Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0242 - The Sound for Change Ensemble

This is a music performance course in which we will use our skills as improvisers and composers to create musical works that advocate for social change. The course is open to all instrumentalists, including voice. A background with improvisation is preferred. We will work as a full ensemble and in small groups. Our research work in the course will engage ways that music, with and without words, can inspire grounded thinking pertaining to social change. This course will require weekly rehearsal outside of class, and response papers to listening and reading assignments. We will present a final concert of our work at the end of the semester.

Independent Work Prequisites: This ensemble is open to first year students, but preference is given to second year students and above. The instrumentation of the ensemble will be determined after the first class meeting. In this course students are expected to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time.