MUS.-121 Band I

Credits 1 / 3 Contact Hours
Pre-requisite: Placement into ACRD 080 and high school band experience.
The study and performance of significant college-level band literature. Note: Under special circumstances students may participate in band on a non-credit basis. Contact the College Music Office for more information (762-0459).

Course Outcomes
• Work with and relate to others in a large ensemble setting • Develop and further their musicianship and performance skills to a higher level • Practice to improve their musical skills, including: intonation, technique, tone, sight-reading ability and overall individual and ensemble playing • Interpret a variety of styles and genres of chamber music from different periods of history and for various ensembles (i.e. transcriptions, arrangements, etc.) • Explore a variety of music from other cultures • Determine how to perform the music under study as authentically as possible • Prepare music to a high level of performance for concerts • Distinguish the differences in intonation on their own instrument and between themselves and others • Identify and Differentiate between various major and minor key signatures • Develop an appreciation and understanding of western classical and non-western music