Competency: Literacy
Course Number: GE-101
Credits: 3

Course Description
Thinking critically is a logical art of understanding how to evaluate circumstances, judgments, situations, and texts. Escaping ambiguity within writing and deterring from fallacy within logic is this course’s objective. Critical thinking in combination with English composition offers dynamic features that include professional writing of resumes, business letters, and proposals. The grammatical concepts learned in English 100 will be emphasized and applied and MLA citation format will be introduced. Music students will be able to explore how to effectively use critical thinking skills and composition while working within the music industry. Topics include philosophical, psychological, historical, and social approaches to thinking critically. Effectively knowing how to critically think allows for successful communication and logical problem solving in a student’s career and everyday life. This course consists of a weekly, three-hour lecture.

Prerequisite: GE-100: English Composition

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-1001
Credits: 3

Course Description
Applied Theory Lab 2 continues with the five primary elements of Applied Theory 1. Diatonic harmony, chord construction and progressions as well as chromaticism are introduced. Added requirements for ear training will be chord progression and chord recognition dictation. Students are asked to perform on the piano all ear training material to better comprehend the information. Computer notation is introduced. This course consists of four weekly, one-hour labs.

Prerequisite: Applied Theory Lab 1.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-162
Credits: 2

Course Description
In this class, students will explore, develop, and expand the voice, gaining a practical understanding of vocal anatomy, function and acoustics, and working one-on-one with the instructor to identify and overcome vocal challenges presented by the songs assigned in other classes. Special emphasis is placed on understanding the root causes of various vocal problems (i.e. faulty intonation, breathiness, poor resonance), and how to rectify them through efficient coordination of the breath, laryngeal muscles and vocal tract. Some of the educational methodology of the Alexander Technique will be incorporated.  Specific topics will include: physical mechanics, the stress response and its effect on function and performance, pre-phonatory vocal work, and audition techniques. This two hour class meets once per week. This course may be taken as an elective.

Prerequisite: Vocology Workshop 1.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-260
Credits: 1

Course Description
Here, students will more deeply explore the overlapping arenas of vocal improvisation, composition and performance Circle Singing – cultivating the traditional skills requisite for ensemble singing—intonation, dynamics, blend, and sensitivity, and builds the fundamentals of musicianship, including composition, harmony, counterpoint, intonation, improvisation, sight-singing and deep, responsive listening. Using primarily the human voice and body percussion, contrapuntal motifs will be created within the four vocal sections (SATB), and students will learn the basics of participating and building these forms. Class meets once per week for one hour.

Competency: Ensemble
Course Number: MUS-1025V
Credits: 1.5

Course Description
Jazz 1 Ensemble Workshop focuses on the primary repertoire, stylistic characteristics and authenticity of Jazz styles. Artists studied include: Sonny Rollins, Billie Holiday, Joe Henderson and Ella Fitzgerald. Each week a new song is studied and performed. This course has two components: an instrument specific lecture and an ensemble workshop where students play with professional musician accompanists. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lecture and one-hour lab. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Ensemble
Course Number: MUS-1025L
Credits: 0.5

Course Description
Jazz 1 Student Ensemble Lab places students from all music performance departments together in directed combos. Repertoire from the Jazz 1 Ensemble Workshop class is rehearsed and performed. Students focus on performing as a band in the authenticity of the style. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lab.

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-108
Credits: 1

Course Description
The History of Jazz 1 will examine jazz from its origins thru the 1940’s. Special attention will be given to such artists as Scott Joplin (the Joplin Rag), Jelly Roll Morton, Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey and Louis Armstrong. Class time will be spent listening to and analyzing a wide variety of recordings as well as watching video presentations. This course consists of a hybrid combination of on campus meetings and online coursework. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-127V
Credits: 2

Course Description
Throughout each level of this course, students meet one hour per week in a one-on-one setting for private instruction. Private lesson instruction is designed to reinforce and complement the variety of subjects and techniques encountered in the program, as well as to allow the student to explore more specific topics in depth with their instructor. Students are given the opportunity to change private instructors every six months, if so desired. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour private lesson.

Prerequisite: Students must complete each level in order to continue into the subsequent level of the course.

Competency: Music Tech
Course Number: PROD-306
Credits: 3

Course Description
This class explores the vast creative options of Ableton Live. This DAW is designed for creating musical ideas, turning them into finished songs, and even taking them onto the stage. It is a fast, fun, intuitive way to make music with efficient workflow enhancements to audio improvements and a new technology called Link which works under the hood, allowing you to instantly play in perfect sync with multiple instances of Live as well as a growing number of iOS apps. There are numerous creative projects culminating to creating a fully produced demo of an original song. This course consists of a weekly, two-hour lecture and two-hour lab.

Competency: Ensemble
Credits: 1

Course Description
This course will consist of student ensembles, each being led by one faculty member. The student ensembles are drawn from the performance departments. The faculty member may perform with the ensemble. The focus is on the group dynamic and is repertoire based of both previously recorded works and original compositions. This course consists of one weekly, two-hour rehearsal.

Competency: Literacy
Course Number: GE-200
Credits: 4

Course Description
Effective communication is a necessity for any industry and is used as a fundamental tool that connects individuals and determines the quality of an interaction. This course will provide music students with an applied knowledge of how to improve communication skills with others for their future success as music professionals. Some of the topics that will be covered are communication styles, listening skills, providing and processing feedback, metacognitive reflections and cognitive communication, and interpersonal, non-verbal, and verbal communication. Special attention will be paid to the relevancy of this course to students’ interactions with other music professionals. Major course assignments will provide practical applications for music students to demonstrate the speaking and listening skills they’ve acquired for their careers. Topics in this course will be relevant to music students’ needs and interests. This course consists of two weekly, two-hour lectures.

