Department Overview

The Shasta College music department offers a wide variety of different courses in music, and is dedicated to serving all student clientele, including music majors, general education students, community members, and returning students. We offer an associate of arts for transfer (A.A.-T) degree in music, private studio instruction for all full-time music majors (winds, strings, keyboard, percussion, and voice), transfer courses for music majors, and courses that satisfy general studies (music-humanities) requirements. All interested students are strongly encouraged to participate in departmental activities. We strive to create and maintain a fun and supportive atmosphere with a strong focus on enrichment and skill-building.

Facilities include our 472-seat theatre, an instrumental rehearsal Room 633, choral Room 638, general classrooms, practice rooms with pianos, and a small lab/resource room. A stock of instruments exists which can be checked out to students at no cost following approval by their supervising instructor and the Dean.

Performance opportunities are afforded by numerous ensembles, including the Symphonic Band, the Shasta Symphony Orchestra, the youth- and community-focused Concert Orchestra, the Jazz Ensemble, and the Community Chorale and Concert Choir. Rehearsal times and locations vary by ensemble.

Available full-term classroom courses include the core sequence of music theory classes (MUS-1 through MUS-5), along with keyboard classes, History of Jazz and Early Rock (General Studies), Music Appreciation (General Studies), World Music (General Studies), History of Rock (General Studies), Beginning Strings, Beginning Guitar, private studio instruction for all full-time music majors (winds, strings, keyboard, percussion, and voice), and a variety of other short-term courses.

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