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Course Syllabus

Course: MUSC 4206

Division: Fine Arts, Comm, and New Media
Department: Music
Title: Woodwind Chamber Music IV

Semester Approved: Spring 2020
Five-Year Review Semester: Fall 2024
End Semester: Fall 2025

Catalog Description: Chamber ensemble groups for woodwind players. This ensemble will provide students with an opportunity to develop technical skill, sight-reading ability, and knowledge of the repertory related to the ensemble. It further allows students to synthesize musical, historical and cultural knowledge into meaningful artistic expression. Audition required. May be repeated for credit.

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 1; Lecture: 2; Lab: 0
Repeatable: Yes.


Prerequisites: MUSC 3206 or permission of instructor. Audition required.

Corequisites: None


Justification: This course will provide students with opportunities to explore and experience standard woodwind ensemble literature. Courses like this are taught at all NASM accredited institutions both in the state and across the country. This is similar to brass chamber, percussion ensemble, and string chamber music courses.


Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to accurately perform the rhythms, melodies and harmonies of the music selected by the director.  This outcome will be assessed through evaluation of performance in weekly rehearsals, periodic playing tests, and public performances.

Students will be able to perform essential skills as part of a chamber ensemble, including, proper intonation blend and balance to communicate the understanding which they have gained to their audiences. This outcome will be assessed through evaluation of performance in weekly rehearsals, periodic playing tests, and public performances.

Students will be able to show improvement in both speed and accuracy of literature learning as measured by small group assessment.  This outcome will be assessed through evaluation of performance in weekly rehearsals, periodic playing tests, and public performances.

Students will be able to understand the music in its historical setting as well as the stylistic, expressive, and formal qualities associated with the particular era of music history.  This outcome will be assessed through evaluation of performance in weekly rehearsals, periodic playing tests, and public performances.


Content:
Members of the ensemble will learn and perform appropriate literature as selected by the instructor. Content includes study of:
• Intonation
• Balance
• Blend
• Articulation
• Historical Context
• Performance Practice

Key Performance Indicators:
Students in instrumental music performance courses are assessed in the following ways:

Participation 15 to 25%

Practice Logs  15 to 25%

Sectional rehearsal participation and performance  15 to 25%

Concert participation and performance 20 to 30%

Group Project - Participation in concert recording review and critique  20 to 30%


Representative Text and/or Supplies:
Literature is taken from the Snow College score library.


Pedagogy Statement:
This course will be taught via direct instruction, coaching, and menorting.

Instructional Mediums:
Lecture

Maximum Class Size: 25
Optimum Class Size: 15