Prerequisite: GE-101: English Composition & Critical Thinking

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-1002
Credits: 3

Course Description
Applied Theory 3 continues to build on the five primary elements of Applied Theory 1 and 2. Minor keys/scales, modes, progressions in major and minor tonality, modulation, constitutes some of the new information in Applied Theory 3. Melodies, rhythms, intervals, progressions, chord qualities continue to grow in complexity as we move through these upper levels of Applied Theory 3. This course consist of four weekly, one-hour labs.

Prerequisite: Applied Theory Lab 2. 

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-157
Credits: 1

Course Description
Applied Vocology Performance aims to improve skills in vocal performance through the practical application of vocal technique while singing with a band. Students perform one song (from their Ensemble Workshops or Songwriting classes) per week and work with the instructor to address technical issues of breath management, intonation, resonance, registration, tone quality, diction, and artistic expression. This course consists of a weekly two-hour Ensemble Workshop.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-167
Credits: 1

Course Description
In this class, students will learn balancing and core exercises, movement appropriate to the stage, choreographing background vocals, as well as physical communication with other singers and musicians on stage, and the audience. This class meets for two-hours per week.

Competency: Ensemble
Course Number: MUS-1026V
Credits: 1.5

Course Description
Jazz 2 Ensemble Workshop builds on the repertoire studied in Jazz 1. This course focuses on the primary repertoire, stylistic characteristics and authenticity of Jazz styles. Artists studied include: Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker. This course has two components: an instrument specific lecture and an ensemble workshop where students play with professional musician accompanists. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lecture and one-hour lab. This course may be taken as an elective.

Prerequisite: Jazz 1 Ensemble Workshop

Competency: Ensemble
Course Number: MUS-1026L
Credits: 0.5

Course Description
Jazz 2 Student Ensemble Lab places students from all music performance departments together in directed combos. Repertoire from the Jazz 1 Ensemble Workshop class is rehearsed and performed. Students focus on performing as a band in the authenticity of the style. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lab

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-109
Credits: 1

Course Description
The History of Jazz 2 surveys the development of jazz music from the 1950’s and 1960’s, investigates representative composers, and examines the musical characteristics, compositional practices, and instrumental/vocal techniques associated with Be Bop, Cool and Modal jazz. Students will study such artists as Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, Chet Baker, Stan Getz and Miles Davis. These topics will be explored via lectures, reading and research assignments, listening exercises and YouTube videos. This course consists of a hybrid combination of on campus meetings and online coursework. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-128V
Credits: 2

Course Description
Throughout each level of this course, students meet one hour per week in a one-on-one setting for private instruction. Private lesson instruction is designed to reinforce and complement the variety of subjects and techniques encountered in the program, as well as to allow the student to explore more specific topics in depth with their instructor. Students are given the opportunity to change private instructors every six months, if so desired. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour private lesson.

Prerequisite: Students must complete each level in order to continue into the subsequent level of the course.

Competency: Literacy
Course Number: GE-306
Credits: 4

Course Description
This is a compact and focused course of Physics with special emphasis on Motion, Waves and Sound/Voice. Topics cover Motion, Newton’s Laws, Energy, Temperature and Heat, Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Waves, and understanding the elements, mechanisms and the dynamism of Waves and Sound. This course consists of two weekly, two-hour lectures.

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-2000
Credits: 3

Course Description
Applied Theory 4 continues to build on the five primary elements of Applied Theory 1, 2 and 3. Tri-tone substitutions, composition, atonal music, modal interchange and secondary dominants are some of the new concepts in Applied Theory 4. Upon completion of Applied Theory 4, the student should arrive at level of musicianship expected of a working professional. This course consist of four weekly, one-hour labs.

Prerequisite: Applied Theory 3. 

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-2035
Credits: 1

Course Description
Sight Singing is an essential piece of the professional vocalist’s skill set. Sight-Singing 1 drills the material in a group format so all students are engaged and singing together. Students begin by focusing on single line reading and notation theory, and are introduced to actual scores from recording sessions that continue throughout the course and gradually increase in difficulty. This course consists of two one hour labs per week.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: COMP-100
Credits: 1.5

Course Description
Songwriting 1 is designed to improve (or uncover) each student’s songwriting ability through a study of the craft of songwriting, and to inform their careers by focusing on the various business aspects of songwriting. Vocalists will broaden their historical perspective of songwriting through a study of definitive songwriters of popular music, while performing and making recordings their own compositions weekly. Melody, structure, lyrics, collaboration, and the development of a “hook” are all looked at in great detail. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lecture and one-hour lab.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: COMP-104V
Credits: 1.5

Course Description
This two level course is designed to instruct vocalists in guitar basics, such as chords, technique, strumming and finger picking. Special emphasis is placed on the challenge of singing and playing, in order to gain the skills needed for self-accompaniment. Students emerge better able to play, communicate, demonstrate, and arrange guitar for their own music ensembles. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lecture and one-hour lab.

Competency: Ensemble
Course Number: MUS-2020V
Credits: 1.5

Course Description
Rock and Pop 1 Ensemble Workshop focuses on the primary repertoire, stylistic characteristics and authenticity of these styles. Artists studied include: Chuck Berry, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. This course has two components: an instrument specific lecture and an ensemble workshop where students play with professional musician accompanists. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lecture and one-hour lab. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Ensemble
Course Number: MUS-2020L
Credits: 0.5

Course Description
Rock and Pop 1 Student Ensemble Lab places students from all music performance departments together in directed combos. Repertoire from the Rock and Pop 1 Ensemble Workshop class is rehearsed and performed. Students focus on performing as a band in the authenticity of the style. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lab.

