The Ensemble Experience at PVCC

The Music Department at Paradise Valley Community College is pleased to offer a wide variety of music performance ensembles for the Spring 2016 semester. The music ensembles are open to music students and community members of all ages and abilities. The spring offerings include Concert Band, Jazz Big Band, Latin Jazz Band, Jazz Combo, Vocal Ensemble, String Ensemble, Cello Ensemble, Piano Ensemble, Contemporary Music Ensemble, Clarinet Ensemble, Multimedia Ensemble, Brazilian Percussion Ensemble, Student Rock Band and much more!

Music Ensembles are listed in the course catalog under the prefix MUP and course number 160, 185, 181, 190.

Music Ensembles meet once per week in the late afternoon and evenings in the Center for the Performing Arts.

The ensemble experience at PVCC provides students with community: our ensembles are a mix of high school students, college-age students, community members and retired professionals. Students and instructors collaborate to select repertoire for public performances held in the Center for Performing Arts. Students gain practical and performance experience in instrumental, vocal, and mixed ensembles.


Spring 2016 Ensembles at PVCC:
MUP 163 Jazz Ensemble: Jazz Big Band
MUP 181 Chamber Music Ensemble: Union Jazz Institute
MUP 181 Chamber Music Ensemble: Jazz Combo
MUP 181 Chamber Music Ensemble: Latin Jazz
MUP 190 Percussion Ensemble: World Music
MUP 181 Chamber Music Ensemble: Multimedia
MUP 181 Chamber Music Ensemble: Openscore
MUP 181 Chamber Music Ensemble: Flute
MUP 181 Chamber Music Ensemble: Cello/String
MUP 181 Chamber Music Ensemble: Brass
MUP 181 Chamber Music Ensemble: Band
MUP 181 Chamber Music Ensemble: Recording
MUP 181 Chamber Music Ensemble: Classic Piano

Register for Spring 2016 at classes.sis.maricopa.edu

Introducing The Glassblowing Workshop @ PVCC

Seth Fairweather, Glassblowing Workshop Instructor

Seth Fairweather, Glassblowing Workshop Instructor

The Division of Fine and Performing Arts is pleased to announce the PVCC Glassblowing Workshop where students will learn the fundamentals of glassblowing from Seth Fairweather. 

Held from 5-10 pm in D building patio of the ceramics studio, the workshop is a 1 credit college course, ART295GA Section 45484. 

The workshop meets six times: 11/2,11/3, 11/4, 11/9, 11/10, 11/11

Cost: $81 tuition; $50 lab fee.

For more information contact Professor David Bradley at david.bradley@paradisevalley.edu or (602) 787-6615.

Musicians Wanted: The PVCC Community Band | MUP161 #36984

This course is a modern American approach to the American Wind Band tradition.

Our mantra is: Living Music by Living Composers.

This ensemble, while rooted in the past traditions of the Great American Band, is a look forward to its place in the 21st century. The band is going to perform music by living composers sometimes before the ink is even dry! There will also be a mixed media component, ranging from student-driven video content to live dance and visual art being performed with the ensemble.

Our faculty has a wide open approach to guiding our students in whatever direction their imaginations come up with.

PVCC Community Band performances will be an event, an experience. Selections for MUP161 come from some of the most famous living composers of Movie and Wind Band music, such as Michael Giacchino (Lost, Star Trek, Up), Rossano Galante (3:10 to Yuma, Live Free or Die Hard), Robert W. Smith, Eric Whitacre, John Mackey and Dan Bukvich.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR MUP161: COMMUNITY BAND

New Photography Classes @ PVCC

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The Visual Arts Department is expanding our photography course offerings this semester with three new courses taught by our expert photography faculty.

ART131 Photo 1

Basic photographic principles and techniques. Basic camera functions and controls. Experience in the image-making process by creating and editing photographs for various display environments. Introduction to the photographic aesthetic and photography's role in society. Prerequisites: None. Note: Camera required.

ART234 Color Photography 1

Basic principles of color theory, camera and input and output techniques using slide film or digital photography. Note: Film or digital camera is required. Prerequisites: ART131, or ART142, or permission of Instructor.

ART236 On Location Photography

Practical application of camera techniques, use of lighting, and on-location shooting for post-production printing. Note: Film and/or Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera is required. ART236 may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: ART131, or ART142, or permission of Instructor.

For a complete list of photography course offerings, click here.

 

New Music Classes for Spring 2015

MHL 204-39149 -  Hip-Hop Music and Culture – 3 credits

A history of Hip-Hop's musical and artistic elements and how cultural, social, political, and economic conditions have shaped its evolution. Prerequisites: ENG101, or ENG107, or permission of Instructor.

TR, 2:00p-3:25p, G. Rulon-Maxwell, Begins on 2/3/15

MHL 155 – Survey of American Music – 3 credits

History of the music of North America from the earliest American Indian music to the present. Introduction to the musical trends, composers, socioeconomic developments and trends, musical forms and styles that influence our modern American musical sense. Prerequisites: None.

General Education Designations: C, H, HU

Multiple Sections, Days/Times, Instructors, Start Dates

MTC 113-35889 - Songwriting Techniques – 1 credit

Introduction to pop melody writing and harmonic settings. Development of short ideas into complete songs with the use of contrast, variation, and repetition. Consideration of the pros and cons of writing songs with a partner or small group. Prerequisites: None. Note: Basic note reading and/or music theory is advisable.

W, 3:30p-4:50p, C. Scinto, Begins on 2/18/15

MUC 110-18005 – Music Business: Recording and Mass Media – 3 credits

The operation, scope, and career opportunities in the music business. Focuses on the record industry; environmental music; uses of music in radio, telecommunications, and film; and career options. Prerequisites: None.

Multiple Sections, Days/Times, Instructors, Start Dates

MUC 137- 18287 – Digital DJ Performance Techniques – 3 credits

Covers the skills required for live performance employing digital media with an emphasis on programs such as Serato Scratch Live and Ableton Live. Prerequisites: None.

F, 12:00p-3:00p, A. Noe, Begins on 1/30/15

MUC 211-38294 - Advanced Industry Topics: Artist Management and Development

Operation, scope, and career opportunities in the music business. Focus on advanced aspects of artist management and development. Include roles and responsibilities of an Artist Manager, the nature and structure of the relationship between an Artist and Artist Manager, and the development of business, and career management techniques for Artist Managers. Prerequisites: MUC109, or permission of Instructor or Department or Division Chair.

W, 6:30p-9:10p, R. Spenser, Begins on 1/21/15

MUP 181- 18363 -  Multi-Media Performance Ensemble – 1 credit

The multimedia ensemble is a new STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) ensemble at PVCC. Our first project for the semester will be to augment a video game experience by creating live music and media to a live video game. Should you sign up for this course, you have the opportunity to determine the direction of future projects as the remaining projects will be co-constructed by the ensemble members. All creative individuals, with any level of experience or abilities, are invited to collaborate in this new experience offered at PVCC. If you can create music, write a program, design media, express yourself through dance, frag a n00b, build your own device, or think outside the box, this ensemble is for you.

T, 5:00p-6:50p, J. O’Leary, Begins on 2/3/15

The PVCC World Music Ensemble

The PVCC World Music Ensemble

For a complete listing of classes for Spring 2015,  click here or call (602) 787-6595.

MUP 181-18362 -  World Music & Percussion Ensemble – 1 credit

Learn the cultural history and performance styles of music from Africa, Latin America, India and other countries. No experience necessary.

T, 7:00p-8:50p, J. Parker, Begins on 2/3/15