Music

Music Department

Green River Music Program offers courses in music performance, music history, music theory, and music technology. We have a combination of auditioned and general enrollment music ensembles for students of all levels and musical experience and a variety of coursework in the areas of music theory, music history, and music technology.

Performance Ensembles and Classes

Green River Jazz Voices: Prepares and presents choral music in classical, jazz, and pop idioms. Some students may be involved as rhythm section players or sound technicians. Requires extensive performance demands and additional hours for rehearsals and concerts. BY AUDITION ONLY. 

Concert Choir: Students prepare and present selected choral works. Gives an in-depth study of fundamentals of vocal production. One required evening performance each quarter. No musical experience required. 

Vocal Coaching For Singers: For absolute beginners to most advanced. Students prepare songs in a variety of styles, to sing at least weekly for the class and for a final recital. Instructor works with individual students on vocal technique, style-mastery, stage presence, and microphone techniques. Addresses stage fright and other performance issues. Implements peer evaluations and learning constructive and objective self-critique. No musical experience required. 

Computer Music: Introduction to computer assisted notation, composition and performance using a computer, digital keyboard, and software for notation and digital sequencing. No musical experience required. 

Asian Drumming Ensemble: This ensemble will explore traditional Korean drumming practices, their use among rural farmers, and their use in social protest (i.e. Japanese occupation, pro-democratization movements, to the ousting of President Park Geun-hye). We will learn basic techniques of the Korean drumming traditions pungmul, samulnori, and nongak and play the four main instruments: ching, kkwaenggwari, puk, and changgo. No musical experience required.

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