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-110
Credits: 1

Course Description
History of Rock and Pop Music 1 focuses on the beginnings of Rock & Roll music. Students will study Rock Music in the 1950’s with artists such as Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry. Rock History 1 then moves to the “Golden Age” of rock music and focus on the 1960’s and the British Invasion, Folk Rock and Psychedelic Rock movements. This course finishes with the 1970’s and Classic Rock, Glam Rock and Prog (progressive) Rock. These topics will be explored via lectures, reading and research assignments, listening exercises and YouTube videos. This course consists of a hybrid combination of on campus meetings and online coursework. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-225V
Credits: 2

Course Description
Throughout each level of this course, students meet one hour per week in a one-on-one setting for private instruction. Private lesson instruction is designed to reinforce and complement the variety of subjects and techniques encountered in the program, as well as to allow the student to explore more specific topics in depth with their instructor. Students are given the opportunity to change private instructors every six months, if so desired. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour private lesson.

Prerequisite: Students must complete each level in order to continue into the subsequent level of the course.

Competency: Music Tech
Course Number: PROD-107
Credits: 2

Course Description
Level 1 of this course serves as an introduction to MIDI and virtual instrument-based composition using a digital audio workstation (Pro Tools). Students are taught both the best practices and the workings of MIDI systems, which subsequently lays the groundwork for their own MIDI-based productions. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lecture and two-hour lab. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Literacy
Course Number: GE-202
Credits: 3

Course Description
Compared to many other nations, the United States is relatively young; however, this doesn’t mean that this country’s history, with its interesting figures, significant events, and transformative shifts in ideology, doesn’t offer an important perspective students can use when making sense of our nation’s past and its influence on contemporary society. This course begins with a brief look at the Country post-Civil War, and when quickly moves into a more in depth examination of the country from the Industrial era through WWII. The course ends with a critical discussion of the country during the 1950s post-war era, a time that many people fondly recall as America’s golden age, but students will learn to view in a more nuanced light. Throughout this course, the nation’s social, economic, and cultural climate will be discussed from a historical context and our nation’s diverse populations and their historical experiences will be emphasized. This course consists of two weekly, one and a half hour lectures.

Prerequisite: GE-101: English Composition & Critical Thinking

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-2001
Credits: 3

Course Description
Applied Theory 5 is project based to ensure that all the information disseminated through levels 1-4 have been completely absorbed and understood. Tasks will include piano performance, composition, transcription, orchestration, transposition, analysis and computer notation. This course consist of four weekly, one-hour labs.

Prerequisite: Applied Theory 4. 

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-2036
Credits: 1

Course Description
This more advanced level of Sight-Singing is designed to continue developing the vocalist’s professional sight-singing abilities. The vocalists will drill the material in a group format so all students are engaged and singing together. Students begin by focusing on single line reading and notation theory, and are introduced to actual scores from recording sessions that continue throughout the course and gradually increase in difficulty. This course consists of two, one hour labs per week.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: COMP-101
Credits: 1.5

Course Description
This course will continue the study of popular song construct, but will be applied directly to varied genres of music and the requisite shift in stylistic approach. Each genre demands varied approaches as applies to lyric, melody, hook construct and delivery, structure and chord progressions. Popular genres to be analyzed will include Pop, Pop/Rock, Modern Rock, Hip Hop, Dance/Electronica, Indie/Folk and Alternative Country. This course consists of a weekly one-hour lecture and one-hour lab. This course may be taken as an elective.

Prerequisite: Songwriting 1.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-282
Credits: 1

Course Description
Intro to Vocal Improvisation serves as an introductory course to learning the skills required for students to be able to improvise over chord changes. This portion of the Vocal Forum builds upon knowledge from harmony, theory, ear training, and sight singing courses to develop the ear and voice so students are able to musically express themselves. The course will cover the blues scale and its permutations, tension availability, writing and singing guide tones, motivic development, and improvisation over many standard chord changes in combination with beginner written and oral jazz transcription. Students will interact, improvise, and perform weekly, in a one hour workshop.

Competency: Ensemble
Course Number: MUS-2021V
Credits: 1.5

Course Description
Rock and Pop 2 Ensemble Workshop focuses on the primary repertoire, stylistic characteristics and authenticity of these styles. Artists studied include: The Police, Van Halen, U2, Nirvana and Incubus. This course has two components: an instrument specific lecture and an ensemble workshop where students play with professional musician accompanists. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lecture and one-hour lab. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Ensemble
Course Number: MUS-2021L
Credits: 0.5

Course Description
Rock and Pop 2 Student Ensemble Lab places students from all music performance departments together in directed combos. Repertoire from the Rock and Pop 2 Ensemble Workshop class is rehearsed and performed. Students focus on performing as a band in the authenticity of the style. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lab.

