Music Performance
15 courses · Chabot College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Fall 2026
MUSP 11A Fundamentals in Jazz Improvisation
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 72 Lab
- Prerequisite
- Audition with instructor required
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Exploring the fundamentals of Jazz improvisation and structure. Major scales, chord construction, and development of melodic lines used in traditional styles of Jazz improvisation. Jazz literature for small groups of the Bop era to modern styles.
MUSP 11B Jazz Combo
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 72 Lab
- Prerequisite
- Audition with instructor required
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Exotic scales, altered chord construction, and development of modal and intervocalic concepts used in modern jazz improvisation. Techniques used in contemporary styles of Jazz improvisation for small ensembles. Examines and performs various jazz pieces in several styles.
MUSP 12 Wind Ensemble
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 72 Lab
- Prerequisite
- Audition with instructor required. Students need to demonstrate the ability to read music, match pitch, produce an appropriate tone and follow a conductor at the intermediate/advanced level. Sight-reading is required.
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Wind Ensemble repertoire of all styles, periods, and cultures. Emphasis on group participation and public performance with new repertoire preformed and studied each semester. Attendance at all scheduled performances required. Enrollment subject to a standardized audition demonstrating musical ability and technical proficiency at a level suitable to the course level.
MUSP 13 Wind Symphony
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 72 Lab
- Prerequisite
- Audition with instructor required. Audition with instructor required. Students need to demonstrate the ability to read music, match pitch, produce an appropriate tone and follow a conductor at the advanced level. Sight-reading at an advanced level is required.
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Select and limited ensemble performing new repertoire each semester designed for advanced musicians seeking continued study in the large ensemble setting. Enrollment subject to a standardized audition demonstrating musical ability and technical proficiency at a level suitable to the course level.
MUSP 15 Jazz Ensemble
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 72 Lab
- Prerequisite
- Audition with instructor required. Students need to demonstrate the ability to read music, match pitch, produce an appropriate tone and follow a conductor at the intermediate/advanced level. Sight-reading is required.
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Reading, preparation and performance of contemporary jazz music arranged for standard Big Band. New literature will be studied each semester. The band plays various concerts and festivals. Students develop ability to play various jazz styles, sight read, improvise, and play both as members of a section and as soloists.
MUSP 16 Jazz Orchestra
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 72 Lab
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Jazz Orchestra is a performance organization that rehearses and performs a variety of contemporary jazz literature. Students develop ability to play various jazz styles, sight read, improvise, and play both as members of a section and as soloists. The orchestra plays various concerts and festivals. Opportunities to rehearse the orchestra as well as conduct. Enrollment by audition only
MUSP 18 Percussion Ensemble
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 72 Lab
- Advisory
- MUSP 12
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course is dedicated to the rehearsal and performance of percussion literature for various combinations of duets, trios, quartets and larger chamber ensembles. Students in this course will perform different percussion ensemble literature each semester and will be introduced to the primary percussion instruments of snare drum, mallet instruments, and timpani. The course includes sight-reading and public performance.
MUSP 41 Chamber Winds
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 72 Lab
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Chamber Winds is open to any instrumental musician wishing to experience chamber ensemble playing. Topics will include a variety of styles and techniques used in chamber performance. Enrollment subject to a standardized audition by the instructor demonstrating musical ability and technical proficiency at a level suitable to the course level.
MUSP 44 Concert Choir
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 72 Lab
- Prerequisite
- Audition with instructor required. Students need to know how to read music, match pitch, blend within a section, and follow a conductor.
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course is for the study, rehearsal, and public performance of vocal literature with an emphasis on the development of skills needed to perform within an ensemble. New repertoire preformed and studied each semester. Attendance at all scheduled performances required. Enrollment subject to a standardized audition demonstrating musical ability and technical proficiency at a level suitable to the course level.
MUSP 45 Chamber Choir
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 72 Lab
- Prerequisite
- Audition with instructor required. Students need to demonstrate the ability to read music, match pitch, produce an appropriate tone and follow a conductor at the intermediate/advanced level. Sight-reading is required.
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Select mixed ensemble of 16 to 20 voices performing chamber choral music of all periods and styles. Designed for the advanced singer performing new repertoire each semester. Enrollment subject to a standardized audition demonstrating musical ability and technical proficiency at a level suitable to the course level.
MUSP 47 College Productions-Music
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 72 Lab
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
College music productions serves students with an interest in attaining the skills necessary to be successful working in pit orchestras, stage productions, and similar theatrical musical opportunities. Instrumentation is dependent on the current show? with new repertoire studied and performed each semester. Enrollment is for the duration of the production.
MUSP 51 Contemporary Music Ensemble
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 72 Lab
- Prerequisite
- Audition with instructor required
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
The Contemporary Music Ensemble performs a variety of works written in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in two concerts per semester. The ensemble not only prepares students for careers that include contemporary music, but helps them to become exceptional educators, advocates, and leaders in the field. Audition required.
MUSP 52 Guitar Ensemble
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 72 Lab
- Prerequisite
- Audition with instructor required. Students need to demonstrate the ability to read music, match pitch, produce an appropriate tone and follow a conductor at the intermediate/advanced level. Sight-reading is required.
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course focuses on the sight-reading, rehearsal, and performance of basic-level guitar ensemble literature. Basic note reading skills will be employed. Each member of the group will become a better musician through individual practice, listening, performance, and being an active part of the ensemble experience. New repertoire will be studied each semester.
MUSP 213 Wind Band Performance for Mature Adults
- Units
- 72
- Hours
- 72 Lab
Instrumental ensemble performance of new repertoire each semester designed for the mature adult (50 +) seeking study in the wind band setting. Enrollment subject to a standardized audition demonstrating musical ability and technical proficiency at a level suitable to the course level. This course is designed to improve artistic ability of mature adults 50 + years of age or older. This noncredit course is free, and students may repeat this course until mastery of the skills is met. This course mirrors the course content MUSP 213.
MUSP 244 Concert Choir for the Mature Adult
- Units
- 72
- Hours
- 72 Lab
This course is for mature adults pursuing the study, rehearsal, and public performance of vocal literature with an emphasis on the development of skills needed to perform within an ensemble. New repertoire preformed and studied each semester. Attendance at all scheduled performances required. Enrollment subject to a standardized audition demonstrating musical ability and technical proficiency at a level suitable to the course level. This course is designed to improve artistic ability of mature adults 50 + years of age or older. This noncredit course is free, and students may repeat this course until mastery of the skills is met. This course mirrors the course content of MUSP 44.