<p>Ok, before I overload this forum :D another question~ I really should make it into one large conglomeration, but oh well, bear with me and hopefully others can benefit from my excessive questions as well :D</p>
<p>I'm interested in the Chamber Music Society (I play violin but probably am not good enough for the symphony but I'd still like to keep it up with players on the same level as me). It says on the website that this can count for credit as well, but I can't, for the life of me, figure out how many credits it counts as and whether or not it is under the HASS-D of Performing Arts.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I think you can get credit for any of the MIT music ensembles for which an audition is required – 6 credits per semester (i.e. half the credits of the average academic class). Here is the link to the class description for the Chamber Music Society; just scroll down until you get to 21.445.</p>
<p>[Course</a> 21M: Music and Theater Arts](<a href=“http://student.mit.edu/catalog/m21Ma.html]Course”>Fall 2024 Course 21M: Music)</p>
<p>Note: If you are accepted into the ensemble, you’re not automatically registered to get credit for it (since some students will participate in groups on a non-credit basis). You still have to officially add the class to your schedule; you’ll find out how to do that during orientation. Also note: first-year students have some limits as to how many credits they take – so if you are taking a Freshman Advising Seminar, for instance (which gives 6 units of credit), as well as the typical 4 academic classes – you still can participate in music ensembles – but probably not for credit.</p>
<p>I think the music ensembles can give HASS elective credit, and might form part of a HASS concentration – but I don’t believe they’re identified as HASS-D classes, so they don’t fulfill that particular part of the HASS requirement.</p>
<p>[MIT</a> SHASS: Undergraduate Studies - The HASS Requirement - The Distribution Requirement - HASS-D - Classes](<a href=“http://shass.mit.edu/undergraduate/hass/hass-d/classes]MIT”>http://shass.mit.edu/undergraduate/hass/hass-d/classes)</p>
<p>Thanks semamom, answered my question! :D</p>
<p>I think I"ll be taking it without credit - I’m almost at my limit freshman year first term ~~</p>
<p>I believe Chamber Music Society players are, on average, of greater skill than MITSO players. Chamber Music Society students perform in small groups (usually with any particularly instrument represented only once in the group), so they need to be more comfortable with being individually heard than MITSO players, who blend into the entire instrument section.</p>
<p>Don’t let that influence your decision, though. It’s really about whether you like playing in a small or large group. I’m just saying that, if you can do Chamber, you’re definitely good enough for MITSO (especially for violin)!</p>
<p>Is there a formal system for placing mediocre musicians like myself into a capella groups or chamber groups? I play violin and sing something awkwardly between bass and tenor yet not quite baritone…</p>
<p>This is a kind of different question, but what are the facilities for music?</p>