Fall 2022 Music Major / Individual Instruction Audition Information
Are you interested in getting Private Music Lessons as a Music Major or a Music Scholarship? Or are you interested in auditioning for one or more of the MiraCosta Music Ensembles?
MUS 144A/B - 244A/B Individual Instruction – click here for an audition appointment, to submit a video audition, or schedule a Zoom audition or conference.
Performance Lab - MUS 145A/B - 245A/B Music Major Performance Lab – for ALL music majors or prospective music majors – Register now! No audition necessary.
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For an in-person audition appointment, to submit a video audition, schedule a Zoom
audition, and book a Zoom meeting with a music professor.
Please contact the instructors below with questions or for more informations:
- Classical (Branden Muresan - brandenmuresan@miracosta.edu)
- Jazz/Commercial (Steve Torok - playjazz@miracosta.edu)
- Vocal Jazz (Matt Falker - jazz@miracosta.edu)
- Choral (Arlie Langager - sing@miracosta.edu)
Good preparation courses include a piano course, theory or ear training course, auditioning for a music ensemble, and/or taking a music history GE course like MUS 115 or 119.
Performance Lab MUS 145A/B - MUS 245A/B
No audition required. Early registration highly recommended. Required for all music majors. Class meets Fridays from 10:15 - 11:40am in the Concert Hall (OC2406) or online starting the FIRST week of classes. Contact DR. ARLIE LANGAGER or Prof. Branden Muresan: alangager@miracosta.edu
New! Technology for Music Majors MUS 188
No audition. Early registration recommended. This class gives all performers of classical, jazz, and commercial music the opportunity to work on basic studio recording concepts, set up their own live sound systems, learn applications in various digital audio workstations, and using music notation to write music. Prerequisite: MUS 100. Class meets Mondays and Thursdays from 4:30 - 5:50pm. Contact DR. ARLIE LANGAGER or Professor DAN SIEGEL: alangager@miracosta.edu or dsiegel@miracosta.edu
Fall 2022 Ensemble Audition Information
MUS 152A/B - 252A/B Small Group Jazz Ensemble ‘Jazz Collective‘
Audition at first class meeting / OR by appointment. Band performs and records both small and big band tunes. Class meets Tuesday at 6:00 - 8:50 pm in Studio A (OC2218) starting 8/30/22. Contact Prof. STEVE TOROK: playjazz@miracosta.edu
MUS 155A/B Pop - Rock Ensemble
No audition required. Class meets Mondays from 6:00 – 9:35 pm in Studio A (OC2218) starting 9/12/22. Open to vocalists, instrumentalists, and sound engineers. Contact Prof. MACK LEIGHTON for more information: mleighton@miracosta.edu
MUS 165A/B - 265A/B Chamber Choir
Register now! No audition required. Early registration highly recommended. This ensemble performs traditional choral styles in addition to singing on mics for contemporary and pop a cappella music. The on- and off-campus performances and concert tours. Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00 – 2:50 pm in the Concert Hall (OC2406) starting the second week of classes. Contact DR. ARLIE LANGAGER: sing@miracosta.edu
MUS 170A/B - 270A/B Symphony Orchestra
Audition at first class meeting, or one week prior. Class meets Wednesdays from 6:30 – 9:00 pm in the Concert Hall starting the second week of classes. Contact Prof. BRANDEN MURESAN: brandenmuresan@miracosta.edu
not offered Fall 2022:
- MUS 150A/B - 250A/B Contemporary Big Band
- MUS 161A/B - 261A/B Concert Chorale
- MUS 166A/B - 266A/B Frequency Vocal Jazz
Look ahead to Spring 2023!
MUS 166A/B - 266A/B Frequency Vocal Jazz
Open to vocalists, instrumentalists, and sound engineers. Class meets Mondays/Wednesdays from 1:00 - 3:20 pm in Studio A (OC2218) starting the second week of classes in Spring 2023. Audition at first class meeting OR by appointment. Contact Prof. MATT FALKER: jazz@miracosta.edu
