Mission Statement - Trinity Baptist College

MUS315 ACCOMPANIMENT PRACTICUM 1 SEMESTER HOURPrerequisite: Audition required. Students are required to do aminimum of three hours of accompanying per week for the entiresemester. Students with a piano proficiency must take this as an electiveat least one semester. Accompanying opportunities would include collegechoir, private voice lessons, chapel, special music, and church.MUS316 VOCAL PEDAGOGY 2 SEMESTER HOURSPrerequisite: Four semesters of Applied Voice. This course consistsof a study of the principles of teaching voice, practical teaching methodsand techniques, as well as vocal terminology and anatomy. It will includean overview of materials and resources used in teaching private voice.Successful teaching techniques will be explored and implemented. Thestudent is required to observe and teach private vocal lessons under facultyinstruction. The student is also required to keep a teaching journal.MUS411 SEMINAR IN MUSIC EDUCATION 2 SEMESTER HOURSThis includes principles of good teaching methods as they apply to theprivate lesson. A survey of the various methods of teaching techniques,business practices and studio procedures is studied.MUS413 PIANO ARRANGING 1 SEMESTER HOURPrerequisite: MUS303, MUS304. This course deals with the principlesof writing one’s own arrangements for keyboard. The techniques coveredwould include: chord substitutions, harmonic progressions, transposition,and modulations. The student will be requires to write several originalarrangements in various styles over the course of the semester. Arrangingtechniques of well-known piano arrangers will be explored.MUS414 ADVANCED HYMN PLAYING 1 SEMESTER HOURPrerequisite: MUS303, MUS304. This course is designed to instructand prepare the students to fi ll the roles of the church pianist. Thestudent is instructed in the art of accompanying congregational singing,choirs, and soloists, as well as arranging songs for preludes, postludes,and offertories. Key topics include: advanced modulation techniques,transposition, and playing choral parts.MUS415 ADVANCED ACCOMPANIMENT AND 2 SEMESTER HOURSSIGHT READING TECHNIQUESPrerequisite: Four semesters of Applied Piano. This course covers avariety of concepts employed in accompanying. The student is instructedin improvising a piano accompaniment to a single vocal line as well asto four part choral writing. Techniques for sight reading are discussesand employed. The student will learn to accompany in a variety of stylesand situations.MUS416 ADVANCED VOCAL TECHNIQUES 2 SEMESTER HOURSPrerequisite: Four semesters of Applied Voice. This course deals withadvanced instruction in the terminology and anatomy of the human voice.A variety of vocal problems are discussed and evaluated. The studentis given instruction in singing and teaching in a variety of styles. Thiscourse includes listening to and observing a variety of vocalists.MUS417 ADVANCED CONDUCTING TECHNIQUES 2 SEMESTER HOURSPrerequisite: MUS203, MUS204. This course deals with advancedinstruction in the art of conducting. Students will conduct a variety ofmusic while enhancing their use of the hands and baton. A variety ofrehearsal and performance techniques will be discussed. Students gainknowledge through experience and observation.92