Commercial Music Concentration

Concordia’s Commercial Music program is a diverse, immersive experience, designed to prepare the student for the vigorous, musical demands of today's music industry. Concordia’s liberal arts emphasis, with its exemplary Q&I curriculum, combined with the Commercial Music program, creates an environment where graduates are provided with a well-rounded musical education featuring a unique combination of skills. In addition to the classroom, students learn and perform in small ensembles as well as one-on-one study in areas such as performance, composition/songwriting, arranging and music production. Concordia’s close proximity to the Los Angeles music industry provides a fertile ground for creative interaction, collaboration and a first-rate faculty.

If you want to have a conversation with a professor about the Commercial Music concentration, please contact Prof. Steve Young.
Steve.Young@cui.edu
949-214-3115

Commercial Music Concentration 14 Units
Ensemble units in this concentration are in addition to the Musicianship Core of the Music Major.
MUS 281	Introduction to Worship Band	1 units
This course is a focused classroom and rehearsal experience teaching standard concepts and worship band ensemble methods that are applied in the preparation and performance of much of today's modern worship repertoire. It is open to all students but specifically required for all incoming freshmen or transfer students that are new to our worship band program. All ensembles may be repeated for credit, but only two (2) units will apply toward graduation except in the case of students in a music major/minor where additional units are required.
MUS 216	Music Technology 1	2 units
This course will introduce the electronic tools for music making including CD mastering, sequencing, recording, and score production. Offered alternate years.
MUS 316	Music Technology 2	2 units
Building on the skills attained in Music Technology I, this course is focused on the creation of music, utilizing state of the art music technology with an emphasis on preparing the student for vocation in the classroom, studio or stage. Prerequisite: MUS 216 or permission of instructor.
MUS 305	Arranging	2 units
This course introduces students to the basic principles of arranging pre-existing musical material for the small ensembles commonly encountered in church, educational, and commercial settings. Aspects of reharmonization, voicing, scoring, part generation, and idiomatic instrumental and choral writing will be studied. Pre-requisite: MUS 202.
MUS 393	Practicum: Contemporary Ensemble Leadership	1 units
Contemporary Ensemble Leadership is a practicum designed to prepare the student for the effective leadership of jazz, pop, rock and worship ensembles. The class includes ensemble lab experience and individual coaching and instruction between the instructor and the student. The student may function as a member of the ensemble or a sa non-playing ensemble leader. Requires consent of instructor.
MUS 404	Contemporary Music Theory	2 units
An introduction to modern harmonic relationships found in jazz, contemporary pop and worship music, focusing on chord structure, spelling, inversions, plural interior chords, scalar relationships, and jazz and pop notation. Students will learn to create genre-specific improvised melodic and harmonic accompaniment from a lead sheet or rhythm section chart. Pre-requisite: MUS 304.
Choose 4 units from the following ensemble options:		4 units
MUE 255: Jazz Combo: .5 units MUE 282: Worship Band: .5 units MUE 285: Commercial Music Ensemble: .5 units
Recommended: Worship Arts Leadership Minor

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