Course Syllabus

MUSC 1116 Symphonic Band I

Course Description

Students will perform concert band music selected by the instructor with technical accuracy and expressive musicality. Membership is open without audition. This course provides students with GE credit in the Fine Arts area.

Justification

Through the preparation and performance of quality band literature, students enrolled in this course will develop an understanding and appreciation of the various styles of wind literature. This group serves all students who wish to play, regardless of technical facility. Snow College ensemble credit transfers to other two and four-year institutions offering a similar band experience.

General Education Outcomes

1. A student who completes the GE curriculum will have a fundamental knowledge of human cultures and the natural world, with particular emphasis on American institutions, the social and behavioral sciences, the physical and life sciences, the humanities, the fine arts and personal wellness.  Students who complete this course will demonstrate an understanding of the traditions of Western art music as they relate to the literature and practice of the wind band in the 19th Century to the present day. They will demonstrate this understanding in their written assignments, their reflections, and their performances.
2. A student who completes the GE curriculum can read, retrieve, evaluate, interpret, and deliver information using a variety of traditional and electronic media. Students who complete this course will evaluate their own performance against recordings of band literature by professional ensembles. They will retrieve these recordings electronically. This outcome will be assessed through the submission of written self-reflective assignments, and through student evaluation of concert and individual recordings.
3. A student who completes the GE curriculum can reason analytically, critically, and creatively about nature, culture, facts, values, ethics, and civic policy. Students who complete this course will submit a detailed research project, analyzing one of the major works performed each semester.

General Education Knowledge Area Outcomes

1. This outcome will be assessed through student evaluation of their live performances, and through the submission of assigned written assignments. This outcome will be assessed through student evaluation of their live performances, and through the submission of assigned written assignments.  This outcome will be assessed through student evaluation of their live performances, and through the submission of assigned written assignments. This outcome will be assessed through student evaluation of their live performances, and through the submission of assigned written assignments.
2. Provide an informed synopsis of the performing and/or visual arts in the contexts of culture and history through reading and interpreting pertinent information using a variety of traditional and electronic media. Students will be able to thoughtfully examine the literature performed in the context of Western history and culture. Students will demonstrate mastery of this outcome through the submission of research based written assignments.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the conceptual and elemental principles fundamental to the creation of various forms of artistic expression. Students will demonstrate through live performance, the relationship between the elemental building blocks of music and the conceptual whole of literature selected to be performed.
4. Exhibit an ability to critically analyze artistic works using appropriate techniques, vocabulary, and methodologies. Students will be able to critically analyze their performance of selected works. This outcome will be assessed through self reflective written assignments submitted after each performance.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the literature selected by the instructor through accurate and expressive performance.
2. Students will demonstrate an ability to critically analyze their performance through the submission of self-reflective written assignments.
3. Students will demonstrate ability to play with proper tone, intonation, balance, blend, style, and rhythm.

Course Content

Students will study and perform a variety of selections chosen by the instructor from the standard wind band repertoire.