Contra Costa College
Course Outline
Department & Number
Course Title
Prerequisite
MUSIC 190A
Music Production: Fundamentals
Number of Weeks per term
Lecture HBA
Lab HBA
Challenge Policy
Units
18
9-54
0-135
.5-5.5
Advisory
Hours per term.
*HOURS BY ARRANGEMENT: 9-189
ACTIVITIES: (Please provide a list of the activities students will perform in order to satisfy the HBA requirement):
Individual and group concert attendance
Individual and group concert presentation
Individual and group concert marketing
Individual and group concert production
Individual and group rehearsal
Individual and group research
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course introduces students to concert planning and organizational decisions when performing
selected works of noted composers.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the completion of the course the student will be able to:
1. Evaluate a concert’s visual presentation.
2. Evaluate a concert’s organization.
3. Demonstrate the ability to facilitate quality musical performances.
4. Assemble and operate a small sound reinforcement system
5. Demonstrate efficient lobby and usher procedures.
6. Create a simple concert organization schedule, detailing equipment load-in, set-up, break-down, and
load-out.
COURSE CONTENT: (In detail; attach additional information as needed and include percentage breakdown)
Observation of collegiate performances and presentations.
Critical analysis of performances and presentations.
Research, study, and/or performance of noted composers.
Concert production project
Development of musicianship through simple beginning applied music project.
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Lecture, demonstration, collaborative learning, research, presentation evaluation.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Textbook Title:
Author:
Publisher:
Edition/Date:
Textbook
Title:
Textbook Title:
Author:
Publisher:
Edition/Date:
This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring: “A Practical Guide
to Creating, Selling, Organizing, and Staging Concerts”
Ray D. Waddell, Rich Barnet, Jake Berry
Billboard Books
2007
Materials to be determined on a semester basis from all musical
repertoire
Successful Secrets of Festival, Concert and Special Event Productions
N. Skye McCloud
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
2010
NOTE: To be UC transferable, the text must be dated within the last 5 years OR a statement of justification for a text beyond the last 5
years must be included.
COURSE EXPECTATIONS (Use applicable expectations)
Outside of Class Weekly Assignments
Weekly Reading Assignments
Weekly Writing Assignments
Weekly Math Problems
Lab or Software Application Assignments
Other Performance Assignments
Hours per week
.5-1
.5-2
.5-3
STUDENT EVALUATION: (Show percentage breakdown for evaluation instruments)
30
20
50
%
%
%
Performance
Written assignments
Project
GRADING POLICY (Choose LG, CR/NC, or SC)
Letter Grade
Pass / No Pass
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
70% and above = Pass
Below 70% = No Pass
Prepared by:
S. Austin
Date:
S14
Form Revised 10/09
X
Student Choice
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
or
70% and above = Pass
Below 70% = No Pass
CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE
Course-Level
Student Learning Outcomes with Assessment Methods and Criteria
Department/Course Number:
MUSIC 190A
Date: 9/2013
Course Title: Music Production/Concert Set: Production Fundamentals
Is this course required for completion of a degree, major(s), or certificate program(s)?
If yes, which degree/major(s)/certificate program(s)?
Degree: X AA
AS
Major(s):
Music
Certificate of Achievement?
Certificate of Achievement?
Certificate of Achievement?
Certificate(s) of Accomplishment:
X Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
X No
No
No
Does this course satisfy a GE requirement(s)?
Yes
X No
If yes, which requirement(s)?
A. Language & Rationality
English Composition
Oral Communication & Critical Thinking
B. Natural Science w/ Lab
H. Physical Education Activity
C. Arts and Humanities
I. Mathematics Proficiency
D. Social Sciences
J. Computer Literacy
F. American Institutions
K. Cultural Pluralism
G. Health Education
L. Information Competency
Intended Outcome
1. Students will
demonstrate their ability
to assemble and operate
a small sound
reinforcement system.
2.
Assessment Method
Each student will set-up
monitors, microphones, and
cords for a rehearsal. They will
sound check singers and balance
the microphones.
Assessment Criteria
At least 75% of the students will
correctly demonstrate cord
connectivity and microphone balance
with 70% accuracy.
3.
4.
5.
You may have more (or fewer) than five outcomes. Attach separate pages as needed.
Please print this page out as a separate form