Lone Star College-Kingwood Visual & Performing Arts Music Department Student Reference Book Welcome to the Music Department at Lone Star College-Kingwood! for a fraction of the cost of four-year colleges and universities. Whether you are a student taking classes towardsWe are glad a degree you are in here.music We or prideare simply ourselves enrolled on offering in one of high-quality our many other courses, course taught offerings, by first-rate this handbook instructors is designed to help you plan for success in your music classes. Remember that we are here to help you reach your academic goals. Send us an email or talk to us after class when you have a question or whenever something comes up - keep us in the loop. Our goal is your goal, and together we can make it happen! Table of Contents Welcome to the Music Department at Lone Star College-Kingwood! 2 Important Information for New Students 4 Music Department Full-Time Faculty 4 Music Department Faculty, continued 5 Division Staff 6 Music Field of Study, AA (AA_FMUS) 2019-2020 First Year First Semester 7 First Year Second Semester 7 Second Year First Semester 8 Second Year Second Semester 8 Minimum Acceptable Grades 9 For Transfer to 4-Year Academic Institutions 9 Professional Etiquette 9 Recital Attendance 9 Piano Proficiency Exam 10 Class Attendance 10 Ensemble Attendance Policy 11 Private Music Lessons 12 Studio Class & Student Recitals 12 Studio Class & Recital Expectations 12 Working with a Staff Pianist 13 Working with the staff pianist: 13 Practice Rooms 13 Lockers 14 Tutoring 14 Piano Lab Open Hours 14 Library Resources for Music 14 What can I do with a major in MUSIC? 15 Learned Competencies 15 Careers 15 Professional Music Associations, Job Sites, & Resources 16 Advice 18 Noise Induced Hearing Loss 19 Hearing Loss Resources 19 Protecting Your Neuromusculoskeletal Health 20 ProtectingWebsite and Your Facebook Vocal Health 2122 Stay up to date with the latest information! 22 Campus Map 23 Important Information for New Students Orientation Meeting for All Music Majors & Non-Majors informationAll music majors about and the non-majors music program are expected for the semester, to attend private the Convocation lessons, studio meeting classes, on the and first ensembles. Monday of the semester from 12:30-1:20 in the MUS Recital Hall, MUS 101. At that meeting you will receive Associate of Arts with Field of Study in Music Music majors should plan to make an advising appointment with the appropriate full-time faculty member to talk about the required courses for the Associate of Arts with Field of Study in Music. This should happen before you register for classes each semester. Studio Classes/Recitals All Students enrolled in full-hour private lessons are required to attend the studio classes and all recitals for their major area. Recital schedules and Studio Class locations will be posted. Guidelines for Music Students Be sure to read this handbook for important information regarding studio classes, recitals, juries, the piano proficiency exam, practice rooms, lockers, tutoring, and much more. Food and Drink Rules rooms or near any piano. Please utilize the Lobby areas, outside Quad and courtyard seating for eating andThere drinking. is absolutely Please no also food remember or drink (exceptto clean for up waterafter yourselves. bottles with sealable tops) allowed in practice Music Department Full-Time Faculty Dr. Todd R. Miller Professor of Music, Department Chair and Director of Choral Activities Office MUS 115 · 281-312-1485 · [email protected] Mr. Alfredo Vélez Professor of Music, Director of Bands Office MUS 114 · 281-312-4335 · [email protected] Dr. Robert E. Hunt Associate Professor of Music Office MUS 112 · 281-312-1746 · [email protected] Music Department Faculty, continued KeithAdjunct Almstedt Faculty: (Mailroom MUS 109) Jackson Hearn Guitar, Class Piano, Music Literature [email protected] [email protected] Russell Ballenger Kristen Hertzenberg Low Bass, Appreciating Music Voice [email protected] [email protected] Joe Beam Stephen Martin Percussion Cello, Bass [email protected] [email protected] Benjamin Boskoff Dr. Nell Matthews Benjamin.Boskoff Voice, Diction Piano [email protected] Kristian Briggs Rosendo Reyna Voice, Sight Singing and Ear Training Music Theory [email protected] [email protected] Patrick Brink Trumpet, Horn, American Music MusicAndrew Coach/Accompanist Schneider MUS 111 [email protected] [email protected] Barbara Butler Marvin Sparks Piano Percussion, EDUC [email protected] [email protected] Jan Cornelius Ernesto Vega Perez Jan.Cornelius Voice [email protected] John Crabtree HeathSaxophone, Vercher Clarinet Heath.Vercher Fundamentals of Music, Music Theory, Sight