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-111
Credits: 1

Course Description
History of Rock 2 is a survey of Rock music from the 1980’s to present. Students will study music starting with the Hair Bands of the 80’s, New Wave and Pop music. Then the focus will shift to Seattle and the Grunge scene with bands such as Nirvana and Soundgarden. Rock history 2 will conclude by studying modern Alternative Rock with Artists and bands such as Jack White, Radiohead, the Foo Fighters and Muse. These topics will be explored via lectures, reading and research assignments, listening exercises and YouTube videos. This course consists of a hybrid combination of on campus meetings and online coursework. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-226V
Credits: 2

Course Description
Throughout each level of this course, students meet one hour per week in a one-on-one setting for private instruction. Private lesson instruction is designed to reinforce and complement the variety of subjects and techniques encountered in the program, as well as to allow the student to explore more specific topics in depth with their instructor. Students are given the opportunity to change private instructors every six months, if so desired. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour private lesson.

Prerequisite: Students must complete each level in order to continue into the subsequent level of the course.

Competency: Music Tech
Course Number: PROD-113
Credits: 3

Course Description
A successful producer must truly know the tools used in production, and this course introduces students to the primary building blocks used in signal processing. Topics include compression/limiting, reverb, pitch-based effects, and delay/echo. This course consists of a weekly, three-hour lecture. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Literacy
Course Number: GE-403
Credits: 3

Course Description

This is a comprehensive course of basic Psychology structured upon the biological, cognitive, developmental and social foundations of human behavior. Additionally, it also covers the basic and most common mental health disorders. Topics include neuroscience, sensation and perception, motivation and emotion, learning and memory, human development, social psychology and personality. This course consists of two weekly, one and a half hour lectures.

Prerequisite: GE-100: English Composition

Competency: Entrepreneurship
Course Number: IND-100
Credits: 2

Course Description
This course provides a thorough overview of the evolution of the recorded music industry. It will cover all of the major events and breakthroughs that started the industry and has continued to evolve it for the past 80+ years. Topics covered include: first recordings, beginning of record companies and their evolution, early recording contracts to present day, creation of music industry revenue streams, professional roles in the music industry, music retail then and now, creation and development of the tour industry. This course consists of one two-hour weekly lecture.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-2045
Credits: 1

Course Description
Under the guidance and critique of an experienced performer and vocal coach, students learn to bring all they have learned to the stage. Students choose each week from a variety of song options, and will learn to re-arrange songs for performance, as well as refine and develop their own performance style. The course culminates in a final concert before a panel of high-profile music-industry guest clinician/judges, who will give feedback to each student. This class consists of a 2 hour Ensemble Workshop.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: COMP-102
Credits: 1.5

Course Description
Building on the concepts presented in Songwriting 1 & 2, this class will address more complex techniques of melodic and harmonic functionality, advanced lyric construction with attention to issues of meter and syllabic accents as applied to lead melodic phrasing, complex lyric imagery and metaphor construct, and more. Analysis of popular songs will be utilized to demonstrate and show marketable examples of how each concept can be practically applied to the student’s original material. Class meets for two hours, once per week.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-265
Credits: 1

Course Description
This course is designed to prepare vocalists to be effective background singers in today’s music industry, and to understand the differences between live and studio backing vocal performances. Students strengthen their ability to blend, match tones, lock rhythms, implement nuances, use dynamics, and arrange vocal parts on the spot. Each week students are expected to sight-sing four to eight-bar sections of a chart, as well as learn parts by ear. Course material consists of well-known songs in which the background vocal parts have a significant influence on the lead singer’s performance, as well as the song’s overall popularity. This Ensemble Workshop meets once per week for two-hours.

Competency: Ensemble
Course Number: MUS-2022V
Credits: 1.5

Course Description
Gospel, R&B and Soul Ensemble Workshop focuses on the primary repertoire, stylistic characteristics and authenticity of the Gospel, R&B and Soul styles. Artists studied include: Aretha Franklin, Tower of Power, Marvin Gaye and The Temptations. Each week a new song is studied and performed. This course has two components: an instrument specific lecture and an ensemble workshop where students play with professional musician accompanists. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lecture and one-hour lab. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Ensemble
Course Number: MUS-2022L
Credits: 0.5

Course Description
Gospel, R&B and Soul Student Ensemble Lab places students from all music performance departments together in directed combos. Repertoire from the Gospel, R&B and Soul Ensemble Workshop class is rehearsed and performed. Students focus on performing as a band in the authenticity of the style. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lab. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-104
Credits: 2

Course Description
This course is designed so that students gain the ability to arrange and orchestrate a coherent vocal/instrumental composition for a rhythm section with three horns (specifically: piano, bass, drums, guitar, trumpet, tenor sax, and trombone). Students learn the musical relationship between the rhythm and horn sections, various techniques used in voicing horns, as well as their appropriate ranges and transpositions. The class will also focus on the melodic and harmonic roles played by the rhythm and horn sections, and the various ways in which to score a horn section. By the conclusion of this course, each student will have arranged and orchestrated a musical composition and have it professionally recorded. This course consists of a weekly, two-hour lecture. This course may be taken as an elective.

Prerequisite: Applied Theory Lab 2. 

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-106
Credits: 1

Course Description
Gospel, R&B and Soul are widely considered as some of the primary influences in the development of disco, rap, hip hop, fusion, and contemporary urban and modern R&B styles. This course will follow the trajectory of Gospel, R&B and Soul music from their roots in rhythm and blues through their classic formulation in the 1970s and will place them within their cultural and social context. This course will cover artists such as Mahalia Jackson, Big Joe Williams, Ray Charles, The Isley Brothers, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin. This course consists of a hybrid combination of on campus meetings and online coursework. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-227V
Credits: 2

Course Description
Throughout each level of this course, students meet one hour per week in a one-on-one setting for private instruction. Private lesson instruction is designed to reinforce and complement the variety of subjects and techniques encountered in the program, as well as to allow the student to explore more specific topics in depth with their instructor. Students are given the opportunity to change private instructors every six months, if so desired. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour private lesson.

