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Your search for courses · during 2023-24 · tagged with MUSC Ensemble · returned 9 results

  • MUSC 185 Carleton Choir 1 credits

    The Carleton Choir, the cornerstone of the choral program, is a select mixed chorus of Carleton students. Each term, the ensemble presents a concert of short and extended works from the large bodies of classical, ethnic, and cultural repertories, including works for mixed, treble, and tenor-bass voices. Concerts are sometimes repeated off campus. Students must have good vocal skills, music reading ability, and a high degree of interest in performing quality choral music. Admission is by audition.

    • Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024
    • Arts Practice
    • Audition

    • Music Ensemble
    • MUSC  185.00 Fall 2023

    • Faculty:Matthew Olson 🏫 👤
    • Size:70
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • M, WWeitz Center M215 4:45pm-6:00pm
    • MUSC  185.00 Winter 2024

    • Faculty: Staff
    • Size:70
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • M, WWeitz Center M215 4:45pm-6:00pm
    • MUSC  185.00 Spring 2024

    • Faculty:Matthew Olson 🏫 👤
    • Size:70
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • M, WWeitz Center M215 4:45pm-6:00pm
  • MUSC 186 Carleton Chamber Choir 1 credits

    The Carleton Chamber Choir is a select, mixed ensemble performing challenging choral music from the Renaissance era to the twenty first century. Admission is by audition and membership in the Carleton Choir (MUSC 185) is also required. Except in rare instances, Chamber Choir singers are expected to commit to all three terms in a given academic year. One weekly TBD sectional rehearsal in addition to the Thursday 5-6:30PM meeting time.

    By Audition only, requires concurrent registation in MUSC 185

    • Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024
    • Arts Practice
    • Requires concurrent registration in Music 185

    • Music Ensemble
    • MUSC  186.00 Fall 2023

    • Faculty:Matthew Olson 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • THWeitz Center M215 4:45pm-6:15pm
    • MUSC  186.00 Winter 2024

    • Faculty: Staff
    • Size:30
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • THWeitz Center M215 4:45pm-6:15pm
    • MUSC  186.00 Spring 2024

    • Faculty:Matthew Olson 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • THWeitz Center M215 4:45pm-6:15pm
  • MUSC 187 Carleton Orchestra 1 credits

    The Carleton Orchestra performs large symphonic masterpieces, such as Beethoven, Stravinsky and Bernstein. Concerti with students and faculty soloists, and smaller works for string and wind ensembles are also performed. Occasional sight-reading sessions. Admission by audition.

    • Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024
    • Arts Practice
    • Music Ensemble
    • MUSC  187.00 Fall 2023

    • Faculty: Staff
    • Size:100
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • Weitz Center M104 6:30pm-8:00pm
    • MUSC  187.00 Winter 2024

    • Faculty: Staff
    • Size:100
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • Weitz Center M104 6:30pm-8:00pm
    • MUSC  187.00 Spring 2024

    • Faculty: Staff
    • Size:100
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • Weitz Center M104 6:30pm-8:00pm
  • MUSC 188 Carleton Chinese Music Ensemble 1 credits

    The ensemble will use indigenous instruments and a Chinese approach to musical training in order to learn and perform music from China. In addition to the Wednesday meeting time, there will be one sectional rehearsal each week.

    • Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024
    • Arts Practice International Studies
    • Previous experience in a music ensemble, Chinese Musical instruments or instructor permission

    • Music Ensemble
    • MUSC  188.00 Fall 2023

    • Faculty:Gao Hong 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • WWeitz Center M104 4:30pm-6:00pm
    • MUSC  188.00 Winter 2024

    • Faculty:Gao Hong 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • WWeitz Center M104 4:30pm-6:00pm
    • MUSC  188.00 Spring 2024

    • Faculty:Gao Hong 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • WWeitz Center M104 4:30pm-6:00pm
    • WWeitz Center M032 4:30pm-6:00pm
  • MUSC 189 Carleton Symphony Band 1 credits

    The Carleton Symphony Band performs music selected from the standard and contemporary repertory, including compositions by Holst, Masianka, Arnold and others. Regular sight-reading sessions. Admission by audition.

    • Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024
    • Arts Practice
    • Music Ensemble
    • MUSC  189.00 Fall 2023

    • Faculty:Lauren Visel 🏫 👤
    • Size:100
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • M, WWeitz Center M126 4:00pm-5:30pm
    • FWeitz Center M126 3:30pm-5:00pm
    • MUSC  189.00 Winter 2024

    • Faculty:Lauren Visel 🏫 👤
    • Size:100
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • M, WWeitz Center M126 4:00pm-5:30pm
    • FWeitz Center M126 3:30pm-5:00pm
    • MUSC  189.00 Spring 2024

    • Faculty:Lauren Visel 🏫 👤
    • Size:100
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • M, WWeitz Center M126 4:00pm-5:30pm
    • FWeitz Center M126 3:30pm-5:00pm
  • MUSC 190 Carleton Jazz Ensemble 1 credits

    The Carleton Jazz Ensemble’s focus is on improvisation and the fusion between jazz, rock, funk, and Latin influences. There is no predetermined instrumentation. Rather, the ensemble’s size and instrumentation vary each term. String players, vocalists, and any brass or woodwind instrumentalists are welcome to register. The ensemble performs once each term.

