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Beginning Violin/Viola — MIN2241.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Kaori Washiyama
Credits: 2
Basic techniques will include the reading of music in either treble/or alto clefs in the easy keys. Basic hand positions and appropriate fingerings will be shown, and a rudimentary facility with bow will be developed in order that all students may participate in simple ensemble performance by the end of term. Student must arrange for the use of a college instrument, if needed
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Beginning Violin/Viola — MIN2241.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Kaori Washiyama
Credits: 2
Basic techniques will include the reading of music in either treble/alto clef in the easy keys. Basic hand positions and appropriate fingerings will be shown, and a rudimentary facility with bow will be developed in order that all students may participate in simple ensemble performance by the end of term. Student must arrange for the use of a college instrument, if needed:
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Beginning Violin/Viola — MIN2241.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Kaori Washiyama
Credits: 2
Basic techniques will include the reading of music in either treble or alto clefs in easy keys. Basic hand positions and appropriate fingerings will be shown, and a rudimentary facility with bow will be developed in order that all students may participate in simple ensemble performance by the end of the term. Students should have a general knowledge of note reading and rhythmic
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Beginning Violin/Viola — MIN2241.02

Spring 2022
Instructor: Kaori Washiyama
Credits: 1
Basic techniques will include the reading of music in either treble or alto clefs in easy keys. Basic hand positions and appropriate fingerings will be shown, and a rudimentary facility with bow will be developed in order that all students may participate in simple ensemble performance by the end of the term. Students should have a general knowledge of note reading and rhythmic
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Beginning Violin/Viola — MIN2241.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Kaori Washiyama
Credits: 2
Basic techniques will include the reading of music in either treble/alto clef in the easy keys. Basic hand positions and appropriate fingerings will be shown, and a rudimentary facility with bow will be developed in order that all students may participate in simple ensemble performance by the end of term. Student must arrange for the use of a college instrument, if needed
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Beginning Violin/Viola — MIN2241.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Kaori Washiyama
Credits: 2
Basic techniques will include the reading of music in either treble/or alto clefs in the easy keys. Basic hand positions and appropriate fingerings will be shown, and a rudimentary facility with bow will be developed in order that all students may participate in simple ensemble performance by the end of term. Student must arrange for the use of a college instrument, if needed
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Beginning Violin/Viola — MIN2241.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Kaori Washiyama
Credits: 2
Basic techniques will include the reading of music in either treble/or alto clefs in the easy keys. Basic hand positions and appropriate fingerings will be shown, and a rudimentary facility with the bow will be developed in order that all students may participate in simple ensemble performance by the end of the term. The student must arrange for the use of a college instrument
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Beginning Violin/Viola — MIN2241.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Kaori Washiyama
Credits: 2
Basic techniques will include the reading of music in either treble/or alto clefs in the easy keys. Basic hand positions and appropriate fingerings will be shown, and a rudimentary facility with the bow will be developed in order that all students may participate in simple ensemble performance by the end of the term. The student must have a basic knowledge of reading music.
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Beginning Violin/Viola — MIN4141.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 1
Group or individual violin/viola lessons for students with no prior string instrument experience or minimal experience of holding the bow/instrument and basic note reading. A limited number of school instruments are available.
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Beginning Voice — MVO2102.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: kerry ryer-parke
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Take your voice out of the shower and into the world. To sing confidently you need practical skills in vocal technique and musical literacy. Using group warm-ups and exercises, rounds and songs, we will explore and demystify voice jargon such as diaphragmatic breathing, resonance, diction, and projection, working towards a healthy, flexible sound. Fundamentals of music reading,
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Beginning Voice: Movement and Flow — MVO2107.01) (new day/time as of 5/10/2023

Fall 2023
Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
Credits: 2
This class is for anyone wishing to use their body as a resonating instrument. Each class begins with gentle movements on the floor to develop physical awareness and ease, and will progress to vocal warmups, spatial games and exercises that allow the free flow of air, vibration, resonance and emotion. Students will investigate their existing habits and learn fundamentals of
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Beginning Voice: Moving into Sound — MVO2306.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

