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Course Descriptions

 

Music
  

  • MUSC 117 - Music and Culture in Latin America

    3 units
    Traces development of musical traditions in Latin America. Analyzes formation of musical styles resulting from socio-political, cultural and economic processes. GE Area: V.

    Satisfies SJSU Studies V: Culture, Civil & Global Understanding.

    Prerequisite(s): Passage of the Writing Skills Test (WST) or ENGL 100A  / LLD 100A  with a C or better (C- not accepted), completion of Core General Education and upper division standing are prerequisites to all SJSU studies courses. Completion of, or co-registration in, 100W is strongly recommended.
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): All of SJSU Studies courses require completion of the WST and upper division standing.


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  • MUSC 118 - Global Soundtracks

    3 units
    The course focuses on the analysis of the aural semiotics of narrative music to reflect and critique the subjectivities, themes, and cultures of their respective films, and historically traces their trans-global evolution and interchange of approaches over the past century.

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of core GE, upper division standing, passage of WST
    Pre/Corequisite(s): Any 100w
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 120 - Worlds of Jazz

    3 units
    Course approaches jazz as part of American and global cultural history, exploring the changing social contexts in which jazz musicians in the US and abroad have worked and lived throughout the 20th century and today. GE Area: S.

    Satisfies SJSU Studies S: Self, Society & Equality in US.

    Prerequisite(s): Passage of the Writing Skills Test (WST) or ENGL 100A  / LLD 100A  with a C or better (C- not accepted), completion of Core General Education and upper division standing are prerequisites to all SJSU studies courses. Completion of, or co-registration in, 100W is strongly recommended. 
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): All of SJSU Studies courses require completion of the WST and upper division standing.


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  • MUSC 122A - Fundamental Techniques and Literature: Instrumental

    1 units
    Woodwinds: Flute, Clarinet, and Saxophone. Required for credential. Instrumental emphasis in music education must take two units including clarinet, saxophone, flute, oboe, and bassoon. Choral/general emphasis must take a minimum of one unit to include flute, clarinet and saxophone.

    Misc/Lab: Activity 4 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 122B - Fundamental Techniques and Literature: Instrumental

    1 units
    Woodwinds: double reeds and saxophone. Required for credential. Instrumental emphasis in music education must take two units including flute, clarinet, saxophone and double reeds. Choral/general emphasis must take a minimum of one unit including flute, clarinet, and saxophone.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Standing, and Instructor Consent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 123A - Fundamental Techniques and Literature: Instrumental

    1 units
    Upper Brass. Required for credential. Instrumental emphasis in music education must take two units including upper and lower brass. Choral/general emphasis must take a minimum of one unit of brass.

    Misc/Lab: Activity 4 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 123B - Fundamental Techniques and Literature: Instrumental

    1 units
    Lower Brass. Required for credential. Instrumental emphasis in music education must take two units including upper and lower brass. Choral/general emphasis must take a minimum of one unit of upper brass.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Standing and Instructor Consent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 124 - Special Topics in Music History/Literature

    1-3 units
    Content varies to allow presentation of one-time courses by specialists from artist-faculty and guests.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 6 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 126 - Marching Band Techniques

    1 units
    Methods and materials of marching band instruction. Techniques of show development, arranging, drill design, charting, and drill instruction. Principles of band administration, such as budget management, purchasing, and program development. Required for credential.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing and instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded

    Note(s): Offer through Extended Studies.


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  • MUSC 127A - Fundamental Techniques and Literature: Instrumental

    1 units
    Upper Strings. Required for credential. Instrumental emphasis in music education must take two units including upper and lower strings. Choral/general emphasis must take a minimum of one unit of strings.

