Course Syllabus

MUSC 1116 Symphonic Band I

Course Description

Students will meet weekly to rehearse and refine concert band music selected by the instructor. Rehearsals will culminate in performance where students will demonstrate technical accuracy and expressive musicality. Membership is open without audition.

Justification

Ensemble credits must be offered by NASM accredited schools of music. 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 is similar to courses offered at most two and four-year institutions.

General Education Outcomes

1. A student who completes the GE curriculum has a fundamental knowledge of human cultures and the natural world. 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 and research effectively within disciplines. Students who complete this course will submit a detailed research project, analyzing one of the major works performed each semester.
3. A student who completes the GE curriculum can draw from multiple disciplines to address complex problems. Students who complete this will course regularly be called upon to recognize and rectify multifaceted problems that are a typical part of the rehearsal process. They will be asked to consider expressive possibilities as they relate to the historical and cultural origin of the works they perform.
4. A student who completes the GE curriculum can reason analytically, critically, and creatively. Students who complete this course will analyze and critique 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.

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.  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.  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.  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 critically analyze their performance through the submission of self-reflective written assignments.
3. Students will 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.
Skills developed may include:
Intonation
Rhythmic accuracy
Sight reading and music literacy
Ensemble coordination
Dynamic control