Course Descriptions

Major course topics include a study of scales, intervals, key signatures, meters, rhythmic reading, and chords. This course is for students with little or no background in music performance or theory. This course carries SUNY General Education The Arts credit.

• Music
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

An introductory course designed for the general student and for individuals majoring in Music or Music Recording. Students learn the fundamentals of harmony, music reading, part-writing in root position, simple chorale analysis, keyboard skills, and sight singing. Attendance at one hour of keyboard lab weekly is required in addition to the lectures. This course carries SUNY General Education Humanities credit. Prerequisite: A score of 13 or higher on the Theory Placement Exam or MUS-105. Co-requisite: MUS-106L.

• Music
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

An introductory course designed for individuals majoring in Music or Music Recording to amplify the material covered in the lecture portion. Course specific skills developed include sight-singing and ear training. This course carries SUNY General Education The Arts credit. Co-requisite: MUS-106.

• Music
• 1 Credit(s)
• (2) Contact Hour(s)

This course is a continuation of Music Theory I. Concepts include a continuation of part-writing triads, a study of chord and non-chord tone function in tonal system, analyses of chorales and easy keyboard literature of the 18th and 19th centuries. Attendance at one hour of keyboard lab weekly is required in addition to the lectures. Prerequisite: Take MUS-106 with a Minimum Grade of C-. Co-requisite: MUS-107L.

• Music
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

This course is a continuation of Music Theory Aural Lab I, designed for individuals majoring in Music and Music Recording. Course content amplifies the material covered in the lecture portion. Course specific skills developed include sight-singing and ear training. Prerequisite: Take MUS-106L with a Minimum Grade of C-. Co-requisite: MUS-107.

• Music
• 1 Credit(s)
• (2) Contact Hour(s)

A select group of students chosen annually through audition and with the approval of instructor, who perform jazz and pop standards in concerts each semester. Prerequisite: Audition and approval of instructor.

• Music
• 1 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

This is a survey course that traces the history of British and American rock music. Beginning with its roots in jazz, rhythm and blues, and country and western music, the course traces the development of Rock to the present day and examines the cultural, economic, and social contexts of the music. We will study the music of Chuck Berry, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Nirvana, and many more artists. This course carries SUNY General Education The Arts credit.

• Music
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

A study of masterpieces of Western Music Literature intended for students with little or no background in music. Students will be introduced to musical terms, forms, styles, genres, and historical periods in order to develop a theoretical and practical understanding of how music works.

• Music
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

The complimentary study (with MUS 111) of canonic pieces of Western Music Literature as well as critical issues involved in the assertion of canonicity or "greatness". Students will consider a number of genres including concerti, opera, and symphony.

• Music
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

Members rehearse and perform guitar instrumental arrangements.

• Music
• 1 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

Members rehearse and perform percussion instrumental arrangements.

• Music
• 1 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

A mixed chorus of about seventy singers from both the College and community; performs large choral works from all principal style periods in concerts each semester.

• Music
• 1 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

A select group of about twenty-four community members and students chosen annually through audition, who perform a cappella works and music for chamber chorus in concerts each semester.

• Music
• 1 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

College Singers is a course offered to students who have at least one semester of chorale ensemble experience. It is designed to develop students' overall musical skills as well as their ability to successfully rehearse and perform wide variety of choral literature in concerts at the end of each semester.

• Music
• 1 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

Members rehearse and perform contemporary jazz/rock arrangements and originals. Instrumental ability and some band experience are required.

• Music
• 1 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

A concert band comprised of instrumentalists from both the College and community which performs major compositions for wind ensemble as well as band transcriptions. Prerequisite: Successful completion of high school band program or permission of instructor.

• Music
• 1 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

Instruction in Piano. All students who take applied music as an elective pay for the lessons in addition to the tuition charge. A minimum of twelve, forty-five minute lessons is required per semester for a single academic credit. Students are required to play a performance examination at the end of each term. This course carries SUNY General Education The Arts credit.

• Music
• 1 Credit(s)
• (1) Contact Hour(s)

Instruction in Voice. All students who take applied music as an elective pay for the lessons in addition to the tuition charge. A minimum of twelve forty-five minute lessons is required per semester for a single academic credit. Students are required to play a performance examination at the end of each term. This course carries SUNY General Education The Arts credit.

• Music
• 1 Credit(s)
• (1) Contact Hour(s)

Instruction in Trumpet. All students who take applied music as an elective pay for the lessons in addition to the tuition charge. A minimum of twelve, forty-five minute lessons is required per semester for a single academic credit. Students are required to play a performance examination at the end of each term. This course carries SUNY General Education The Arts credit.

• Music
• 1 Credit(s)
• (1) Contact Hour(s)

Instruction in Flute. All students who take applied music as an elective pay for the lessons in addition to the tuition charge. A minimum of twelve, forty-five minute lessons is required per semester for a single academic credit. Students are required to play a performance examination at the end of each term. This course carries SUNY General Education The Arts credit.

• Music
• 1 Credit(s)
• (1) Contact Hour(s)