Associate of Arts Fine Arts - Music

Credit hours: 63

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Description

The AAFA – Music Concentration at Yavapai College offers foundational music education, including theory, piano, and ensemble performance. Designed for transfer to a four-year program, it blends general education with specialized training, nurturing creativity, technical skill, and cultural understanding for careers in performance, teaching, or music composition.

Note: Students preparing to transfer to an upper-division baccalaureate degree program should contact an advisor in the major field of study at the transfer institution in addition to meeting regularly with a faculty advisor and/or an academic advisor at Yavapai College.

Program Requirements

*General Education Requirements (AGEC) (35 credits) REQUIRED*

Music Core Requirements: 24 credits

MUS 103 - Piano Class I Credits: 1

MUS 104 - Piano Class II Credits: 1

MUS 131 - Basic Integrated Theory I Credits: 4

MUS 132 - Basic Integrated Theory II Credits: 4

MUS 151 - Applied Music and/or MUS 151A and/or MUS 151B Credits: 4

MUS 203 - Piano Class III Credits: 1

MUS 204 - Piano Class IV Credits: 1

MUS 231 - Advanced Integrated Theory I Credits: 4

MUS 232 - Advanced Integrated Theory II Credits: 4

Music Electives: Select 4 credit hours

MUS 101 - Private Music Credits: 1

MUS 105 - Voice Class I Credits: 1

MUS 110 - Concert Band Credits: 1

MUS 111 - Symphonic Band Credits: 1

MUS 113 - Big Band I Credits: 1

MUS 114 - Big Band II Credits: 1

MUS 115 - Instrumental Ensemble Credits: 1

MUS 116 - Jazz Combo Credits: 1

MUS 117 - Symphony Orchestra Credits: 1

MUS 129 - Music Fundamentals Credits: 2

MUS 222 - Chamber Singers Credits: 1

MUS 223 - Vocal Ensemble Credits: 1

MUS 224 - Master Chorale Credits: 1

MUS 225 - Community Chorale Credits: 1

MUS 227 - Women's Chorale Credits: 1

MUS 296 - Internship: Music Credits: 3

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Associate of Arts in Fine Arts Degree - Music Concentration, the learner will be able to:

  1. Perform at a required level of artistry and technical proficiency on an instrument.

  2. Develop and perform a required level of music analytical competence.

  3. Exhibit a required level of aural recognition.

  4. Explain the historical and cultural development of music throughout the ages.

  5. Communicate informed personal reactions to recorded and live music.

Orchestra musicians playing brass and woodwind instruments during a performance.
A choir performing on stage, dressed in formal black attire, holding sheet music, with a golden curtain background.
Orchestra musicians playing violins during a concert, sheet music in front of them, in a dimly lit concert hall.
A choir of eleven people, mostly women and one man, dressed in black, singing on stage with red curtains in the background. Some hold black hymn books.
An older man with glasses and a white beard playing a French horn during a classical orchestra performance.
A choir performing on stage with string and wind instrument players, decorated with Christmas trees and candles.
Chorus of people singing in a choir, holding black music folders, with a focus on three women in the front row, all dressed in black and wearing pearl necklaces.
Orchestra members in formal attire, including tuxedos and evening dresses, performing with sheet music in front of them during a concert.
Choir of elderly men and women singing with black folders, dressed in black formal attire, performing on stage with gold curtains in the background.