| This course introduces students to the instruments
and vocal parts commonly used in public school
music education settings. Topics include tuning,
ranges, playing techniques, timbres, text/dramatic
elements, and idiomatic utilization by
composers/arrangers in relevant repertoire. This
broad introduction is conveyed through readings on
individual instruments and their families,
listening and analysis, and arranging assignments.
This then serves as the basic knowledge necessary
for the student to creatively write and arrange
for these voices, instruments, alone and in
combination. 2 credits. |