This class uses movement and the principles of the Alexander Technique to prepare the body for making sound. It is designed for singers, actors, dancers, or anyone interested in using their body as an instrument. Our goal is to root sound in the body before the mind gets in the way. Class begins with gentle movements on the floor, sitting and standing to develop physical

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Beginning Workshop in Recording — MSR2152.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Julie Last
Credits: 4
Each class will have a discussion of a particular aspect of the music-recording process and a hands-on working session illustrating the focus of that class. Classes will include an introduction to Pro Tools computer audio recording, basic recording acoustics, microphone theory and technique, audio signal path, tonal and dynamic control, and creating spatial ambience.
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Beginning Workshop in Recording — MSR2152.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: TBA
Credits: 4
Each class will have a discussion of a particular aspect of the music-recording process and a hands-on working session illustrating the focus of that class. Classes will include an introduction to Pro Tools computer audio recording, basic recording acoustics, microphone theory and technique, audio signal path, tonal and dynamic control, and creating spatial ambience.
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Bennington County Choral Society — cancelled

Fall 2019
Instructor: Cailin Manson, Kerry Ryer-Parke
Credits: 1
The Bennington County Choral Society, a community chorus conducted by Cailin Marcel Manson, promotes choral singing by presenting several concerts per year, and eagerly invites student participation. Auditions are not required, and singers of all levels and abilities are welcomed. To receive credit, students must attend all rehearsals and performances. Performances may be held
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Bennington County Choral Society — MPF2164.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
Credits: 1
The Bennington County Choral Society promotes choral singing by presenting several concerts per year, and eagerly invites student participation. Auditions are not required, and singers of all levels and abilities are welcomed. To receive credit, students must attend all rehearsals and performances. Rehearsals and performances may be held at various locations in Bennington, and
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Bennington County Choral Society - Bach and Haydn — MPF2164.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
Credits: 1
The Bennington County Choral Society is a community chorus conducted by Cailin Marcel Manson. The Choral Society promotes choral singing by presenting several concerts per year, and eagerly invites student participation. Auditions are not required, and singers of all levels and abilities are welcomed. To receive credit, students must attend all rehearsals and performances.
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Bennington County Choral Society-Parables, an Interfaith Oratorio — MPF2164.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
Credits: 1
The Bennington County Choral Society, a community chorus conducted by Cailin Marcel Manson, promotes choral singing by presenting several concerts per year, and eagerly invites student participation. Auditions are not required, and singers of all levels and abilities are welcomed. To receive credit, students must attend all rehearsals and performances. Performances may be held
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Bennington Funk Collective — MPF4219.01) (new course code as of 11/7/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
The DNA of Funk Music has its roots in Africa, which developed to fruition in the mid 60s and 70s through the music of James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, Funkadelic, and others. There have been derivatives of this influence in the form of Afro-pop, Brazilian funk, Hip-Hop, and Reggaeton. The Bennington Funk Collective will investigate classic songs and compositions from
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Bennington Marching Band — MPF4217.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Bruce Williamson; Susie Ibarra
Credits: 4
The time has come. Bennington College needs a marching band, our own breed. This ensemble will explore traditions of music-to-move-by from the rural and city landscapes of Eastern Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa, South America, and our own American cities such as New Orleans. We will examine village, town and city bands, school bands and parade bands, plus the music
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Berlioz "Symphonie Fantastique" — MTH4422.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Kitty Brazelton
Credits: 4
This is a course about musical timbre, contrasting timbre, manipulating timbre, "effects" outside the recording studio, timbral weight, opacity, transparency, how it colors what you hear. Color only visible to the mind. (Where does timbre end and harmony begin anyway?) Writer, critic, guitarist, self-taught iconoclast and musical inventor, Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
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Bernstein Seminar — MTH4129.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Credits: 2
In this seven-week seminar we will make a study of selected musical works by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), including his Violin Sonata, West Side Story, Symphony No. 2 (“Age of Anxiety”), Chichester Psalms, and the opera “A Quiet Place”. Class time will be divided between music analysis and an attempt to contextualize these works within Bernstein’s musical times and in terms
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