Jazz Ensemble A (Advanced)

Catalog description

Limitation on enrollment: Audition required; students should enroll in the course and audition information will be delivered to the student on or before the first class session. Students should have at least a high school level performance experience in the course medium. A course designed to rehearse and perform more advanced jazz ensemble repertoire, chosen by the instructor and changing every semester. Historical and sociological context of the music being studied as well as correct performance of notes and rhythms will be explained in each rehearsal. Each semester, the intermediate jazz ensemble prepares music for public performance. Students take part in weekly rehearsals in which they learn how their own parts relate to other harmonies and rhythms occurring simultaneously. The instructor paces each rehearsal such that the performance at the end of the semester is of as high an artistic and technical standard as possible. (C-ID: MUS 180) (UC, CSU, AVC) (R3)