De Anza College Music Department

06/26/2025

Thanks for the memories and congratulations to Marcel!

12/13/2018

Calling all air guitarists! Let's get a real axe in your hands and learn to play guitar! Music 16A, Beginning Acoustic Guitar, and 16B, Pop, Blues, Jazz Guitar (for very early intermediate players) is being offered during the Winter quarter on Tuesday evenings at 5:30 pm. While you're registering, check out our many excellent music class offerings:

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12/02/2018

Please join us for our fall quarter concerts in the coming week!

09/11/2018

The Music Department has a new faculty member! Dr. Grace Lai will be teaching Concert Band, replacing our longtime Instructor, John Russell, who has retired. We look forward to working with our newest colleague! If you play a Band instrument, you are encouraged to join her in her inaugural quarter at De Anza!

09/11/2018

Orchestral musicians: Our De Anza Chamber Orchestra is in need of several students to avoid class cancellation. Please consider enrolling ASAP to keep our tradition of orchestral music making alive!

08/13/2018

Fall quarter approaches, but there's still time to enroll in music classes. There are still many with open seats, and we hope you will enroll early to avoid cancellation of low-enrolled classes. Contact Ron Dunn ([email protected]) or Dr. Ilan Glasman ([email protected]) for more information.

This year, the first year of Comprehensive Music - Music 3A/B/C will not be offered due to the drastice budget cuts the college has experienced. To mitigate this, we're offering Music 10A - Music Fundamentals - every quarter this year, and will offer ear training opportunities for music majors in addition to the class. We hope you'll take advantage of this opportunity to gain music literacy skills. Contact Ron Dunn for more information.

03/22/2018

It's springtime - and student concert week at De Anza College! Come enjoy a romantic afternoon/evening of music, and support our student performers at the same time!

Wednesday March 21 7:30 p.m. De Anza Concert Band and Chorale: Bernstein's 100th (VPAC :$10 & $5 - contact John Russell)

Friday March 23 4:00 p.m. Student Recital (A11 - FREE - contact Ron Dunn)

Friday March 23 7:30 p.m. De Anza Jazz Ensemble and the Daddios: Big Band Funk (VPAC $10 & $5 - contact John Russell)

Sunday March 25, 4:00 p.m. Chamber Orchestra Concert (VPAC $10 & $5 - contact Loren Tayerle)

Tuesday March 27 6:15-8:15 p.m. Evening Singing Class Final / variety show (Room A11 - FREE)

Wednesday March 28 9:15-11:15 a.m. Morning Singing Class Final / variety show (Room A31 - FREE)

Thursday March 29 7:30-9:30 p.m. Orchestra Final Showcase Suzuki and chamber music madness! (Room A31 - FREE)

01/29/2018

Here's a list of Music Department performances for Winter quarter - an exciting lineup! We hope you can make it to several!

Friday March 2 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Vintage Singers sing as part of the San Jose State University Invitational Choral Festival (SJSU Concert Hall - FREE)

Sunday March 4 3:30 p.m. - Vintage Singers host a Madrigal Tea fundraiser (California History Center - $20 contact Dr. Ilan Glasman)

Saturday March 16 TBD - Vocal Flight performs and Santa Cruz Jazz Festival (Cabrillo College - FREE)

Monday March 19 7:30 p.m. Vintage Singers, Chorale and De Anza Concert Band perform Bernstein and others (VPAC - $10/$5 contact Dr. Ilan Glasman)

Wednesday March 21 7:30 p.m. De Anza Concert Band and Chorale: Bernstein's 100th (VPAC :$10 & $5 - contact John Russell)

Friday March 23 4:00 p.m. Student Recital (A11 - FREE - contact Ron Dunn)

Friday March 23 7:30 p.m. De Anza Jazz Ensemble and the Daddios: Big Band Funk (VPAC $10 & $5 - contact John Russell)

Sunday March 25, 4:00 p.m. Chamber Orchestra Concert (VPAC $10 & $5 - contact Loren Tayerle)

Tuesday March 27 6:15-8:15 p.m. Evening Singing Class Final / variety show (Room A11 - FREE)

Wednesday March 28 9:15-11:15 a.m. Morning Singing Class Final / variety show (Room A31 - FREE)

Thursday March 29 7:30-9:30 p.m. Orchestra Final Showcase Suzuki and chamber music madness! (Room A31 - FREE)

12/19/2017

Do you play a wind or percussion instrument? We'd love to have you in Concert Band (Music 42)! We're a bit under-enrolled at the moment, so if you're interested, please enroll today, or the class may be canceled.

De Anza College is a community college serving the south bay within the San Francisco region. How to register for classes using the MyPortal registration system.

12/19/2017

Looking for an interesting Area 3/C GE course? Look no farther than our Music 1 series: 1A - Western Cultures ("classical"), 1B - Jazz Styles, and 1D - Rock, from Roots to Rap are all offered during the winter quarter. Enroll today!

09/06/2017

For our music majors planning on transferring as Juniors to San Jose State University in the next couple years, keep in mind the following lower division course requirements in Music beyond Comprehensive Musicianship (Music 3ABC, 4ABC):

MUSC 019 Music in World Cultures (equivalent to De Anza Music 1C, World Music in America)
MUSC 025A Piano Proficiency I (equivalent to De Anza Musi 12ABC)
MUSC 025B Piano Proficiency II (equivalent to De Anza Musi 18ABC)

There are other lower division music requirements, including ensemble performance, so be sure to consult with a counselor to make sure you can transfer in a timely manner - The complete list can be found at: http://transfer.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/artic/tpg/template-92.html.

Visit the De Anza College Music Home page at http://www.deanza.edu/music/index.html

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09/05/2017

Explore the relationship of chord structure and snowmen - enroll in Music Fundamentals (Music 10A) today! Learn about notation, scales, rhythm, and of course, triads and their inversions - the language of Western music! Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30. First class meeting, Sept. 26.