MUS Music

Through understanding of the common elements of music, students trace the common ingredients of music from the Middle Ages to the present day. The study is undertaken in an historical and cultural perspective that highlights the great composers and compositions of the last 1000 years. The course is open to all students.
Offered: Fall or Spring or Summer
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AA, AS, AAS, AGS, and Certificates where applicable. IAI Course No. F1 900
General Education -- Humanities Human Relations

This course traces the origins and changes in our folk, religious, classical and popular music. It is open to all students.
Offered: Fall or Spring
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AA, AS, AAS, AGS, and Certificates where applicable. IAI Course No. F1 904
General Education -- Fine Arts Human Relations

This course covers the basic elements of music (melody, rhythm, harmony, and form) and perceptive listening as they relate to non-Western music. Examines the music culture of several non-Western societies.
Offered: As Needed
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AA, AS, AAS, AGS, and Certificates where applicable. IAI Course No. F1 903N
General Education -- Fine Arts Human Relations

This course is a survey of western traditions and elements of music in the theatre including opera, operetta, and Broadway musicals. Students will examine text, music, and performance media as methods for communicating the philosophic and aesthetic movements of composers, lyricists, performers, and their eras. No previous music experience is required.
Offered: As Needed
Applicable toward graduation at CSC where program structure permits: Degree or Certificate: AA, AS, AAS, AGS, and Certificates where applicable General Education: Fine Arts IAI Course No.: F1 910.
General Education -- Fine Arts

The Jazz Combo is composed of four to eight musicians who perform and study jazz in a small group setting. The literature for the ensemble ranges from Dixieland to be-bop and modern jazz. Students explore the language, skills, and materials of jazz music through performing a variety of jazz combo repertoire. Improvisation is required of all jazz combo performers. It may be taken twice for credit. An audition is required. Instructor permission is required to enroll in this course.
Offered: Fall or Spring
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AA, AS, AFA, AAS, AGS, and Certificates where applicable.
General Education -- Not Applicable Elective Only

The Sandburg Choir is a mixed-voice ensemble which performs a wide variety of music, including classical, jazz, folk, spiritual, and contemporary. The group performs frequently, both off and on campus, and tours annually. It may be taken twice for credit. An audition is required.
Offered: Fall or Spring
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AA, AS, AFA, AAS, AGS, and Certificates where applicable.
General Education -- Not Applicable Elective Only

The Small Vocal Ensemble is a select group of singers whose members are chosen from the Sandburg Choir. This group specializes in performing music specifically appropriate for small vocal ensembles, from madrigals and motets to vocal jazz. There are frequent public performances, both on and off campus. The group tours each year with the Sandburg Choir. This course may be taken twice for credit. An audition is required. Instructor permission is required to enroll in this course.
Offered: Fall or Spring
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AA, AS, AFA, AAS, AGS, and Certificates where applicable.
General Education -- Not Applicable Elective Only

This course provides a one half-hour private lesson each week and is open to all students. Students will learn the basics of the instrument and/or method. This course is intended for non-music majors and music majors studying an instrument other than their primary one. It may be repeated once for up to a maximum of two semester hours of credit..
General Education -- Not Applicable

This course provides a one-hour private lesson each week and is open to all students. Students will learn the basics of the instrument and/or method.This course is intended for music majors on their primary instrument and non-music majors desiring more in-depth musical study. It may be repeated once for up to a maximum of four semester hours of credit..
General Education -- Not Applicable

An examination of societal issues as they are manifested, through time, in music. Topics include musical expression and connection in gender, ethnicity, spirituality, war, politics, performance, film, dance, and narrative expression.
Offered: Fall or Spring
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AA, AS, AAS, AGS and Certificates where applicable.
General Education -- Humanities Human Relations

The Jazz Combo is composed of 4-8 musicians who perform and study jazz in a small group setting. The literature for the ensemble ranges from Dixieland to be-bop and modern jazz. Students explore the language, skills, and materials of jazz music through performing a variety of jazz combo repertoire. Improvisation is required of all jazz combo performers. It may be taken twice for credit. An audition is required.
Offered: Fall or Spring
Prerequisites: Take 2 semester of MUS.122;
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AA, AS, AFA, AAS, AGS and Certificates where applicable.
General Education -- Not Applicable Elective Only

Sandburg Choir is a mixed-voice ensemble that performs a wide variety of music, including classical, jazz, folk, spiritual, and contemporary. The group performs frequently, both off and on campus, and tours annually. It may be taken twice for credit. An audition is required.
Offered: Fall or Spring
Prerequisites: Take 2 semesters of MUS.123;
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AA, AS, AFA, AAS, AGS, and Certificates where applicable.
General Education -- Not Applicable Elective Only

The Sandburg Chamber Choir is a select group of singers whose members are chosen from the Sandburg Choir. This group specializes in performing music specifically appropriate for small vocal ensembles, from madrigals and motets to vocal jazz. There are frequent public performances, both on and off campus. The group tours each year with the Sandburg Choir. It may be taken twice for credit. An audition is required.
Offered: Fall or Spring
Prerequisites: Take 2 semesters of MUS.125 or instructor permission
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AA, AFA, AS, AAS, AGS and Certificates where applicable.
General Education -- Not Applicable Elective Only

This course provides a one half-hour private lesson each week and is open to all students. Students will learn intermediate techniques of the instrument and/or method. This course is intended for non-music majors and music majors studying an instrument other than their primary one. It may be repeated once for up to a maximum of two semester hours of credit..
General Education -- Not Applicable

This course provides a one-hour private lesson each week and is open to all students. Students will learn the intermediate techniques of the instrument and/or method. This course is intended for music majors on their primary instrument and non-music majors desiring more in-depth musical study. It maybe repeated once for up to a maximum of four semester hours of credit..
General Education -- Not Applicable