Performance study - individual instruction.

Performance study - individual instruction.

Performance study - individual instruction.

Performance study - individual instruction.

Performance study - individual instruction.

Highly select chamber choir of 12-18 voices drawn from Glee Club and Chorale with an emphasis on musical independence. Members possess excellent music reading skills and are one of just a few voices on a part. Specializes in challenging classical and contemporary repertoire for treble voices.

An advanced auditioned ensemble with a varied classical, contemporary, and folk-derived repertoire. Occasional collaborations with collegiate tenor-bass choirs and orchestra. Performs regularly on and off campus, occasionally involving long-distance travel. Officially integrated into the music department in 1893, the Glee Club is a part of many of the College's oldest and most beloved traditions.

The third in a three-semester survey of Western music history, Music 283 examines the cultures of art music in Europe and the Americas from 1900 to the present day, focusing on the evolution of styles and genres and the changing roles of composers, performers, and audiences.

This course will focus on learning by ear and playing the polyrhythmic traditional music of the peoples of southern Ghana, Togo and Benin, including sections of Adjogbo and Agbekor. All students will learn drum, rattle and bell parts, some songs, and some dance steps. Non-musicians are welcome; practice between classes is required. The group will perform in a workshop at the end of the semester.

A select instrumental combo open to more advanced jazz musicians with emphasis on complex forms such as Dixieland, bop, and fusion. Students also learn exercises and techniques that will aid them in solo improvisation.