2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

MUS 212 Small Ensembles

Both vocal and instrumental ensembles are offered to enrich the music experience of interested and qualified performers. Rehearsals are held at the convenience of the director and the students involved. 

Credits

1-2

Offered

Fall, Spring

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Performance:
  2. Every Day I Have the Blues by Ernie Wilkins
  3. Moten Swing by Benny Moten
  4. Harlem Airshaft by Duke Ellington
  5. Intimacy of the Blues by Billy Strayhorn
  6. Basie Straight Ahead by Sammy Nestico
  7. Four Brothers by Jimmy Giuffre
  8. Ya’ Gotta Try by Sammy Nestico
  9. Woodchoppers Ball by Bishop/Herman
  10. Bijou by Ralph Burns
  11. Cruisin’ for a Bluesin’ by Andy Weiner
  12. Improvisation:
  13. Technology:
  14. World Music:
  15. Music Pedagogy:
  16. Music Literacy:
  17. Splanky by Neal Hefti
  18. Li’l Darlin’ by Neal Hefti
  19. The Kid from Red Bank by Neal Hefti