Prerequisite: Students must complete each level in order to continue into the subsequent level of the course.

Competency: Literacy
Course Number: GE-303
Credits: 3

Course Description
Spanish 1 is an introductory course, which emphasizes the basic skill of listening comprehension and speaking ability, writing simple grammatical sentences and grammar exercises. Short reading selections emphasize new vocabulary and grammar structures. Grammar and vocabulary are used to develop the four main skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. The basics of verb usage and conjugation, greetings, numbers, professions, colors, adjectives, and phrases related to work, nationalities, family, home, and a restaurant will be covered. This course consists of two weekly, one and a half hour lectures.

Competency: Entrepreneurship
Course Number: IND-102
Credits: 2

Course Description
Marketing has always been a crucial part of the label structure and an effective marketing campaign can ensure an artist or project’s success. While this remains a key record label function, the music business has become more independent and an artist or manager must have a solid understanding of marketing and how to build a fan base independently. This course will provide a thorough overview of the functions of marketing applied to the music industry and how to effectively use marketing for a major label artist, independent artist, or concert tour. This course consists of one two-hour weekly lecture.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-1033
Credits: 1

Course Description
Students will gain a clear awareness of what is required in the professional world of studio singing. This is a practical course, in which students will cultivate and strengthen the skills and abilities commensurate with working in a studio: ear training & listening skills, blending in a group, sight-singing, creating and using effective “head charts”, clear communication with other singers, contractors, engineers and producers, and how to bring integrity and emotional honesty to their performances in the studio. The students may also create some basic vocal arrangements – as this is often a crucial skill of working studio singers. This course meets for two-hours per week.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-280
Credits: 1.5

Course Description
Pop Vocal Workshop focuses on the primary repertoire characteristics and authenticity of Pop music of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Artists studied include: James Taylor, Carol King, the Beatles, Linda Ronstadt, Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Madonna, and others. This course meets once per week and includes a vocal repertoire prep lecture (EW Prep), in which the instructor defines the characteristics that define the style, thereby establishing the criterion by which students will be assessed. Directly after the lecture, students play the song of the week with professional musician accompanists (EW performance). This course consists of a one-hour lecture and one-hour Ensemble Workshop, once per week. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Ensemble
Course Number: MUS-3018V
Credits: 1.5

Course Description
Funk, Hip Hop, and Modern R&B Ensemble Workshop focuses on the primary repertoire, stylistic characteristics and authenticity of the world music styles. Artists studied include: Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind and Fire, Parliament Funkadelic and Lauryn Hill. This course has two components: an instrument specific lecture and an ensemble workshop where students play with professional musician accompanists. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lecture and one-hour lab. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Ensemble
Course Number: MUS-3018L
Credits: 0.5

Course Description
Funk, Hip Hop, and Modern R&B Student Ensemble Lab places students from all music performance departments together in directed combos. Repertoire from the Funk, Hip Hop, and Modern R&B Ensemble Workshop class is rehearsed and performed. Students focus on performing as a band in the authenticity of the style. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lab.

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-200
Credits: 2

Course Description
This course is designed so that students gain the ability to arrange and orchestrate a coherent vocal/instrumental composition for a rhythm section with six horns (plus doubles, more specifically: piano, bass, drums, guitar, 2 trumpets and/or flugelhorns, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax with any combinations of flutes and clarinets, and 1 trombone). This course will starts students on the road to listening to music through color as well as sound. Students learn about the various roles of the woodwind section and the most effective techniques in which to voice them. Students also explore the many colors achieved by the blending of saxes, flutes, and clarinets, and the possibilities from blending the woodwinds with each other as well as with the brass section. In addition, students learn the various ways in which to score the woodwind and brass sections, whether accompanying a vocalist or in an instrumental arrangement. By the conclusion of this course, each student will have arranged and orchestrated a musical composition and have it professionally recorded. This course consists of a weekly, two-hour lecture.

Prerequisite: Arranging & Orchestration 1.

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-207
Credits: 1

Course Description
Through various media, films, discussion, readings, and literature, this course presents the history Funk, Hip Hop and Modern R&B while exploring various issues pertaining to its worldwide impact. Many pioneers of these styles such as James Brown, Rick James and Parliament Funkadelic, Sly and the Family Stone, the Beastie Boys, D’Angelo, Jay-Z, Usher and Beyonce. This course consists of a hybrid combination of on campus meetings and online coursework. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-309V
Credits: 2

Course Description
Throughout each level of this course, students meet one hour per week in a one-on-one setting for private instruction. Private lesson instruction is designed to reinforce and complement the variety of subjects and techniques encountered in the program, as well as to allow the student to explore more specific topics in depth with their instructor. Students are given the opportunity to change private instructors every six months, if so desired. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour private lesson.

Prerequisite: Students must complete each level in order to continue into the subsequent level of the course.

Competency: Literacy
Course Number: GE-400
Credits: 3

Course Description
This is a comprehensive course of World Geography structured upon a World regional approach. Topics include World physical processes, regions divided and organized into Europe, Russia & the Near Abroad, Middle East, North & Sub-Saharan Africa, South & East Asia, Oceania & Antarctica, Latin America & North America (US & Canada). This course consists of a weekly, three-hour lecture.

