Prerequisites: Ability to read music and play a standard jazz musical instrument.

Participate and perform in small and large jazz ensembles. Includes sight reading, jazz chord theory, and improvisation. Participation in concert is required. May be taken a total of four (4) times for credit. Applies to Associate Degree.

Prerequisites: Ability to perform on a standard band instrument.

Provide a setting for wind and percussion instrumentalists who aspire to focus on standard wind ensemble and symphonic band repertoire. Rehearses and performs in public concerts. May be taken four (4) times for credit. Applies to Associate Degree. 

Prerequisites: By audition on a standard orchestra instrument.

Provides a venue in which intermediate and advanced orchestral instrumentalists can rehearse and perform. Focuses on orchestral performance practices covering wide stylistic eras from Baroque to the modern. May be taken for a total of four (4) times for credit. Applies to Associate Degree. 

Overview: The MUS M25A-D series is for students seeking proficiency in piano playing.  Students will learn how to read musical notation, play scales, and will apply their technical skills through the performance of repertoire. 

MUS M25A: Provides piano instruction for students with little or no prior piano experience. Includes the fundamentals of piano playing, music reading, technique, improvisation, scales, chords, and simple piano literature. Applies to Associate Degree.

MUS M25B: Reinforces the fundamentals of piano playing, including music reading techniques, articulation, improvisation, scales, chords, and simple piano literature. Emphasizes the further development of independence of hands. Introduces sharp key signature and harmony. Requires students to enter with some basic music reading ability and hand coordination at the piano keyboard. Applies to Associate Degree.

MUS M25C: Provides further development of greater independence of hands and reinforces the fundamentals of expressive piano playing at the early intermediate level. Includes an overview and study of the didactic works of the major important composers at the early-intermediate level, with emphasis on historically accurate interpretation. Applies to Associate Degree.

MUS M25D: Provides further development of greater independence of hands and reinforces the fundamentals of expressive piano playing at the later-intermediate level, including music reading, technique, improvisation, scales, and chords. Includes an overview and study of the didactic works of the major important composers at the later-intermediate level, with emphasis on historically accurate interpretation.