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ANOKA-RAMSEY MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Music Courses

• Music Appreciation (MUSC 1100) - The study of music and its relation to culture and society.

• Introduction to World Music (MUSC 1101) - Explore music as an art form and cultural influence in diverse, non-Western societies throughout the world.

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• Class Guitar (MUSC 1102) - Basic Guitar techniques covering chords and elementary music reading.

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• Class Piano (MUSC1103) - Basic Piano techniques covering basic keyboard skills and music reading.

• Fundamentals of Music (MUSC 1104) - Basic introduction to music notation and reading, including instruction in note reading, rhythm, scales, intervals triads, and piano keyboard.

• Applied Lesson (MUSC 1105) - Private instruction in music. Fifteen half-hour lessons per semester

  • A - Voice

  • B - Piano

  • C - Organ

  • D - Brass

  • E - Strings

  • F - Woodwind

  • G - Percussion

  • H - Guitar
    

• College Band (MUSC 1106) - Organization that performs a variety of concert band literature and is open to all students.

• String Orchestra (MUSC 1107) - String Orchestra rehearses a variety of orchestra literature for study and performance. Ensemble is open to all students that play and read music for violin, viola, cello and string bass.

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• College Chorus (MUSC 1108) - Mixed chorus that rehearses and performs a variety of choral literature from classical to popular songs.

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• Singing 101 (MUSC 1109) - Learn to develop the voice as an instrument and learn basic fundamentals of music as well as diversity of singing styles and music history.

• History of Rock and Roll (MUSC 1110) - A social history of the development of Rock and Roll from its beginnings to the present

• Jazz History (MUSC 1111) - The study of the evolution of Jazz in America.   From its beginnings to the present.

• Music Theory I (MUSC 1116) - Fundamentals of music, scales, chords, notation, chord grammar, rhythmic and melodic dictation, and sight singing

• Aural Comprehension I (MUSC 1117) - Aural Comprehension prepares the ear to perceive and identify both large and small patterns in music through ear training,
  sight-singing and rhythmic performance.

• Music Business: Marketing, Promotion, Publishing, Recording (MUSC 1120) 
  An introduction to the music industry.  Topics covered include contracts, business structures and basic business essentials, band names, publicity and advertising, and the role of agents and managers.

• Piano Proficiency Preparation (MUSC 1123) - This course is designed for students pursuing the AFA-Music degree to prepare them to take the piano proficiency exam. Music reading is a requirement.

• Music Theory (MUSC 1126) - Continuation of Music 1116.  Advanced study of scales, chords, notation, chord grammar, ear training and sight singing.

• Aural Comprehension II (MUSC 1127) - Continuation of Music 1117. Aural Comprehension prepares the ear to perceive and identify both large and small patterns in music through ear training, sight-singing and rhythmic performance.

• Jazz Ensemble (MUSC 1146) - Concert ensemble that rehearses and performs a variety of jazz band literature.

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• Musical Theatre Ensemble (MUSC 1147) - An instrumental ensemble performing music to accompany the yearly musical production.

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• Vocal Ensemble - Chamber Singers (MUSC 1148) - Performance and training in repertoire for the small vocal ensemble called Chamber Singers.

• Guitar Ensemble (MUSC 1149) - Guitar Ensemble is an ensemble that performs a variety of guitar ensemble literature and is open to students who play the guitar, bass guitar, or upright bass and read standard music notation.

• AFA Applied Lesson (MUSC 1150) - For students pursuing the Associates in Fine Arts degree  (AFA).  Private instruction in music. Fifteen half-hour lessons per semester

  • A - Voice

  • B - Piano

  • C - Organ

  • D - Brass

  • E - Strings

  • F - Woodwind

  • G - Percussion

  • H - Guitar

• Applied Lesson (MUSC 2105) -  Private instruction in music. Fifteen hour lessons per semester.  Permission required

  • A - Voice

  • B - Piano

  • C - Organ

  • D - Brass

  • E - Strings

  • F - Woodwind

  • G - Percussion

  • H - Guitar

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• Introduction to Music Education (MUSC 2115) - Introduction to Music Education will give students the opportunity to study current teaching strategies, philosophies of teaching, plan lessons, observe music educators in the field, investigate current technologies used in classrooms, and gain an overview of the field of music education.

• Introduction to Music Therapy (MUSC 2135) - Introduction to music therapy is the study of the history and theory of music therapy.  The focus of the course will also be on adapting musical skills to working within a therapeutic process.
   

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• Chamber Ensembles (MUSC 2145) - Chamber music is a performance class. Students will be assigned to small groups (duets, trios, etc), in which they will learn to select appropriate repertoire and develop rehearsal skills.

• AFA Applied Lesson (MUSC 2150) - For students pursuing the Associates in Fine Arts degree  (AFA).  Private instruction in music. Fifteen hour lessons per semester.  Permission required

  • A - Voice

  • B - Piano

  • C - Organ

  • D - Brass

  • E - Strings

  • F - Woodwind

  • G - Percussion

  • H - Guitar

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• Music History (MUSC 2201) - This course provides information concerning the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical Eras of music history.

• Music History (MUSC  2202) -This course covers the history of music of the Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth Century of musical styles, including American music and jazz.

• Advanced Music Theory (MUSC  2216) - Continuation of Music 1126. Designed for four-part harmonization, voice leading and expansion of basic progressions through inversions, secondary chords, modulation, non-harmonic tones, chromatic and melodic harmony with appropriate ear-training and keyboard work. Analysis of compositions of all periods.

• Advanced Aural Comprehension I (MUSC 2217) - Continuation of Music 1127. Advanced Aural Comprehension continues to prepare the ear to perceive and identify both large and small patterns in music through ear training, sight-singing and rhythmic performance.
   

• Advanced Music Theory (MUSC  2226) - Continuation of Music 2216.  An in-depth study of form in music: two-part binary, three-part ternary, two-voice eighteenth-century counterpoint, the fugue, etc.

• Advanced Aural Comprehension II (MUSC 2227) - Continuation of Music 2217. Advanced Aural Comprehension continues to prepare the ear to perceive and identify both large and small patterns in music through ear training, sight-singing and rhythmic performance.