[{"courseTitle":"Appl Instru\/Vocal Instruct I (semester)","courseID":"30","yearSession":"2\/fall","courseDescription":"Students will study with a private instructor using their primary instrument."},{"courseTitle":"Applied Lessons I (sem)","courseID":"10","yearSession":"1\/fall","courseDescription":"Students will study with a private instructor using their primary instrument."},{"courseTitle":"Applied Lessons II (sem)","courseID":"21","yearSession":"1\/spring","courseDescription":"Students will study with a private instructor using their primary instrument."},{"courseTitle":"Band Arranging","courseID":"51","yearSession":"1\/fall","courseDescription":"Students will learn to arrange music in different musical styles for a standard 4-5 piece ensemble. Students will learn the primary rudiments for each instrument to achieve the authenticity of the musical style."},{"courseTitle":"Class Piano I","courseID":"63","yearSession":"1\/spring","courseDescription":"One of the requirements for earning a certificate or degree in Commercial Music, NPWI, or Worship Arts is passing the piano proficiency. A student will not be granted a certificate or degree until they have passed all sections. This seven-week course will help each student learn the necessary skills and foundation to successfully pass the proficiency within a year."},{"courseTitle":"Concentrated Study of the Psalms","courseID":"32","yearSession":"2\/fall","courseDescription":"For thousands of years, the Book of Psalms has provided a voice for God's people to come together and worship Him. But the psalms are much more than a guide for corporate worship. The psalms serve as incredible examples of how we can communicate in relationship with God. They show us how we can reach to God. Concentrated Study Of the Psalms will show students how to reach out to God and how He reaches out to them by using examples of reaching up to God, reaching out to God, reaching for God's presence, and reaching beyond the present to remember times God acted boldly in their lives. It is the desire of this course to show each student what an active and dynamic relationship with God can look like."},{"courseTitle":"Conducting and Rehearsal Techniques","courseID":"18","yearSession":"2\/fall","courseDescription":"This course embodies the whole process of preparing, rehearsing, and conducting a standard church anthem with a live choir. Students will also learn rehearsal techniques that can be used with a modern worship team."},{"courseTitle":"Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)","courseID":"33","yearSession":"1\/spring","courseDescription":"This course teaches several components in technology and audio that are used in the modern church."},{"courseTitle":"Essentials of Vocal Production","courseID":"1","yearSession":"1\/fall","courseDescription":"This course will cover basic anatomy of the voice and respiratory system as it pertains to singing, assessing and managing the voice, common vocal issues in singing and learning styles, the tools of the trade: breathing, sounds, scales, application into a song, vocal health advice for singers and staying motivated, microphone technique and the importance of being a good listener in order to sing!"},{"courseTitle":"Foundations of Music Publishing","courseID":"56","yearSession":"2\/fall","courseDescription":"This class is an overview of music publishing, including contracts, catalog development, song development, copyright law, and current economic and legal challenges in the music industry."},{"courseTitle":"Guitar 101","courseID":"65","yearSession":"1\/spring","courseDescription":"Students will learn basic guitar in preparation for their required proficiency."},{"courseTitle":"Hymnology","courseID":"50","yearSession":"2\/fall","courseDescription":"\"Hymnology\" will examine the canon of hymnody within the church. Beginning with the early New Testament church, this course will survey and sample the very rich heritage of song throughout great church movements through the 19th century. This class will address how technology, theology, and creativity, have all influenced hymn expressions over the past 2,000 years. Students will accomplish these objectives through lectures, readings, audio and video examples, and in-class dialogue and hymn sharing. Hymn sharing performances will be assigned to students at the beginning of the course."},{"courseTitle":"Internship","courseID":"53","yearSession":"2\/spring","courseDescription":"NPWI students are placed in an internship at a church or musical venue like a publishing company where they will work with a supervisor. Depending on the internship, students will gain musical, personal, and spiritual knowledge in their growth."