Chabot College
Course Outline for Music 15
JAZZ BAND
Fall 2001
Changed to Music 15A
Fall 2006
Catalog Description:
15 - Jazz Band 2 units
May be repeated 3 times
Reading, preparation and performance of contemporary jazz music arranged for standard Jazz Big
Band. Opportunities to arrange and compose for the band as well as to conduct. 4 hours
Prerequisite Skills:
None
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of the course, the student should:
1. demonstrate advanced facility and technique in performing jazz literature;
2 demonstrate advanced facility and technique in jazz improvisation;
3. demonstrate a comprehension of various jazz styles including Swing, Latin, Fusion and
Contemporary;
4. demonstrate an appreciation of advanced ensemble performance techniques;
5. demonstrate an awareness of individual responsibility to the success of ensemble performance;
6. demonstrate improved skills at arranging, composing, conducting.
Course Content:
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Music selected from various stylistic and historical periods of jazz music literature
Advanced approaches to perceptive listening
Music production and concert promotion
Advanced music theory and arranging
Arranging
Composing
Conducting
Methods of Presentation:
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Group rehearsal
Individual performance
Lecture
Use of recordings
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
1. Typical Assignments
a. Prepare a ten-minute performance demonstrating either Latin, Swing or Fusion jazz style.
b. Compose an original arrangement of a musical composition from the standard jazz repertoire.
Chabot College
Course Outline for Music 15, Page 2
Fall 2001
2. Methods of Evaluating Student Progress
a. Overall musical contribution of musicianship to the ensemble
b. Attendance
c. Participation
d. Musical growth
Textbook(s) (Typical):
None
Special Student Materials:
None
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