Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0101 - Chorus

The Hampshire College Chorus is a performing ensemble that teaches vocal and musical skills. It presents a wide variety of accompanied and a cappella choral literature in several performances throughout the year. Class covers vocal technique, musicianship and music literacy, sight-singing through movable do solfege, ensemble skills, and pronunciation in various languages. All students will be expected to spend 6 outside hours per week learning and preparing their music, creating simple voice recordings, writing a few 1-2 page papers, and participating in two or more performances. Students enrolling at the 200 level (by instructor permission) will also prepare more challenging music with a higher level of independence while 100-level class material is covered. The ability to sing on pitch is a requirement, for which auditions will be held on the first day of class. Otherwise, this course is open to all, and the ability to read music is not a prerequisite.

Arts, Design, and Media Independent Work Multiple Cultural Perspectives In this course, students can expect to spend 6 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time.