},{"courseTitle":"Media Production","courseID":"64","yearSession":"1\/spring","courseDescription":"This seven-week course is designed to teach students how to create basic media projects for various uses in production: praise and worship, music video, artist project, as well as help build their video resume for employment opportunities."},{"courseTitle":"Modern Orchestration (sem)","courseID":"46","yearSession":"2\/fall","courseDescription":"Students will learn the fundamentals of arranging music for string, woodwind, and brass ensembles from lectures, examining existing scores, listening to examples, and creating their own arrangements in a notation program. Students will practice transcribing melody, chords, and specific instruments of published and unpublished music. Students will learn basic orchestral communication skills such as terminology, conducting, and rehearsal techniques."},{"courseTitle":"Music Theory I for Worship Leading","courseID":"8","yearSession":"1\/fall","courseDescription":"Students will learn the fundamentals of music theory that are used on a weekly basis in a worship setting. Students will be able to visualize, hear, and play on the piano each concept. Emphasis is placed on rhythmic dictation as well as transcribing and chord substitutions."},{"courseTitle":"Music Theory II for Worship Leading","courseID":"20","yearSession":"1\/spring","courseDescription":"Students will learn advanced techniques of music theory that are used on a weekly basis in a worship setting. Students will be able to visualize, hear, and play on the piano each concept. Emphasis is placed on aural dictation, identify and play by ear a musical segment, transcribing, chord substitutions, and arranging chord charts."},{"courseTitle":"Music Theory III for Worship Leading","courseID":"69","yearSession":"1\/fall","courseDescription":"Students will learn how to arrange music in different musical styles for a standard vocal ensemble and worship band. Emphasis is placed on arranging, charting in the Nashville Number system, as well as transcribing, and chord substitutions."},{"courseTitle":"Notation","courseID":"14","yearSession":"1\/spring","courseDescription":"This course will cover the basics of entering music into a notation program and all the musical symbols or elements to create a complete piece of music."},{"courseTitle":"Organizational Leadership","courseID":"57","yearSession":"2\/fall","courseDescription":"Students will learn the art of organization including planning services, budgeting, and time management. "},{"courseTitle":"Praise and Worship Choir II (sem)","courseID":"16","yearSession":"1\/spring","courseDescription":"Testify is Trevecca University\u2019s premier Gospel Choir, known for its passionate and high-energy performances and its diverse repertoire. Their transcendent take on everything from traditional Gospel to contemporary Worship has made them a go-to source for live and studio performances with several artists. Performances include a tour, local churches, and special events. No audition is required, but interested singers should have a passion for worship and a desire to lift their voice to the Lord!"},{"courseTitle":"Praise and Worship Choir III (semester)","courseID":"60","yearSession":"2\/fall","courseDescription":"Testify is Trevecca University\u2019s premier Gospel Choir, known for its passionate and high-energy performances and its diverse repertoire. Their transcendent take on everything from traditional Gospel to contemporary Worship has made them a go-to source for live and studio performances with several artists. Performances include a tour, local churches, and special events. No audition is required, but interested singers should have a passion for worship and a desire to lift their voice to the Lord!"},{"courseTitle":"Principles of Sound Technology I","courseID":"68","yearSession":"2\/fall","courseDescription":"This class is designed to familiarize students with the basic concepts and multiple aspects of audio recording. Topics covered include the history of recording, basic signal flow, major components of audio, digital theory, and basic DAW operations."},{"courseTitle":"Rehearsal Techniques","courseID":"66","yearSession":"2\/fall","courseDescription":"Course will engage students in several real-world challenges that will help them learn how to rehearse a choir, band, session, and other musical production."},{"courseTitle":"SALT  (sem)","courseID":"67","yearSession":"1\/fall","courseDescription":"Required each semester for every student enrolled as a major or minor in the NPWI program. This zero-credit-hour educational addition will help students grow in their development as an artist and lifetime worshipper. Totals are based on semester. Graded S\/U."},{"courseTitle":"Songwriting I (sem)","courseID":"2","yearSession":"1\/spring","courseDescription":"This course  will examine, study, practice, and demonstrate the inspiration and craft of writing worship songs, through a variety of historical worship expressions.  