    Misc/Lab: Activity 4 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 127B - Fundamental Techniques and Literature: Instrumental

    1 units
    Lower Strings. Required for credential. Instrumental emphasis in music education must take two units including upper and lower strings. Choral/general emphasis must take a minimum of one unit of upper strings.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper Division Standing and Instructor Consent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 129 - Electro-Acoustics

    1-2 units
    Incorporating current music technology and instrumentation in creating advanced works and projects. Required each semester of upper division electro-acoustic majors.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition or instructor consent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 129A - Electro-Acoustics 5

    1-2 units
    APPLIED LESSONS: Electro-acoustics level 5, incorporating current music technology and instrumentation into projects. For music technology majors.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition and instructor consent, MUSC 29D  or equivalent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 129B - Electro-Acoustics 6

    1-2 units
    APPLIED LESSONS: Electro-acoustics level 6, incorporating current music technology and instrumentation into projects. For music technology majors.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition and instructor consent, MUSC 129A  or equivalent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 129C - Electro-Acoustics 7

    1-2 units
    APPLIED LESSONS: Electro-acoustics level 7, incorporating current music technology and instrumentation into projects. For music technology majors.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition and instructor consent, MUSC 129B  or equivalent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 129D - Electro-Acoustics 8

    1-2 units
    APPLIED LESSONS: Electro-acoustics level 8, incorporating current music technology and instrumentation into projects. For music technology majors.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition and instructor consent, MUSC 129C  or equivalent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 130 - Piano

    1-2 units
    Required each semester of upper division piano majors. Continuation of MUSC 30 . Study and performance of selections comparable to Bach Preludes and Fugues from Well-Tempered Clavier; Beethoven Sonata, Op. 31 No. 3; Chopin Ballade in A-flat and Debussy Preludes.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 133A - Voice 5

    1-2 units
    APPLIED LESSONS: Voice level 5. Required of BM vocal majors every semester. Upper division.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 4 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition and instructor consent, MUSC 33D  or equivalent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 134 - Strings

    1-2 units
    Required each semester of upper division string majors. Violin: All major and minor scales and arpeggios in three octaves; double stops; Kreutzer, Fiorillo, Rode etudes; Bach unaccompanied sonatas and standard concert repertoire, including concerti and sonatas by Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Brahms. Viola: All major and minor scales in three octaves; double stops; standard etudes including Kreutzer, Mazas, Bruni; Bach suites; all standard repertoire including Block suites, Brahms, Hindemith and Schubert. Cello: All major and minor scales and arpeggios in three octaves; double stops; standard etudes including Duport, Popper, Piatti. Solo literature will include selections by Bach, Beethoven, Boccherini, Brahms, Dvorak, Faure, Haydn, Saint-Saens, Shostakovich and Vivaldi. String Bass: All major and minor scales and arpeggios; Simandl Reinshagen, Bille, Storch, Hrabe etudes. Includes solo literature of Bottesini, Dittersdorf, Dragonetti, Koussevitzky, Hindemith, Marcello, Vivaldi and standard orchestral literature. Harp: Literature and techniques, with solo and ensemble performances. Etudes by Salzedo, Lariviere and standard concert works comparable to Ravel Introduction and Allegro, Salzedo Preludes, Prescetti Sonata and Pierne Impromptu CapriGuitar: Literature and technique of the guitar including studies by Shearer, Casassi, Guiliani, Torrega and Segovia, and solos by J. S. Bach, Carulli, De Visee, Fernando Sor and Paganini.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 135 - Woodwinds

    1-2 units
    Required each semester of upper division woodwind majors. Clarinet: Selections comparable to Mozart Clarinet Concerto, Brahms Sonatas and Weber Concertino. Saxophone: Comprehensive pedagogical approach to study of modern Saxophone technique from classical to jazz to avant-garde. Repertory comparable to Dahl Concerto, Woods Sonata, Wirth Indonesian Landscapes, Snyder Variations. Oboe: Selections comparable to Handel Concerto in G Minor. Haydn Oboe Concerto, Hindemith Oboe Sonata, Barret Oboe Studies. Double-reed construction is required. Flute: Selections comparable to Bach Sonata IV, Debussy Syrinx, Mozart concerti and Varese Density. Bassoon: Sonatas comparable to those of Etler, Saint-Saens and Mozart Sonata for Cello and Bassoon; concerti comparable to those of Weber, J. C. Bach, Mozart and Jacob, and representative excerpts from orchestral and chamber repertoire. Double-reed construction is required.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 135A - Woodwinds 5

    1-2 units
    APPLIED LESSONS: Woodwinds level 5. Required of BM woodwind majors every semester. Flute, oboe, saxophone, clarinet or bassoon. Upper division.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition and instructor consent, MUSC 35D  or equivalent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 135C - Woodwinds 7

