Arranging is an introductory course in instrumental and choral arranging. Particular emphasis is placed on the practical considerations involved in writing music for young, inexperienced, or amateur singers and players (for example, beginning applied students, school or church ensembles). Students will develop sufficient abilities to read scores and integrate style, performance practices, and instrumentation, as well as familiarity with music forms, processes, and structures, which they will be able to employ for compositional, performance, analytical, scholarly, pedagogical and ensemble leadership/direction purposes. They will arrange and adapt music in order to create accurate and musically expressive performances to meet the needs and ability levels of school performing groups, and classroom situations. The course is required for the music major with teacher certification.
