Great American Songbook Ensemble

ENVC-245

This course will familiarize voice students with jazz standard songs and composers of the Great American Songbook, including George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, and many more who impacted America's music. Students will learn to sing and perform songs in the jazz style with rhythm section. In addition, students will learn about a specific song era, historical content, and the composer by making song introductions regarding the composer and song.

Credits
1
Prerequisites
None
Required Of
None
Electable By
Voice principals
Semesters Offered
Fall Only
Location
Boston
Department
VOICE
Course Chair
Anne Peckham
Taught By
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