    1-2 units
    APPLIED LESSONS: Woodwinds level 7. Required of BM woodwind majors every semester. Flute, oboe, saxophone, clarinet or bassoon. Upper division.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition and instructor consent, MUSC 135B  or equivalent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 135D - Woodwinds 8

    1-2 units
    APPLIED LESSONS: Woodwinds level 8. Required of BM woodwind majors every semester. Flute, oboe, saxophone, clarinet or bassoon. Upper division.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition and instructor consent, MUSC 135C  or equivalent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 136 - Brass

    1-2 units
    Required each semester of upper division brass majors. Trumpet: Selections comparable to Haydn Concerto, Hummel Concerto, Arutunian Concerto, Neruda Concerto and Hindemith Sonata. Trombone: Selections comparable to Concerto in B flat by Albrechtsberger or 15 Rhythmical Etudes by Bitsch. French Horn: Selections comparable to Concerto in E flat by Strauss, Concerti Nos. 2 and 4 by Mozart and Hindemith Sonata. Baritone Horn: Selections comparable to literature listed for trombone. Tuba: Selections comparable to Sonata Capriccioso by Takzcs, Concerto by Vaughn Williams and Suite No. 2 by Wilder.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 136A - Vocal-Instrumental Improvisation

    1 units
    Advanced vocal and instrumental private lessons. Development of performing skills in various styles, with emphasis on soloing, reading lead sheets and advanced levels of musicianship and musicality.

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 136B - Brass 5

    1-2 units
    APPLIED LESSONS: Brass level 5. Required of BM brass majors every semester. Trumpet, trombone, french horn, euphonium, tuba. Upper division.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition and instructor consent, MUSC 36D  or equivalent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 136D - Brass 7

    1-2 units
    APPLIED LESSONS: Brass level 7. Required of BM brass majors every semester. Trumpet, trombone, french horn, euphonium, tuba. Upper division.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition and instructor consent, MUSC 136C  or equivalent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 136E - Brass 8

    1-2 units
    APPLIED LESSONS: Brass level 8. Required of BM brass majors every semester. Trumpet, trombone, french horn, euphonium, tuba. Upper division.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition and instructor consent, MUSC 136D  or equivalent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 137 - Percussion

    1-2 units
    Required each semester of upper division percussion majors. Performance on timpani, keyboard percussion and snare drum as well as the accessory percussion instruments. Timpani etudes: Goodman, Firth, Cirone and the classical timpani repertoire. Keyboard repertoire includes Orchestral Mallet Player by Cirone. Goldenberg etudes, standard orchestral literature plus 4-mallet literature. Snare drum methods of Podemski, Whaley and Cirone and the standard orchestral literature.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 137A - Percussion 5

    1-2 units
    APPLIED LESSONS: Percussion level 5. Required of BM percussion majors every semester. Upper division.

    Course is repeatable for up to 2 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition and instructor consent, MUSC 37D  or equivalent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 138A - Composition

    1 units
    Private studio lessons. Advanced applications of the process needed to bring personal musical ideas and concepts to realities, such as compositions or arrangements in concert performance and video productions.

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 139A - Jazz Studies 5

    1-2 units
    APPLIED LESSONS: Jazz. Vocal or instrumental improvisation, composition or arranging, level 5. Required of BM Jazz Studies majors every semester. Upper Division.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition and instructor consent, MUSC 39D  or equivalent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 139C - Jazz Studies 7

    1-2 units
    APPLIED LESSONS: Jazz. Vocal or instrumental improvisation, composition or arranging, level 7. Required of BM Jazz Studies majors every semester. Upper division.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition and instructor consent, MUSC 139B  or equivalent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 139D - Jazz Studies 8

    1-2 units
    APPLIED LESSONS: Jazz. Vocal or instrumental improvisation, composition or arranging, level 8. Required of BM Jazz Studies majors every semester. Upper division.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition and instructor consent, MUSC 139C  or equivalent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 140B - Jazz Improvisation-II

    2 units
    Continuation of MUSC 40A  in greater depth and complexity: developing coherent solos and musical conversations, building bebop vocabulary, working with alternate melodic and rhythmic resources. Vocal, instrumental, and transcription exercises. In-class performance. Emphasis will be placed on bebop compositions, complex song forms, and rhythm changes. 

    Seminar 1 hour/activity 2 hours.

    Course is repeatable for up to 6 units.

