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Music Theory II

Time and Location

Times

Term: Spring 2025
Start Date: JAN 13, 2025
End Date: MAY 16, 2025
Meeting Days: MWF
Meeting Times: 10:00AM-10:50AM

Location

Campus: Hillsboro
Building: FA
Room: 100

Registration Information

Credit Hours: 4
Subject Code: MSC
Course Number: 104
Section Number: 01
CRN: 30608
Tier: 2
Instruction TypeLecture

Enrollment Numbers

Remaining Seats: 5
Filled Seats: 16
Maximum Seats: 21
Comments: *MSC1041: Must enroll in MSC104 2.
Course Description: Prerequisites: MSC103 and reading proficiency

Music Theory II continues development in sight singing and aural perception. This course also studies secondary triads, seventh chords, and harmonic analysis and introduces secondary dominant chords and elementary modulation. Music Theory II is required for music majors. (S)

Faculty Information

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Name: Joel Vanderheyden
Title: Professor
Classification: Full Time
Credentials: Doctor of Music: University Of Iowa,Master of Music: U Of Maryland:College Park,Bachelor of Arts: University Of Minnesota Morris
Office: FA 112B
Phone Extension: 3362
Bio: With degrees in Saxophone Performance and Pedagogy (DMA, University of Iowa), Jazz Studies (MM, University of Maryland), and Music Performance and Education (BA, University of Minnesota, Morris), Joel Vanderheyden is a seasoned performer and educator in both jazz and classical styles. At Jefferson College, he teaches Music Theory, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Appreciation, Applied Woodwinds, and directs the Jefferson College Jazz Ensembles. Vanderheyden has previously served as Director of Jazz at both the University of Minnesota-Morris and Oakton Community College in the Chicago area. He is a member of the Missouri Saxophone Quartet, and performs regularly with the St. Louis Jazz Orchestra. He has performed at the World Saxophone Congress (St. Andrews, Scotland, 2012), at jazz festivals in Switzerland, France, and Holland, and at notable stateside venues including Carnegie Hall, Blues Alley, The Dakota, The Artists` Quarter, The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and The Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts. Vanderheyden`s debut CD was released in 2009 on the Mize Music label. It was named one of the Top Jazz Albums of 2009 on KCCK 88.3FM in Cedar Rapids, IA and called "One of the best jazz rock records to be released in years!" by Christopher Cooke on KIOS 91.5FM in Omaha, NE.