Competency: Entrepreneurship
Course Number: IND-312
Credits: 2

Course Description
Securing manufacturing endorsements and aligning with strategic partners who can help a musician raise his/her profile in the industry can be a crucial element to insuring success in the professional market. This course will instruct on how to approach, connect and develop a thriving network of partners who will add credibility and marketability to the musician’s profile. Materials needed to market the individual musician will be developed in class and will include a website, a full social media suite of platforms, a professional EPK and effective audio/video content. This course consists of one weekly, two-hour lecture.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-266
Credits: 1.5

Course Description
This course aims to explore the freedom found when performing within a duo. Instrumentation during class includes voice/piano, voice/guitar, voice/bass, voice/drums and similar pairings. Special emphasis is placed on communication during rubato material, establishing a solid groove and tempo, duo improvisation, and arrangement development. This course consists of one weekly one and a half hour Ensemble Workshop.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-3031
Credits: 1.5

Course Description
Vocal Improvisation 1 builds upon knowledge from harmony, theory, ear training, and sight singing courses to develop the ear and voice so students are able to musically express themselves. The course will cover the blues scale and its permutations, tension availability, writing and singing guide tones, motivic development, and improvisation over many standard chord changes in combination with beginner written and oral jazz transcription. Students will interact, improvise, and perform weekly with a live band. This course consists of a weekly one-hour lecture and one-hour ensemble workshop. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-325
Credits: 1

Course Description
The Alexander Technique is an educational method teaching how to improve mobility, posture, and performance through changing postural habits. Students will learn about recognizing and releasing unnecessary tension in order improve breathing, vocal production, and speed and accuracy of movement. Specific topics will include: physical mechanics, the stress response and its effect on function and performance, pre-phonatory vocal work, and audition techniques. This two hour class meets once per week.

Competency: Ensemble
Course Number: MUS-3019V
Credits: 1.5

Course Description
World Music 1 Ensemble Workshop focuses on the primary repertoire, stylistic characteristics and authenticity of the world music styles. Artists studied include: Gal Costa, Sergio Mendes, Jimmy Cliff and Gilberto Gil. This course has two components: an instrument specific lecture and an ensemble workshop where students play with professional musician accompanists. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lecture and one-hour lab. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Ensemble
Course Number: MUS-3019L
Credits: 0.5

Course Description
World Music 1 Student Ensemble Lab places students from all music performance departments together in directed combos. Repertoire from the World Music 1 Ensemble Workshop class is rehearsed and performed. Students focus on performing as a band in the authenticity of the style. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lab.

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-201
Credits: 2

Course Description
This continuation of the “Arranging & Orchestration 2” course is designed to prepare students to arrange and orchestrate for an augmented ensemble. This includes oboe or English horn, bassoon, French horn, tuba or bass trombone, and percussion. This course presents the possibilities one can achieve when combining jazz and classical elements to form a cohesive musical work. Students learn about the various colors of the newly introduced instruments, their ranges and transpositions, and explore the art of combining the vast array of colors each instrument has to offer. Students also continue to learn the art of linear vs. block writing, while gaining a better understanding of arranging and orchestration through listening and analysis. By the conclusion of this course, each student will have arranged and orchestrated a musical composition and have it professionally recorded. This course consists of a weekly, two-hour lecture.

Prerequisite: Arranging & Orchestration 2.

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-206
Credits: 1

Course Description
A comprehensive, interactive exploration of Brazilian music, this course will present a thorough study of Afro-Brazilian culture, religion, and dance as they relate to Brazilian music. Beginning with an overview of traditional Brazilian forms of musical expression, we will then analyze how these forms were incorporated into popular musical styles from the 1960s to the present. Artists such as Sergio Mendes, Gilberto Gil, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Dori Caymmi will be presented and discussed. This course consists of a hybrid combination of on campus meetings and online coursework. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-310V
Credits: 2

Course Description
Throughout each level of this course, students meet one hour per week in a one-on-one setting for private instruction. Private lesson instruction is designed to reinforce and complement the variety of subjects and techniques encountered in the program, as well as to allow the student to explore more specific topics in depth with their instructor. Students are given the opportunity to change private instructors every six months, if so desired. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour private lesson.

Prerequisite: Students must complete each level in order to continue into the subsequent level of the course.

Competency: Literacy
Course Number: GE-305
Credits: 4

Course Description
This course provides the basic concept of statistics: Topics include Data, Sampling, Experiments, Distributions, Relationships, Chance and Probability, Simulation & Expected Values, and Inference. This course consists of two weekly, two-hour lectures.

Competency: Entrepreneurship
Course Number: IND-313
Credits: 2

Course Description
Each musician entering the professional music industry will need to view themselves as the CEO of their own company, marketing and networking on their own behalf. This course will instruct on the basic skills and knowledge needed to design an effective business plan, develop a marketing initiative to fully realize the goals and objectives of the plan, and create a financial plan that will support the business plan in the short and long term. Students will learn about varying revenue streams and business models available to them in the music industry, while applying that knowledge to their own individual business strategy plan. This course consists of one weekly, two-hour lecture.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-3032
Credits: 1.5

Course Description
This course will take students deeply into all aspects of vocal improvisation, and will more deeply incorporate harmony, theory, ear training – to develop the ear and voice so students are able to musically express themselves. The course will cover more advanced chord changes, modes and jazz scales, as well as tension availability, motivic development, and improvisation over a variety of styles, including styles from outside of the Western musical cultures. Students will interact, improvise, and perform weekly. This course consists of a weekly one-hour lecture and one-hour ensemble workshop.