    Pre/Corequisite(s): MUSC 2A , MUSC 2B , MUSC 6 , and MUSC 40A ; or equivalent. 
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 140C - Jazz Improvisation-III

    2 units
    Continuation of MUSC 140B  in greater depth and complexity: advanced transcription projects, style analysis, developing personal improvisatory style, advanced rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic techniques. Emphasis will be placed on complex jazz compositions-primarily those of Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, and Tom Harrell.

    Seminar 1 hour/activity 2 hours.

    Course is repeatable for up to 6 units.

    Pre/Corequisite(s):  MUSC 2A , MUSC 2B , MUSC 6 , and MUSC 40A ; or equivalent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 142 - REP: Art Song Repertoire

    1 units
    Content varies each semester, with focus on German, French, Italian and Spanish, English and American, or Russian, Polish, Slavic and Scandinavian literature. Performance practice, language, style and history.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 2 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or instructor consent. Seminar 1 hour/activity 2 hours.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 143 - REP: Collaborative Keyboard Performance

    1 units
    For piano majors who wish to broaden their pianistic skills by performing with singers and instrumentalists both in studio sessions and recital situations. A maximum of four units may be repeated.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 4 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 144 - REP: Solo Lit., Performance, Pedagogy

    1 units
    Performance of vocal or piano literature studied in studio lessons, with discussion of technique, pedagogy, recital preparation and interpretive, stylistic and linguistic aspects of literature in a master class setting to develop confidence and serve as a forum for exchange of ideas.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 9 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 145 - REP: Performance Concepts

    2 units
    Content varies to allow presentation of one-time courses by specialists from artist-faculty and guests. Repeatable for up to 4 units of credit when topic changes.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 6 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 146A - Pedagogy - Piano

    2 units
    For piano majors and established teachers who primarily wish to teach. Teaching techniques and application of these skills from elementary to most advanced levels.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 146B - Pedagogy - Percussion

    1 units
    Two projects chosen from the following areas: conducting, composition, clinics, orchestral repertoire, lesson plans, article, book or research projects.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division percussion majors only.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 147A - Beginning Conducting

    2 units
    Basic choral and instrumental conducting techniques.

    Misc/Lab: Seminar 1 hour/activity 2 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): Upper division standing or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 147B - Advanced Conducting: Instrumental

    2 units
    Advanced instrumental conducting techniques. Rehearsal and performance of instrumental groups under supervision.

    Misc/Lab: Seminar 1 hour/activity 2 hours.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 147A  or instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 147C - Advanced Conducting: Choral

    2 units
    Advanced choral conducting techniques. Rehearsal and performance of choral groups under supervision.

    Misc/Lab: Lecture 2 hours/Activity 2 hours.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 2 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 147A  or equivalent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 148A - Improvisational Traditions of the World - Africa and Diaspora

    2 units
    Selected topics in performance practice and social context of improvisational musics from African and African-Diaspora cultures: selected genres from Sub-Saharan Africa and their relations to Diasporic traditions in the Americas, the Caribbean, and elsewhere. In-class and/or public performances.

    Misc/Lab: Seminar 1 hour/activity 2 hours.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 4 units.

    Pre/Corequisite(s): MUSC 2A  and MUSC 2B  or equivalent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 148B - Improvisational Traditions of the World - Asia

    2 units
    Selected topics in performance and social context of improvisational musics of Asia: gamelan and/or other selected genres. In-class and/or public performances.

    Misc/Lab: Seminar 1 hour/activity 2 hours.

    Pre/Corequisite(s): MUSC 2A  and MUSC 2B  or equivalent.
    Grading: Graded

    Cross-listed with ASIA 148B . Music and Dance is responsible for scheduling.


