Course Detail
Music Theory IV Lab
Time and Location
Times
Term: Spring 2025
Start Date: JAN 13, 2025
End Date: MAY 16, 2025
Meeting Days: TR
Meeting Times: 09:30AM-10:20AM
Location
Campus: Hillsboro
Building: FA
Room: 100
Registration Information
Credit Hours: 0
Subject Code: MSC
Course Number: 204
Section Number: 02
CRN: 30632
Tier: 2
Instruction TypeLab
Enrollment Numbers
Remaining Seats: 14
Filled Seats: 7
Maximum Seats: 21
Comments:
Course Description: Prerequisites: MSC203 and reading proficiency
Music Theory IV is advanced study in sight singing and aural perception. This course also further studies chromatic harmony, contemporary musical practice
and techniques, and elementary formal analysis. Music Theory IV is required for all music majors. (S)
Music Theory IV is advanced study in sight singing and aural perception. This course also further studies chromatic harmony, contemporary musical practice
and techniques, and elementary formal analysis. Music Theory IV is required for all music majors. (S)
Faculty Information
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
E-Mail: jvanderh@jeffco.edu
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.
