Program Overview

Program Overview

The Rockin' Owls Campus Community Modern Music Ensemble is a contemporary ensemble composed of Temple University students, staff, faculty, and community members from the Greater Philadelphia area. The ensemble utilizes modern music styles and genres as its central canon and collaboratively cultivates musical arrangements using members' specific instrumental and vocal stylings.

Course Description

The ensemble meets one evening per week for a combined three hours, totaling two hours of rehearsal and one hour of technical set up, take down, and execution. The ensemble creates an electronic press kit and holds a culminating performance at the conclusion of each semester. Members may elect to participate for Temple University academic credit or pay a fee through Temple Music Prep continuing education to join as a community member.

Requirements and Admission Criteria

No audition or previous experience in the styles and genres listed is required for participation, but participants should be confident on their instrument of choice, including but not limited to guitar, bass, keys, drums, brass, and/or woodwinds. Vocalists should be confident in roles as both lead and backup-singer in a multitude of styles, with expectation toward the ability to harmonize. Members with both instrumental and vocal skills are welcome additions. Ability to read traditional notation is not an expectation.

Meeting Schedule

• Tuesday Evenings, 7:00-10:00pm
• Temple University Main Campus
• Presser Hall, Room 140
• Begins August 26, 2025
• Concert: November 18, 2025

Enrollment and Fees

• Section Title: Rockin' Owls Campus Community Modern Music Ensemble
• Type: Rehearsal
• Days: Tuesday
• Time: 7:00PM to 10:00PM
• Dates: January 13, 2026 to April 21, 2026
• Schedule and Location: Main Campus
• Delivery Options: Classroom
• Course Fee(s): $90.00 (includes $50 Registration fee and $40 instrument/supplies fee)

Section Notes

• Final Performance: April 21, 2026
• Last day to enroll: Tuesday, January 27, 2026
• Tuition includes registration and instrument fees.