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  • MUSC 150A - ENS: Concert Choir

    1 units
    Ensemble. Large select choral ensemble, specializing in advanced a cappella and symphonic major works from all periods.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 50A  or equivalent, audition and instructor consent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 151 - ENS: University Chorales

    1 units
    ENS: Rehearsal and performance of choral masterpieces and music with wide popular appeal. Students involved in the University Chorales will participate in either the SJSU Women’s Chorus, Men’s Glee Club, or other specialized choral ensemble and will have the opportunity to study and perform high quality choral literature.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 51  or equivalent, audition and instructor consent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 152 - ENS: Opera Theater

    1 units
    ENS: Training and performance experience in the field of opera. Fully-staged productions of one-act and conventional length works of varying styles.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 52  or equivalent. Audition and instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 153 - ENS: University Symphony Orchestra

    1 units
    ENS: Rehearsal and performance of standard orchestral and operatic repertory.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 53  or equivalent. Audition and instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 155 - Wind Ensemble

    1 units
    Major performing group open to all wind instrumentalists by audition. Select group that performs the most advanced and high quality contemporary and traditional literature for wind ensemble from all periods. Programming changes every semester. Performances can include but not be limited to state and national conferences.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 55  or equivalent. Instructor’s Consent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 156 - ENS: Spartan Marching Band

    2 units
    ENS: Open by permission to all students who play saxophone, brass or percussion instruments. Performs at all home and selected away Spartan football games.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 10 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 56  or equivalent. Audition and instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 157 - ENS: Jazz Orchestra

    1 units
    ENS: Big band jazz performance for instrumentalists and singers. Classic and new repertoire. Concert performances.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 57  or equivalent. Audition and instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 159 - ENS: Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble

    1 units
    ENS:Performance of Afro-Latin jazz and popular music repertoires of the US, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Ensemble techniques and solo improvisation. Concert performances.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 59  or equivalent. Audition and instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 160A - ENS: Choraliers

    1 units
    ENS: Small select chamber vocal group specializing in music from all periods, Renaissance to Contemporary. 

    Course is repeatable for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 60A  or equivalent. Audition and instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 160B - ENS: Chamber Orchestra

    1 units
    Study and performance of advanced literature for small orchestra, with music selected from a broad range of stylistic periods and composers.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 60B  or equivalent. Instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 160C - ENS: Chamber Music

    1 units
    ENS: In-depth chamber music study and performance of standard repertoire with two or more instruments plus piano.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition and instructor consent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 160D - ENS: Collegium Musicum

    1 units
    ENS: Reinforces music history studies through performance. Authenticating performance of pre-Classical music on period instruments and accurate vocal/instrumental practices. Vocal and instrumental, sacred and secular music performed.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 60D  or equivalent. Instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 160E - ENS: Jazz Singers

    1 units
    Performance of advanced literature for chamber jazz chorus in concerts, festivals, and special events. Performance techniques, improvisation, musicianship and studio-recording techniques.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 60E  or equivalent. Instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 160G - ENS: Pep Band

    1 units
    Limited to twenty-five woodwind, brass and percussion players; performs at home Spartan basketball games and certain campus functions. 

    Course is repeatable for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 60G  or equivalent. Instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 160I - ENS: Jazz Ensemble

    1 units
    ENS: Large jazz ensemble focused on learning standard repertoire, style, pedagogy and improvisation.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): Audition and instructor consent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 160J - ENS: String Ensemble

    1 units
    Chamber works for various string combinations studied and performed. Rehearsal and performance techniques for small chamber groups.

    Course is repeatable for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 60J  or equivalent. Instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 160K - ENS: Brass Ensemble

    1 units
    Performance of duet, trio, quartet and quintet literature for mixed and homogeneous brass instruments. Literature used represents all style periods with either original or transcription materials.

    Course is repeatable for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 60K  or equivalent. Instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 160L - Woodwind Ensemble

    1 units
    Chamber works for various woodwind combinations. Rehearsal and performance techniques for small chamber groups.

    Course is repeatable for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 60L  or equivalent. Instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 160M - ENS: Saxophone Ensemble

    1 units
    Overview of music for saxophone ensemble for two to twenty players. All styles studied from Renaissance to Jazz.

    Course is repeatable for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 60M  or equivalent. Instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 160O - Trombone Ensemble

    1 units
    Rehearsal and performance of literature for trombone ensemble. Weekly meetings will also include discussion of brass related topics.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): MUSC 60O  or equivalent. Instructor consent
    Grading: Graded


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  • MUSC 161 - REP: Styles and Interpretation of Opera I

    1 units
    REP: Introduction to styles of opera composition and presentation focusing on opera scenes being presented by the Opera Theater.

    Course may be repeated for credit for up to 5 units.

    Prerequisite(s): 61 or equivalent. Audition and instructor consent.
    Grading: Graded


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