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  • 1.00 - 2.00 Credits

    The SRU Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble is comprised of tuba and euphonium players who rehearse and perform a variety of music written for tuba-euphonium ensemble. This is open to all students regardless of major or area of emphasis. One to two credits for every semester of satisfactory participation is granted for this music performance group. The course may be repeated up to 10 times. Additional repeats are possible with a waiver from the department chairperson. The ensemble is also available without credit.
  • 1.00 - 2.00 Credits

    The SRU Jazz Lab Band is a rehearsal ensemble that performs one concert per academic semester. The group does require an audition which takes place in the first week of the Fall semester. If openings occur in the Spring semester, the director will hold an audition for the open seats only. The ensemble rehearses big band literature from every stylistic period in jazz history. The focus of the course is on developing sight-reading, jazz performance practice and techniques, stylistic interpretation, foundational ensemble techniques, jazz band rehearsal techniques, and exposure to the literature, history, and composers of jazz music. This is open to all students regardless of major or area of emphasis. One to two credits for every semester of satisfactory participation is granted for this music performance group. The course may be repeated up to 10 times. Additional repeats are possible with a waiver from the department chairperson. The ensemble is also available without credit.
  • 1.00 - 2.00 Credits

    The SRU World Percussion Ensemble rehearses and performs the percussion music of cultures outside of Western Europe and the United States, concentrating on, but not exclusive to, the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico), Asia (Japan, lndia, and Korea), South America (Brazil), and West Africa. Students learn the instruments, techniques, some choreography (when appropriate), and musical styles in multiple genres for at least one public performance each academic semester. The ensemble rehearses and performs on authentic instruments (whenever possible) or modern, commercially available substitutes. This is open to all students regardless of major or area of emphasis. One to two credits for every semester of satisfactory participation is granted for this music performance group. The course may be repeated up to 10 times. Additional repeats a re possible with a waiver from the department chairperson. The ensemble is also available without credit.
  • 1.00 - 6.00 Credits

    A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.
  • 1.00 - 2.00 Credits

    The Slippery Rock University Winter Guard is the indoor color guard performing ensemble. In this performing ensemble, students will combine the use of flags, sabers, mock rifles, and other equipment, as well as dance and interpretive movement, in shows for public performance and competition. Held in the spring semester the group performs in competition as part of the indoor marching arts circuit as well as for campus and community events. The course may be repeated up to 5 times. Additional repeats are possible with a waiver from the department chairperson.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.
  • 1.00 - 2.00 Credits

    In this study of language diction for singers, students will learn the International Phonetic Alphabet and apply it to the singing of English and Italian songs. The course is open to all voice majors.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Planning and preparation of half time shows using computer assisted design software and the "corps style" approach. Leadership skills, marching band pedagogy, and hand charting techniques will also be studied.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Explores the musical contributions of women, a group often excluded from studies of music history, from the Middle Ages to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the changing roles of and attitudes towards women as composers, performers, teachers, writers, patrons, and instrument-builders. Focus will be on the music itself, as well as reception history and historical and sociological context. There will also be discussion on the role of gender in shaping musical ideology and experiences.
  • 2.00 Credits

    A study of the fundamental concepts needed to play and teach beginning orchestral string instruments. No previous experience required. Instruments are provided by the university.