Contra Costa College Music Department
2600 Mission Bell Drive
San Pablo, California, USA 94806
(510) 235-7800

Interested in Personal or Professional Growth?

Read on and check out any of our music classes. You have many choices: Music Appreciation, Pop/Rock/Jazz Origins, Electronic Music Synthesizers and Computers, Music Pedagogy for Young Children (a course for those who want to share music with children), Guitar, Piano, Voice, Jazz and Rock Improvisation, Small Instrumental and Vocal Ensembles (Music 195), Choral Experiences, and Symphony Orchestra.

By successfully completing certain music classes, you can fulfill the Arts and Humanities Requirement (Area C), the Additional Courses Requirement(Area E), the Cultural Pluralism Requirement (Area K), and/or the Electives Requirement (Area M). You may choose from the following: (* satisfies lower division general education requirements for transfer to CSU or UC campuses; + transfers to all CSU campuses for Bachelor’s Degree credit)

Learning About Music:

• Music 108 Music Appreciation (3 units)*
• Music 114 Pop, Rock, and Jazz. Their Cultural Origins. (3 units)+
• Music 119 Basic Music (3 units)*+
• Music 120 and 121 Music Theory (4 units each)*+
• Music 128 Introduction to Electronic Music, Synthesizers, and Computers (4 units)+
• Music 130 Home Studio Recording (4 units)+

Performing Music:

• Instrumental and/or Vocal:
  • Music 124, 125, 224, 225 Jazz/Rock Improvisation and Theory (1.5-2 units)+
• Piano:
  • Music 150 Beginning Piano (2 units)+
  • Music 151 Continuing Piano (2 units)+
  • Music 250 Intermediate Piano (2 units)+
• Guitar:
  • Music 158 Beginning Guitar (2 units)+
  • Music 159 Intermediate Guitar (2 units)+
  • Music 258 Advanced Guitar (2 units)+
  • Music 259 Advanced Guitar Ensemble ( 2 units)+
• Voice:
  • Music 170 Beginning Group Voice (3 units)+
  • Music 171 Continuing Group Voice (3 units)+
  • Music 270 Advanced Voice (3 units)+
  
  

To earn an AA with a music major, you must complete the breadth requirements for an Associate degree AND successfully complete the following music courses: (* satisfies lower division general education requirements for transfer to CSU or UC campuses; + transfers to all CSU campuses for Bachelor’s Degree credit)

Music Theory:

• Music 119 Basic Music (3 units)*+
• Music 120 Music Theory I (4 units)*+
• Music 121 Music Theory II (4 units)*+

Music Literature

• Music 108 History and Appreciation of Western Music (3 units)*+
• Music 114 Pop, Rock, and Jazz in American Cultures (3 units)+

Instruments/Voice

A minimum of 8 units of music instruments/voice taken consecutively in two of the following groups:
• Group A:
  • Music 150 Beginning Piano (2 units)+
  • Music 151 Continuing Piano (2 units)+
  • Music 250 Intermediate Piano (2 units)
• Group B:
  • Music 158 Beginning Guitar (2 units) +
  • Music 159 Intermediate Guitar (2 units)+
  • Music 258 Advanced Guitar (1-2.5 units)
• Group C:
  • Music 170 Beginning Group Voice (3 units)+
  • Music 171 Continuing Group Voice (3 units)+
  • Music 270 Advanced Voice (3 units)
• Group D:
  • Music 128 Introduction to Electronic Music, Synthesizers, and Computers (4 units)+
  • Music 130 Home Studio Recording (4 units)+

Music Performance:

A minimum of six units from the following:
• Music 124 Jazz/Rock Improvisation and Theory I (1.5 units)+
• Music 125 Jazz/Rock Improvisation and Theory II (1.5 units)+
• Music 224 Jazz/Rock Improvisation and Theory III (2 units)
• Music 225 Jazz/Rock Improvisation and Theory IV (2 units)
• Music 190 Music Performance/Concert Set (.5-2 units)
• Music 191 Music Performance/Music Projects Advanced (.5-4 units)
• Music 251 Advanced Piano Ensemble (2 units)
• Music 259 Advanced Guitar Ensemble (1-2.5 units)

This is a collaborative effort between the West Contra Costa Unified School District and Contra Costa College. You may be interested in enrolling in the music classes that we offer.

During the summer, Contra Costa College offers an enrichment program for students in grades 2-10. Schedules are available after May 1 of each year. Check it out- there may be a music class just for you!

For brief descriptions of the music classes, please refer to the Contra Costa College Catalog.

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