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MUSI4346.001 SPRING 2007, CHAMBER SINGERS
Mon/Wed 1:30 – 2:45 pm, JO PERFORMANCE HALL (JO2.604)
Course Description
WELCOME TO CHAMBER SINGERS! We will be working on music for several concerts this semester.
A Tribute to Manhattan Transfer, March 16 and 17, 8 pm, University Theatre. We will be doing
this concert in conjunction with the UTD Jazz Band.
Annual Choral Concert, April 21, 8 pm, University Theatre, in conjunction with the UTD
Community Chorale, with orchestra. We will perform the second half of the concert with works by Gerald
Finzi.
Additional rehearsals will be announced well in advance. Please put these dates on your calendar
now. We will discuss dress for performances at a later date.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Rehearsals and performances: Attendance at all performances and rehearsals is mandatory. The concerts
take the place of a final examination. Additional rehearsals will be announced well in advance. All
performances are on weekends and do not conflict with other classes. Please arrange commitments (work,
vacations, etc.) around these concerts and rehearsals. Attendance is required and will affect the course
grade. You are allowed one unexcused absence. You may attend musical concerts here at UTD or in the
Dallas metroplex and submit a two-page review of the concert to make up other absences (see below).
Please don’t abuse this privilege; I really need you in here the majority of the time. Please be on time for
rehearsals; our time together is limited and must be used efficiently. Late arrival will not be tolerated. If
you are not on stage when I take attendance, you will be marked absent.
Please refer to our website at http:/ah.utdallas.edu for concert announcements for alternate attendance.
Other performances may be substituted only with prior approval of the instructor. UTD students have free
admission to all UTD concerts. If you chose to attend concerts off-campus, the admission cost is your
responsibility. Additionally, there will be faculty concerts at 5 pm. Dates TBA.
Rehearsal Schedule (these dates are tentative but give you an idea of when you will need to have learned
your music):
Weeks 1 - 3 Jan 8 - 24 Learn Jazz Concert music; all music learned by January 24
Weeks 4 - 5 Jan 29 – Feb 7 Learn Choral Concert music; all music learned by February 7
Weeks 6 – 8 Feb 12 - 21 Return to Jazz music; must be memorized by February 19
Week 9 Feb 26 & 28 Move into University Theatre (UT), work with microphones
Spring Break Mar 5-10 Keep working on your jazz music!!!
Week 10 Mar 12 & 14 Rehearsal in UT with microphones and combo players; pieces with
Jazz Band (rehearsal TBA, probably Friday during the day)
Mar 16 & 17 CONCERTS, 8 pm, UT
Weeks 11- 14 Mar 19 – Apr 11 Return to Finzi music; additional music may be handed out at this time
Week 15 Apr 16 & 18 Show week – there will be additional rehearsals with the orchestra in
the evenings; these will be announced well in advance. Students with course conflicts should let me know
as soon as they are scheduled so we can resolve those.
Apr 21 CONCERT, 8 p m, UT
Your performance on April 21 takes the place of a final exam in this course.
Grading Policy
Grades are based on the following: Attendance, 80%, Concert reports 20%. Each unexcused absence will
result in a deduction of ½ of a letter grade.
These descriptions and timelines are subject to change at the discretion of the Professor.