. Scheduled juried examinations. 

Bibliography
Friedheim, Philip.  First-Year Harmony.  New York:  The Free Press, 1966. 

Hammar, Russell A.  Pragmatic Choral Procedures.  Metuchen, NJ:  The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1984.

Hitchcock, H. Wiley and Stanley Sadie, eds.  The New Grove Dictionary of American Music.  New York:  Macmillan, 1986. 

Kennedy, Michael.  The Oxford Dictionary of Music.  New York:  Oxford University Press, 1985. 

Miller, Richard.  The Structure of Singing.   New York:  Schirmer Books, 1986. 

Sadie, Stanley, ed.  The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.  Washington:  Macmillan, 1980. 

Thompson, E. D.  Fire for the Choir, Nashville:  TMH Publications, 1992.