    Admission by audition.

    • Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024
    • Arts Practice
    • Admission by audition

    • Music Ensemble
    • MUSC  190.00 Fall 2023

    • Faculty:Laura Caviani 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MWeitz Center M126 6:30pm-8:00pm
    • WWeitz Center M126 6:30pm-8:00pm
    • MUSC  190.00 Winter 2024

    • Faculty:Laura Caviani 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MWeitz Center M126 6:30pm-8:00pm
    • WWeitz Center M126 6:30pm-8:00pm
    • MUSC  190.00 Spring 2024

    • Faculty: Staff
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MWeitz Center M126 6:30pm-8:00pm
    • WWeitz Center M126 6:30pm-8:00pm
  • MUSC 192 West African Drum Ensemble 1 credits

    Participants will learn basic playing techniques, drum patterns, and polyrhythmic structures by playing in djembe-centered percussion ensembles based on repertoire from Mali. The teaching and learning style will be primarily oral/aural and “by doing”. Course objectives include an informal public performance toward the end of the semester. A highlight will be rehearsing and a brief but intense joint performance with a group of professional guest artists from Mali, who will share their concert stage with us for a piece.

    • Spring 2024
    • Arts Practice International Studies
    • Prior experience in drumming/percussion is helpful but not required. A division into subgroups (e.g., beginners and advanced) is possible according to need.

    • Acad Cvc Engmnt/Appl Africana Studies Arts Practice Music Ensemble
    • MUSC  192.00 Spring 2024

    • Faculty:Dave Schmalenberger 🏫 👤
    • Size:15
    • T, THWeitz Center M027 3:10pm-4:10pm
  • MUSC 194 Chamber Music 1 credits

    Small group study and performance of instrumental and/or vocal chamber music from the western art music or non-western/folk repertory. Groups are usually formed by students prior to registration, and should consist of 3-8 musicians. Student groups are coached weekly by specialized music faculty, and participate in an end-of-term performance. Students must be registered, may not audit, and can register for only one group per term.

    • Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024
    • Arts Practice
    • At least one term of applied music lessons at Carleton, or co-registration in applied music lessons, or permission of instructor

    • MUSC  194.00 Fall 2023

    • Faculty:Nikki Melville 🏫 👤 · Staff
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.01 Fall 2023

    • Faculty: Staff
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.02 Fall 2023

    • Faculty: Staff
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.03 Fall 2023

    • Faculty:Natalia Moiseeva 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.04 Fall 2023

    • Faculty:Hector Valdivia 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.00 Winter 2024

    • Faculty:Nikki Melville 🏫 👤 · Staff
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.01 Winter 2024

    • Faculty:Mark Kreitzer 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.02 Winter 2024

    • Faculty: Staff
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.03 Winter 2024

    • Faculty:Natalia Moiseeva 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.04 Winter 2024

    • Faculty:Hector Valdivia 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.05 Winter 2024

    • Faculty: Staff
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.00 Spring 2024

    • Faculty:Nikki Melville 🏫 👤 · Staff
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.01 Spring 2024

    • Faculty:Thomas Rosenberg 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.03 Spring 2024

    • Faculty:Mark Kreitzer 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.04 Spring 2024

    • Faculty:Nina Olsen 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.05 Spring 2024

    • Faculty:Gao Hong 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.06 Spring 2024

    • Faculty:Hector Valdivia 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.08 Spring 2024

    • Faculty:Natalia Moiseeva 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.09 Spring 2024

    • Faculty: Staff
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  194.10 Spring 2024

    • Faculty:Andrea Mazzariello 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
  • MUSC 195 Jazz Chamber Music 1 credits

    Small groups participate in the study and performance of instrumental and/or vocal jazz chamber music. Groups are usually formed by students prior to registration, and should usually consist of 3-8 students. Groups rehearse independently, and are coached weekly by jazz music faculty; all groups participate in an end-of-term performance. Students must register, and may not audit; students register for only one group, but may participate in two groups with permission of instructor.

    • Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024
    • Arts Practice
    • At least one term of applied music lessons at Carleton, or co-registration in applied music lessons, or permission of instructor

    • Music Ensemble
    • MUSC  195.01 Fall 2023

    • Faculty:Laura Caviani 🏫 👤
    • Size:100
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • TWeitz Center M126 5:00pm-6:30pm
    • MUSC  195.02 Fall 2023

    • Faculty:Zacc Harris 🏫 👤
    • Size:100
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  195.01 Winter 2024

    • Faculty:Laura Caviani 🏫 👤
    • Size:100
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  195.02 Winter 2024

    • Faculty:Zacc Harris 🏫 👤
    • Size:100
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  195.03 Winter 2024

    • Faculty:Dave Schmalenberger 🏫 👤
    • Size:100
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  195.04 Winter 2024

    • Faculty:Christopher Thomson 🏫 👤
    • Size:100
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  195.02 Spring 2024

    • Faculty:Zacc Harris 🏫 👤
    • Size:100
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  195.03 Spring 2024

    • Faculty:Greg Byers 🏫 👤
    • Size:100
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  195.04 Spring 2024

    • Faculty:Christopher Thomson 🏫 👤
    • Size:100
    • Grading:S/CR/NC

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