Band Music | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

MUS 2212

Course Credit Units:

3

Semester:

Semester 2

Year of Study:

Year 2

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

Academic Programs:

Bachelor Of Arts (Music)

College:

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

School:

School of Liberal and Performing Arts

Department:

Music Dance Drama

Course Discipline:

Music

Course Description & Objectives:

Students will choose chamber groups, which constitute the instruments they learned since the first year. This course is for those who are playing musical instruments in the popular musical style and therefore including, keyboard, pop guitar, and percussion and voice. Through rehearsals and performances, students will acquire skills of playing in a band. Students are required to participate in all Departmental performance as part of course work. Objectives:

To develop skills of performing in a band
To enhance group improvisation
To broaden the students’ repertoire
To equip students with skills of planning and organizing a stage performance

Learning Outcomes:

Ability to perform in a band and work as a team
Ability to improvise as a Group
Ability to perform a broad repertoire
Demonstration of the acquisition of the right attitude of being a performer