Music - Commercial
23 courses · Antelope Valley College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Fall 2026 · Winter 2027 · Spring 2027
MUSC 100 Introduction to Music Technology
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total
- Advisory
- Completion of or concurrent enrollment in MUS 131.
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This introductory course examines the terminology, equipment, techniques, and concepts related to music technology. The course will survey the principles and practices of sound, MIDI, synthesis, notation, and audio recording utilizing hardware and software platforms.
MUSC 102 History of Jazz
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course focuses on the works and contributions of musicians and performers to the general history and evolution of jazz music. The course will survey the historical and cultural complexities that influence the jazz music industry. After a brief survey of European and African influences, the time periods studied will begin in the mid-nineteen-twenties and emphasize jazz musicians and performers through the early twenty-first century. Students may be required to attend live musical performances during the course of the semester.
MUSC 103 History of Rock 'n Roll
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course focuses on the works and contributions of musicians and performers to the general history and evolution of rock music. The course will survey the historical and cultural complexities that influence the rock music industry. The time periods studied begin in the mid-nineteen-forties and emphasize rock musicians and performers through the early twenty-first century. Students will be required to attend live musical performances during the course of the semester.
MUSC 104 The Music Industry
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
- C-ID
- CMUS 140, CMUS 140 X
A class to acquaint students with the various professions in the music industry. Music professions which the course will examine include performing, arranging/composition/publishing, recording, music production, music for radio/television, music criticism, music store employment, music store management and ownership, musician's union employment and regulations, artist representatives, agents, and managers, and other music professions as they arise. Professionals from the industry will visit class, and visits will be made to selected businesses/studios.
MUSC 107 History of Women in Rock Music
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course focuses on the works and contributions of women musicians and performers to the general history and evolution of rock music. The course will survey the historical and cultural complexities that influenced the rock music industry and the impact of the industry's expectations for women in rock music and how those expectations influenced their works. The time periods studied begin in the mid 1940’s and emphasize female musicians and performers through the end of the twentieth century examining women’s roles in the history of rock music.
MUSC 108 History of Hip Hop
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course is an introduction to the evolution of the hip hop industry, music, and culture. It will survey the historical and cultural complexities that influence the hip hop music industry. The time period focused upon is between the nineteen-seventies and early twenty-first century. The topics of sexism and racism will be covered within the historical situations that are presented, and as they relate to artists who are African-American, Hispanic, and Women.
MUSC 109 History of Motown Music
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course is a survey of the music of the Motown Records Corporation. This course focuses on the music and societal factors that gave rise to the musical achievements by this African American owned record label and the significant role in the racial integration of popular music and crossover success. This course provides an in-depth examination of the music, the key artists including African American women, the production style, the cultural issues of the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement, racism, segregation, and the influential impact on the music industry, from the founding of the record label in 1959 to the 1970s.
MUSC 113 Songwriting
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total
- Prerequisite
- MUS 120
- Transfers to
- CSU
A workshop-formatted course on the elements of writing songs. The course examines the popular song and the technical skills needed to produce quality student writing. Emphasis is on the structural and aesthetic features of song forms as well as the evaluation of such, including the standards of professional songwriter's screening services, and the expectations of artist representatives in the music industry. Students will listen to and learn to analyze examples of current popular songs, as well as produce student songs for a critically adept audience.
MUSC 122 Stage Voice
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is designed to develop singing techniques on stage with and without a microphone. Students will study and perform various contemporary music styles (pop, country western, R&B, and rock).
MUSC 124A Jazz Improvisation
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
- C-ID
- MUS 185
Students should have at least high school level performance experience in the course medium. Fundamentals of improvisation for vocalists and instrumentalists. Application of scales and their relationship to chords. Modes, jazz rhythmic phrasing, blues progressions and cycle of dominant seventh chords.
MUSC 134 Music Production I
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 27 lecture hours, 81 lab hours, 108 contact hours total
- Prerequisite
- MUSC 100
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Continuation of MUSC 100. Designed to improve student knowledge and ability in the use of MIDI techniques, sampling, and studio recording production techniques. Music Production I will further the basics achieved in Introduction to Music Technology, with more real-time, creative projects as students continue learning techniques of MIDI sequencing, sampling, and hard disk recording.
MUSC 136 Media Scoring
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total
- Prerequisite
- MUS 120
- Transfers to
- CSU
A class focused on the composition of music and sound for film, video games, and other media. Core aspects of the processes involved with recording and production of sound for different media types are covered.
