The Cirque Du Soleil Ensemble

ENGB-226

The Cirque du Soleil Ensemble is an advanced instrumental and vocal ensemble designed for students to study the original music of the many Cirque du Soleil productions. In this series of supervised rehearsals, students gain the professional experience of performing the music live, combined with pre-recorded Ableton Live tracks of different Cirque du Soleil compositions. Reading the original charts, improvising and playing from memory are all included in the hour-long concert of the music studied at the end of the semester. This course emphasizes the precise performance of parts, intonation, improvisation, and playing musically in a small group. In addition, each instrumentalist and vocalist prepares for and receives a mock-audition for entry into a Cirque du Soleil production using original Cirque du Soleil parts and accompanying Ableton Live tracks. Preference for entry into this ensemble is given to multi-instrumentalists. 

Credits
1
Prerequisites
Overall ensemble rating 4 and written approval of course instructor
Required Of
None
Electable By
All B.M. and P.D. students
Semesters Offered
Fall, Spring
Location
Boston
Department
ENS
Course Chair
Tyrone Chase
Taught By
Courses may not be offered at the listed locations or taught by the listed faculty for every semester. Consult my.berklee.edu to find course information for a specific semester.