Prerequisite: Vocal Improvisation 1.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-168
Credits: 1

Course Description
Using the fundamentals of physical performance, students will learn balancing and core exercises, how to block movement on stage, arranging and choreographing background sections, and overall physical communication with each other, band members and the audience. This class also serves as an excellent opportunity for students to work on material for their other classes throughout the program. This course consists of a weekly, two-hour lab.

Competency: Ensemble
Course Number: MUS-3020V
Credits: 1.5

Course Description
World Music 2 Ensemble Workshop focuses on the primary repertoire, stylistic characteristics and authenticity of the world music styles. Artists studied include: Tito Puento, Ray Barreto, Mongo Santamaria and Machito. This course has two components: an instrument specific lecture and an ensemble workshop where students play with professional musician accompanists. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lecture and one-hour lab.

Prerequisite: World Music 1 Ensemble Workshop.

Competency: Ensemble
Course Number: MUS-3020L
Credits: 0.5

Course Description
World Music 2 Student Ensemble Lab places students from all music performance departments together in directed combos. Repertoire from the World Music 2 Ensemble Workshop class is rehearsed and performed. Students focus on performing as a band in the authenticity of the style. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lab.

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-208
Credits: 1

Course Description
This course introduces and examines Afro-Caribbean rhythms, including Cha Cha, Mambo, Son, Merengue, and many others. Students also learn the historical importance and origins of these rhythms, and how they are used in today’s contemporary music. Artists studied will be: Tito Puento, Ray Barreto, Mongo Santamaria and Machito. Prerequisite: History of World Music 1. This course consists of a hybrid combination of on campus meetings and online coursework. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-301
Credits: 1

Course Description
During their 9th quarter, each Bachelor in Music candidate is required to perform a 30 minute recital. Students will work in their private lesson to plan and perform their recital. The student is responsible for all aspects of the recital (i.e. securing the date and room, hiring the musician accompanists, booking rehearsal time and determining the program)

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-311V
Credits: 2

Course Description
Throughout each level of this course, students meet one hour per week in a one-on-one setting for private instruction. Private lesson instruction is designed to reinforce and complement the variety of subjects and techniques encountered in the program, as well as to allow the student to explore more specific topics in depth with their instructor. Students are given the opportunity to change private instructors every six months, if so desired. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour private lesson.

Prerequisite: Students must complete each level in order to continue into the subsequent level of the course.

Competency: Literacy
Course Number: GE-102
Credits: 3

Course Description
This course covers the most important aspects of personal finance and is designed to introduce students to the world of finance as it relates to musicians and all creative entrepreneurs. Students are introduced to the basic concepts of finance and learn the money-related skills vital for running their own business of being a working musician. Students begin with a historic overview of money and banking, are introduced to basic numbers concepts, and learn about critical money management skills to deal with everyday money management. As the course progresses, concepts are applied during class and students are given detailed examples of how financial management skills apply to the lives of musicians. The course culminates with each student developing a personal financial plan. The course consists of a weekly, two-hour lecture.

Competency: Literacy
Course Number: GE-111
Credits: 3

Course Description
This is a comprehensive and focused course of Health and General Well-Being. Topics cover achieving wellness, eating and exercising towards a healthy lifestyle, building healthy relationships, understanding and preventing disease, drug use and abuse and making health and healthy choices. This course consists of two weekly, two-hour lectures.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-4023
Credits: 1

Course Description
This class will introduce students to the real world of vocal studio production. The course begins with the fine-tuning of the students’ songs, focusing on song structure, arrangements, melody, and lyrics, and, as the class continues, these songs are recorded and produced into a professional master recording. Students are graded on their creativity, compositional skills, studio vocal techniques and the sound quality of their final mixed songs. Class meets for two hours, once per week.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-4024
Credits: 1

Course Description
This class will teach/discover a variety of styles from around the World – including such countries as France, Ireland, the Balkans and Asia. In addition, there will be a strong focus on strengthening the performer’s stage presence, and a deeper emotional connection to the music.  Some optional areas may include specific employment opportunities, using the voice, such as how to do Voice Overs, yodeling, extreme ranges, and using the voice to heal (toning, affirmations/mantras, deep listening). This course meets for two-hours per week.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-4025
Credits: 1

Course Description
This class is designed to open the world of percussion and drums to vocalists who function as bandleaders, composers, and arrangers, as well as the important skills of playing basic hand percussion. The class addresses drum and percussion techniques basics, functions, grooves, and vocabulary, and students emerge better able to communicate, demonstrate, and arrange grooves for their own music ensembles. This one-hour class meets once per week.

Competency: Literacy
Course Number: MUS-302
Credits: 2

Course Description
Each course offers a broad survey of musical masterpieces from the Middle Ages to the Baroque era. Emphasis is on major composers, rhythmic, harmonic and melodic inventions, form, period instruments, secular and sacred music, and listening awareness. This course consists of a weekly, two-hour lecture.

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-422
Credits: 1

Course Description
Music students may want to become instructors in their future professional careers giving purpose to pedagogy. This comprehensive and in-depth course looks at the mechanics of vocals for comprehensive musical teaching processes. Students learn the “why” and the “how” as it relates to their instrument on how to instruct others. Pedagogy is the study of how to teach teaching. It contains ideas and techniques to help organize students to teach effectively in their future career as a music instructor. Career development as a teacher and performer are at the forefront of pedagogy coursework. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lecture.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-405V
Credits: 2

Course Description
Throughout each level of this course, students meet one hour per week in a one-on-one setting for private instruction. Private lesson instruction is designed to reinforce and complement the variety of subjects and techniques encountered in the program, as well as to allow the student to explore more specific topics in depth with their instructor. Students are given the opportunity to change private instructors every six months, if so desired. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour private lesson.