Students will accomplish these objectives through lectures, readings, audio and video examples, and in-class dialogue and song-sharings."},{"courseTitle":"Songwriting III","courseID":"4","yearSession":"2\/fall","courseDescription":"This course will examine, study, practice, and demonstrate the inspiration and craft of writing good songs and reevaluating what \u201ctrue worship\u201d is in song.  We will examine a variety of historical worship expressions, as well as well-crafted songs that have stood the test of time.  Students will accomplish these objectives through lectures, readings, audio and video examples, and in-class dialogue and song-sharing times.  "},{"courseTitle":"Testify (sem)","courseID":"9","yearSession":"1\/fall","courseDescription":"Testify is Trevecca University\u2019s premier Gospel Choir, known for its passionate and high-energy performances and its diverse repertoire. Their transcendent take on everything from traditional Gospel to contemporary Worship has made them a go-to source for live and studio performances with several artists. Performances include a tour, local churches, and special events. No audition is required, but interested singers should have a passion for worship and a desire to lift their voice to the Lord!"},{"courseTitle":"The Art of Working In and Through Denominations","courseID":"49","yearSession":"2\/fall","courseDescription":"This course is project-based designed. The instructor is available to give guidance, as needed.\r\n \r\nThe role of worship leader sometimes includes working in denominational settings that are different from one\u2019s heritage, so it is important to have an understanding of how different denominations operate. Based on several denominations represented at Trevecca Nazarene University, you are to select two of these for the research project. Although Trevecca has many non-denominational students, the intention of this project is to study denominations. Non-denominational churches will vary in uniqueness at each church, so it is important to learn what that specific church holds to be true."},{"courseTitle":"Worship Band II (sem)","courseID":"11","yearSession":"1\/spring","courseDescription":"This course includes weekly band challenges where student bands perform and are offered critiques from industry-standard clinicians. Student bands prepare a song through a series of unique requirements as part of their hands-on training. Students learn different styles of music, to play multiple instruments, life skills that involve leadership and relationships, and learn to work together to achieve a common purpose. Emphasis is developing arrangements using theory and adding different technology components to the arrangement."},{"courseTitle":"Worship Band Practicum I (sem)","courseID":"12","yearSession":"1\/fall","courseDescription":"This course includes weekly band challenges where student bands perform and are offered critiques from industry-standard clinicians. Student bands prepare a song through a series of unique requirements as part of their hands-on training. Students learn different styles of music, to play multiple instruments, life skills that involve leadership and relationships, and learn to work together to achieve a common purpose. Emphasis is placed on learning instruments, relational skills, and arranging charts outside the common church practice."},{"courseTitle":"Worship Band Practicum III (semester)","courseID":"22","yearSession":"2\/fall","courseDescription":"This course is the core of the NPWI program and includes weekly band challenges where student bands perform and are offered critiques from industry-standard clinicians. Student bands prepare a song through a series of unique requirements as part of their hands-on training. Students learn different styles of music, to play multiple instruments, life skills that involve leadership and relationships, and learn to work together to achieve a common purpose."},{"courseTitle":"Worship In The Bible (sem)","courseID":"13","yearSession":"1\/fall","courseDescription":"Students will explore how worship evolved in the Old Testament and continued throughout the New Testament."},{"courseTitle":"Worship In the Christian Church","courseID":"28","yearSession":"1\/spring","courseDescription":"This class will discover the evolution of Christian Church Worship Leadership from the churches inception to the present."},{"courseTitle":"Worship Ministry Leadership I","courseID":"6","yearSession":"2\/fall","courseDescription":"This course integrates Biblical and theological concepts, leadership principles, spiritual development, communication skills and methods of ministry to equip worship leaders with the foundational leadership principles of Artistic Proficiency, Biblical Literacy, and Character Depth."}]