The Music of Charles Mingus

Department - ENS
Offered - Fall, Spring, Summer
Course number - ENJZ-303

The Music of Charles Mingus ensemble will study and perform seminal work form legendary jazz bassist Charles Mingus. In this course, students will participate in weekly supervised rehearsals. Students will gain ensemble performance experience, including playing complex arrangements, intonation, phrasing, blending, and articulation. Emphasis will be given to hearing and expressing your musical ideas with stylistic integrity, as well as melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic accuracy.

Credits: 1
Course Chair: Ron Savage
Prerequisites: Overall ensemble rating 5
Required of: None
Electable by: All