Singing, Class Piano, Appreciating Music, American Music [email protected] Training Amy Wiggs Chase DeMaster Flute, Piccolo Guitar [email protected] [email protected] Dr. Xia Xia Zhang Dr. Marion Russell Dickson Violin, Viola Voice [email protected] [email protected] Kelli Estes Voice, Appreciating Music [email protected] Division Staff James Stubbs Judith Watson FLAK Dean of Instruction Counselor APA 109 C - 281-312-1730 LIB 222A - 281-312-1545 [email protected] Payne [email protected] Liebst FLAK Division Operations Specialist Disabilities Counselor FTC 104D - 281-312-1501 SCC 211 - 281-312-1453 [email protected] Spargur [email protected] Dorsey Men’s Center Coordinator 3, Theatre and Fine Arts MUS 110 - 281-312-1709 SCC 234 - 281-318-4351 [email protected] Stoltz [email protected] Pickett PT Staff Assistant II/Music Librarian Women’s Center MUS 103 - 281-312-1778 SCC 195 - 281-318-4332 [email protected] [email protected] Earn your Associate of Arts degree with Field of Study in Music at Lone Star College in four semesters. Graduates can transfer to a 4-year institution and major in music specializing in performance, music therapy, music education or musicology. The Music Field of Study courses also count toward the music minor. The Field of Study curriculum is designed to satisfy the first two-year requirements for a bachelor’s degree in a specific area at four-year colleges in the state of Texas*. Credits earned in a Field of Study curriculum transfer*Field of to Study other completion four-year college does not in theguarantee state of Texas.admission to a four-year institution in the state of Texas. Music Field of Study, AA (AA_FMUS) 2018-2019 Catalog First Year First Semester Course Course # Title Credit Hrs MUSI 1311 Music Theory I 3 MUSI 1116 Sight Singing & Ear Training I 1 MUSI 1181 Class Piano Level I 1 MUAP Private Lesson (main instru.) 2 MUEN Performance Ensemeble 1 ENGL 1301 Composition & Rhetoric 1 3 T HIS 1301 USTotal Hist Creditsory to 1877for First Semester: 314 First Year Second Semester Course Course # Title Credit Hrs MUSI 1312 Music Theory II 3 MUSI 1117 Sight Singing & Ear Training II 1 MUSI 1182 Class Piano Level II 1 MUAP Private Lesson (main instru.) 2 MUEN Performance Ensemeble 1 ENGL 1302 Composition & Rhetoric 2 3 Total Credits for Second Semester: 14 T HIS 1302 US History Since 1877 3 *Voice majors are also expected to take one diction class each semester MUSI 1160,1161,2160,2161 This adds 1 Credit hour. Second Year First Semester Course Course # Title Credit Hrs MUSI 2311 Music Theory III 3 MUSI 2116 Sight Singing & Ear Training III 1 (1) MUSI 2181 Class Piano Level III 1 MUSI 1307 Music Literature 3 MUEN MUAP Private Lesson (main instru.) 2 (2) Performance Ensemeble 1 VT GO 2305 Federal Government 3 (3) TH MA 1314 CollegeTotal Credits Algebr fora Third Semester:3 17 Second Year Second Semester Course Course # Title Credit Hrs MUSI 2312 Music Theory IV 3 MUSI 2117 Sight Singing & Ear Training IV 1 MUSI 2182 Class Piano Level IV 1 MUAP Private Lesson (main instru.) 2 VT GO 2306 Texas Government 3 SPCH 1315 Public Speaking 3 Elective MUEN OR Performance Ensemeble 1 PHED 1164 IntrTotalo toCredit Physical Hours Fitness for Fourth & Wellness Semester: 1 15 Total Credit Hours for AA_FMUS: 60 Vocal Majors may have 64 Credit Hours, due to Diction classes 1Corequisites: Students will be required to take 0-4 hours of class piano as secondary applied until they pass their piano proficiency exam (see: Piano Proficiency Exam). Students taking keyboard as a major instrument should be encouraged to take another secondary applied area (voice). 2Symphonic band, concert choir, symphony orchestra; guitar and bass majors may use jazz ensemble. 3MATH 1314 or higher level 3 credit hour MATH course selected from the core. Minimum Acceptable Grades For Transfer to 4-Year Academic Institutions Most students at Lone Star College-Kingwood plan to transfer into four-year colleges and universities. We’ve worked hard to align our music curriculum with theirs, so that all of your courses will transfer smoothly through the Field of Study in Music Curriculum. However, you should be aware that most four-year colleges and universities have requirements for the lowest acceptable grade in transfer credit. in a music-major course that will transfer is a B. In general, the lowest grade in general studies (non music) courses that will transfer is a C. The lowest grade As you can see, making sure you have the time to commit to the classes you are taking and maintaining good grades is crucial. Otherwise, you will have to repeat classes after you transfer. Professional Etiquette As a working musician it is important for you to follow basic professional etiquette.