Columbia College Chicago
32-1628 The Chicago Blues Scene: From the Past to Preservation
Fernando Jones, Instructor
Course surveys the past, present, and future of the Blues and the impact Chicago, as the Blues Capital, has had on the world culturally, sociologically, and economically. This course will give students the opportunity to study the living tradition of the blues through readings, videos, live performances, and the music itself. The class will feature workshop sessions where students perform some of the compositions they’ve encountered.
3 Credit Hours
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Columbia College Chicago
32-1881 Blues Ensemble: Styles
Fernando Jones, Instructor
This course teaches entry-level music students to play the Blues as an ensemble in a professional setting. Course will examine sociological and historical aspects of the Blues and its current and future role in society. Chicago’s unique position as a world Blues capital will be featured through visits to local Blues clubs and jam sessions. Enrollment in this ensemble requires concurrent registration in private lessons.
1 Credit Hour
Repeatable
Requirements: Audition Required and Permission by ensemble director
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Columbia College Chicago
32-2885 Blues Ensemble: Performance
Fernando Jones, Instructor
Intermediate level course is an ensemble for the smaller to medium sized Blues band. The repertoire for the course is drawn from the straight-forward to more challenging arrangements of traditional and contemporary blues material. Course addresses the application of musicianship skills as they apply to ensemble awareness and effective rehearsal and performance techniques. Course engages the Blues as both an historical and a living entity through the application of historical background of and interaction with artists engaged in the contemporary Chicago blues community.Enrollment in this ensemble requires concurrent registration in private lessons.
1 Credit Hour
Repeatable
Requirements: Audition Required and Permission by ensemble director
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Columbia College Chicago
32-1629J The Blues: Chicago to the Mississippi Delta
Fernando Jones, Instructor
Course requires that students travel to Memphis, Tennessee, and Clarksdale, Mississippi for 5 days to examine the sociological, musicological, and historical relationship between the Chicago (urban) and Mississippi (rural) Blues experience. Through lectures, performances, site visits, and keeping an ethnographic journal, students will gather knowledge about rural Blues and gain a comprehension of its creation and performance from an ethnographic perspective. Some students may perform on the trip, if the composition of enrolled students allows. Students will write a paper based upon their journals and experiences of the trip.
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Columbia College Chicago
Private Blues Guitar and Bass Lessons
Fernando Jones, Instructor