Spring 2022 MECA
Continuing Education Courses
Overview
This course is designed for music educators who want to explore arranging for jazz combo and/or ensemble, no arranging experience required. This course is structured in a step-by-step approach and covers jazz theory and harmony, principles of jazz voice leading, voicing techniques, chord symbol nomenclature, jazz notation and articulation. The functions of each instrument will be addressed, including range, register, dynamic capabilities and idiomatic characteristics.
Requirements
Chat Session
Prerequisites
Required Text(s)
Required software:
Music Notation Software – Finale, Sibelius or Dorico (Must be able to enter chord symbols and drum set notation), MP3 converter such as iTunes, and a PDF creator
Required textbooks:
Jazz Arranging Techniques from Quartet to Big Band by Gary Lindsay (Book and CD) $39.95 Staff Art Publishing P.O. Box 56-6532, Miami FL 33265-6532
Inside The Score by Rayburn Wright (Book and CD) $48.00
Kendor Music, Inc.
Software/Hardware Requirements
Schoology is a learning management system that allows you to interact directly with your instructors, fellow students, and members of the greater VanderCook community.
Soon after you register, be on the lookout for an email from Schoology with log-in instructions. Once you receive credentials, visit www.online.vandercook.edu to login.
Some courses have specific online chat meeting times (please see course descriptions), while others have a flexible meeting schedule. You can expect all courses to meet together in a live online chat. If a live meeting time doesn’t work, you can work with your instructor to make other arrangements.
More information about Schoology can be found at www.schoology.com
Online course grades are available within two weeks of the course(s) completion. If you need a transcript, please CLICK HERE to access the online transcript request form. For a faster turnaround time, please submit the transcript request to the registrar prior to the end of your course(s).
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