Prerequisite: Students must complete each level in order to continue into the subsequent level of the course.

Competency: Ensemble
Credits: 1

Course Description
This course will consist of student ensembles, each being led by one faculty member. The student ensembles are drawn from the performance departments. The faculty member may perform with the ensemble. The focus is on the group dynamic and is repertoire based of both previously recorded works and original compositions. This course consists of one weekly, two-hour rehearsal.

Competency: Literacy
Course Number: GE-402
Credits: 3

Course Description
Political science is a study of political policy, behavior, process, systems, and overall government structures. This course will cover the concepts of political economy, ideology, theory, and philosophy. It will further elaborate on political analysis, comparative politics, and international relationships. An examination of both humanistic and scientific approaches, perspectives, and tools will be used throughout the course. The political dynamics of American governmental structures as well as comparisons with other regions of the world will be applicable. Students will be able to understand and compare different countries from around the world and firmly understand the integration of government and policy within multiple societies. This course consists of two weekly, two-hour lectures.

Prerequisite: GE-100: English Composition

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-4020
Credits: 1

Course Description
Studio Project 2 will move the students forward in the cultivation of their song-writing, artistry and studio skills. The course continues with the fine-tuning of the students’ new songs, focusing on song structure, arrangements, melody, and lyrics, and, as the class continues, these songs are recorded and produced into a professional master recording. Students are graded on their creativity, compositional skills, studio vocal techniques and the sound quality of their final mixed songs. Class meets for two hours, once per week.

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-4021
Credits: 1

Course Description
The Vocal Forum will go into greater detail on Rhythm Section Arranging: re-grooving and re-harmonizing cover tunes and even original songs, since artists must have these skills in today’s entertainment world. Working with different songs each week, the students will learn to re-harmonize and create new grooves for existing songs, under the guidance of experienced musicians, and the students will perform a concert at the end of the quarter to showcase these arrangements. Also in this class, the vocalists’ musicianship skills will be cultivated – including work on time/groove and melodic concept. Class meets for two hours, once per week

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-406V
Credits: 2

Course Description
Throughout each level of this course, students meet one hour per week in a one-on-one setting for private instruction. Private lesson instruction is designed to reinforce and complement the variety of subjects and techniques encountered in the program, as well as to allow the student to explore more specific topics in depth with their instructor. Students are given the opportunity to change private instructors every six months, if so desired. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour private lesson.

Prerequisite: Students must complete each level in order to continue into the subsequent level of the course.

Competency: Literacy
Course Number: MUS-303
Credits: 2

Course Description
Each course offers a broad survey of musical masterpieces from the Middle Ages to the Baroque era. Emphasis is on major composers, rhythmic, harmonic and melodic inventions, form, period instruments, secular and sacred music, and listening awareness. This course consists of a weekly, two-hour lecture.

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-416
Credits: 1

Course Description
Many composers in the “real world” choose to conduct their own works. This course teaches students the technique and knowledge needed for successful conducting, as well as provides an opportunity to conduct fellow musicians. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour lecture. This course may be taken as an elective.

Competency: Literacy
Course Number: GE-302
Credits: 3

Course Description
Philosophy is considered to be the history of human thinking. Philosophy teaches how to think and attempts to unravel concepts of life through the practice of questioning. Philosophical questions examine what reliable knowledge is, what is God and does it exist, what is truth, what are right and wrong, what makes something beautiful or unattractive, what is reality, what happens when we die, and in totality, what does it mean to study philosophy. This course will act as a guide for conducting life and every major can benefit from philosophical learning. Students will be able to gain relevant connections from philosophy to their daily life. This course consists of a weekly, three-hour lecture.

Prerequisite: GE-101: English Composition & Critical Thinking

Competency: Literacy
Course Number: GE-406
Credits: 3

Course Description
This course is a comprehensive and focused study of the structure and function of the human body at the cellular, histological, and organ level. The emphasis of study includes microscopic and macroscopic anatomy and physiology of the Integumentary, Skeletal, Muscular, Nervous, Endocrine, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Immune, Gastrointestinal, Renal and Reproductive Systems. This course consists of two weekly, one and a half hour lectures.

Competency: Musicianship
Course Number: MUS-402
Credits: 1

Course Description
During the 12th quarter, each Bachelor in Music candidate is required to perform a one hour recital. Students will work in their private lesson to plan and perform their recital. Just like the junior recital, the student is responsible for all aspects of the recital (i.e. securing the date and room, hiring the musician accompanists, booking rehearsal time and determining the program).

Competency: Instrument
Course Number: MUS-407V
Credits: 2

Course Description
Throughout each level of this course, students meet one hour per week in a one-on-one setting for private instruction. Private lesson instruction is designed to reinforce and complement the variety of subjects and techniques encountered in the program, as well as to allow the student to explore more specific topics in depth with their instructor. Students are given the opportunity to change private instructors every six months, if so desired. This course consists of a weekly, one-hour private lesson.

Prerequisite: Students must complete each level in order to continue into the subsequent level of the course.

Competency: Entrepreneurship
Course Number: IND-414
Credits: 2

Course Description
Students will be evaluated according to their skill sets and career objectives, to be placed in a practical internship with an active Los Angeles music company. Students will work on location at this company for a minimum of five hours and a maximum of ten hours per week and will be supervised and evaluated by that company’s staff. Throughout the quarter, the student will report to a faculty advisor regarding specific challenges and receiving guidance on improving their competitive edge for future employment possibilities.