Associate Degree in Music at Essex County College |
Essex County College
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Essex County College is a Public, 2-year Associate's--Public Urban-serving Multicampus with 10,995 students in Newark, NJ.
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This school offers the following degree levels:
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate, Associate degree |
| Also, students of this school are eligible for federal aid such as Pell Grants and Direct Loans from the US Department of Education. |
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Mission:
Essex County College, an open access community college, serves the dynamic needs of diverse constituencies through comprehensive educational programs and services. |
Essex County College
Associate degree
Music
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Why major in Music?
This program allows students to secure the first two years of a four-year program in music. Completion of this program is the first step toward gaining a position such as teacher, supervisor, or director of choral, instrumental, and/or theater production programs within middle schools, junior high and senior high schools, as well as in choral and instrumental organizations. Numerous full-time teaching positions exist in public and private schools for music education majors.
Upon completion of this program, graduates will be able to:
Demonstrate ability to read music, transpose music, write harmonic patterns, provide simple melodic accompaniments, and compose music;
Identify intervals, meters, rhythms, scales, and chords, and also sight read melodies and various rhythms;
Apply all knowledge of music theory to the keyboard and have sufficient piano technique and facility;
Recognize all the major styles and periods, major figures, and necessary terms in listening and written forms of classical music or jazz;
Listen to recorded materials and intelligently discuss what is heard;
Verbalize and write about the music heard using a newly acquired set of descriptive musical terms;
Describe the rich cultural heritage of jazz which embraces African, European, and American values;
Apply basic principles of breathing, tone production, diction, and interpretation to singing;
Demonstrate the acquired skills used in ensemble playing;
Compare musical literature and its relationship to other arts; and
Apply the techniques involved in musical arrangements for any size performance group.
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