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WNC Catalog 2008-2009: Music: Ensemble 131
Course Description and Outline


MUSE 131: Jazz Ensemble


2008-2009
Credits 1
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Academic Discipline Music: Ensemble
Academic Division Communications and Fine Arts
Prerequisites intermediate proficiency on a band instrument
Transfer Information Courses with numbers 100 to 299: This course is designed to apply toward a WNC degree and/or transfer to other schools within the Nevada System of Higher Education, depending on the degree chosen and other courses completed. It may transfer to colleges and universities outside Nevada. For information about how this course can transfer and apply to your program of study, please contact a counselor.
I : Catalog Course Description
Introduces study and performance of jazz ensemble literature. May be repeated for up to 4 credits.
II : Course Objectives

By the completion of the class, the students should, with an accuracy of 75%:

  • Play various jazz styles, including Dixieland, swing, be-bop, modern, progressive and fusion.
  • Perform basic articulations and rhythms
  • Improvise solos to basic jazz progressions, using basic harmonic theory
III : Course Linkage
Linkage of course to educational program mission and at least one educational program outcome.

Students should:
1. Succeed at transfer institutions
2. Understand the importance of cultural traditions, diversity, and ethics in the modern world.
3. Have an understanding of fine arts or performing arts.


Personal Development
• develop creative capacities

Community Commitment
• participate in a cultural or artistic event
• appreciate the unique role of the fine arts and humanities in the development of cultural values

Sections II and III were prepared on October 23, 2007. Please contact the Communications and Fine Arts division for more information.
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