MUSC 141 Concert Management
- Units
- 2
- Hours
- 27 lecture hours, 27 lab hours, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
A class designed to teach students to evaluate and critique music performances, addressing safety and preventive measures that revolve around the current climate of concert entertainment. Public performances, including weekends as scheduled by the instructor, are required for live observation. The study of documented films and articles on music concert tragedies and accidents where injury or loss of life occurred or could have occurred is required in order to reach conclusions based on safety protocol and prevention discussed in the classroom and within documented national studies on concert attendance and management.
MUSC 142 Musical Theatre Workshop
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Students should have at least high school level performance experience in the course medium. Designed to provide instruction and experience in musical theater, this course allows students to rehearse and perform scenes from popular and classical works. Students will receive training in vocal technique, musical style, and stage presence.
MUSC 143A Live Sound
- Units
- 2
- Hours
- 27 lecture hours, 27 lab hours, 54 contact hours total
- Prerequisite
- MUSC 100.
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course familiarizes students with different possibilities for analog sound reinforcement in different performance situations. The course will survey elements used in live sound reinforcement as well as modern studio recording. Introduction to modern analog sound systems, stage layout, and performance techniques will also be presented.
MUSC 150C Music Notation & Composition: Sibelius Fundamentals
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 lecture hours, 54 contact hours total
- Prerequisite
- MUS 120 and MUS 131
- Transfers to
- CSU
In this course, students will learn Sibelius (music notation software) through the Sibelius Fundamentals curriculum in preparation to take the AVID Sibelius User Certification exam. The curriculum will be taught through the creative outlet of music composition and will examine compositional techniques and their realization in Sibelius.
MUSC 170A Marching Marauders
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
- C-ID
- MUS 185
Students should have at least high school level performance experience in the course medium. A course designed to facilitate the rehearsal and performance of marching ensemble literature suitable for field, parade, and competition.
MUSC 173 Jazz Ensemble B (Beginning)
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- MUS 180
Students should have at least a high school level performance experience in the course medium. A course designed to rehearse and perform jazz ensemble repertoire, chosen by the instructor and changing every semester. Historical and sociological context of the music being studied as well as correct performance of notes and rhythms will be explained in each rehearsal. Each semester, the beginning jazz ensemble prepares music for public performance. Students take part in weekly rehearsals in which they learn how their own parts relate to other harmonies and rhythms occurring simultaneously. The instructor paces each rehearsal such that the performance at the end of the semester is of as high an artistic and technical standard as possible.
MUSC 199 Work Experience Education
- Units
- 1-8
- Hours
- 432 lab hours
- Transfers to
- CSU
Students must also attend a scheduled orientation or meet individually with the supervising instructor for an individual orientation. Work Experience Education is supervised employment designed to provide students a realistic learning experience through work. The ultimate goal is to teach students skills and attitudes that will equip them to function and adapt as an employee in a variety of situations and jobs. Work Experience Education is supervised employment extending classroom-based occupational learning in an on-the-job learning situation related to the students' educational major or occupational goal. Credit may be accrued at the rate of one to two units per semester. Students may earn up to a total of eight (8) semester credit hours.
MUSC 220A Popular Music Ensemble (Test Flight)
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
- C-ID
- MUS 185
Students should have at least a high school level performance experience in the course medium. A performance class for singers and instrumentalists to present concerts of popular music repertoire.
MUSC 233 Music Production II
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 27 lecture hours, 81 lab hours, 108 contact hours total
- Prerequisite
- Completion of MUSC 134.
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Continuation of Studio Music Production series. Techniques will include enhanced MIDI sequencing, sampling and hard disc recording. Students will learn the concept of using the computer as a recording and editing tool. Emphasis will be made on editing with an introduction to enhanced recording techniques and recording theory.
MUSC 273 Jazz Ensemble A (Advanced)
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 54 lab hours, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- MUS 180
Students should have at least a high school level performance experience in the course medium. A course designed to rehearse and perform more advanced jazz ensemble repertoire, chosen by the instructor and changing every semester. Historical and sociological context of the music being studied as well as correct performance of notes and rhythms will be explained in each rehearsal. Each semester, the intermediate jazz ensemble prepares music for public performance. Students take part in weekly rehearsals in which they learn how their own parts relate to other harmonies and rhythms occurring simultaneously. The instructor paces each rehearsal such that the performance at the end of the semester is of as high an artistic and technical standard as possible.
MUSC 970 Marching Ensemble (non-credit)
- Units
- 0
- Hours
- 54 lab hours, 54 contact hours total
Students should have at least high school level performance experience in the course medium. A course designed to facilitate the rehearsal and performance of marching ensemble literature suitable for field, parade, and competition. This course is designed for members who do not need course credit.