Credit Hours:1 Lab Hours:3 Contact Hour Total:48 Smaller instrumental ensembles: wind, string, percussion, piano, or lab (jazz, rock, fusion, or contemporary). Members are selected through an audition with priority given to members of the marching/symphonic-concert bands. Music includes traditional Caribbean music and additional arrangements of classical and contemporary music for steel drum ensemble. Performances include campus concerts and various functions in the community. Prerequisite(s): Students must audition at the beginning of the semester to gain admittance into the ensemble. Students should be a member of the Blinn College band program although exceptions can be made. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Lower Division Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM) course