About
Our Mission
The IVC Dance Department’s mission is to provide a high quality, comprehensive dance program dedicated to excellence and committed to meeting the current and future learning needs of our diverse community.
Speech and Debate
The Irvine Valley College Speech and Debate Team is one of the most respected and accomplished teams in the nation, competing against colleges and universities throughout the United States. Over the past 15 years, the team has placed in the top three at 12 state championships, while winning 12 league championships. Since 2000, the team was crowned the national champions in the community college division of the National Parliamentary Debate Association 11 times. The team also has an international reputation and has hosted debate teams from Europe and Asia on 20 occasions.
Communication Studies Program Information
Courses
The curriculum focuses on the study of communication, how meaning is exchanged in a variety of contexts to a variety of audiences. The basic course teaches students the skills required for presenting a speech-analyzing an audience, listening, coping with fear, using visual aids-as well as the skills they will need to prepare a speech-researching a topic, analyzing arguments and texts, and organizing and outlining material.
Communication Studies Faculty and Staff Contact
School of the Arts Department Offices: 949-451-5650
Vi Ly, Ed.D. | Dean, the Arts
Jules French, JD | Department Co-Chair: Communication Studies, the Arts
Bill Neeson | Department Co-Chair: Communication Studies, the Arts
Annual IVC Student Composer Competition
Submissions extended until Thursday, April 28 at 5 pm.
Sponsored by ASIVC
The Irvine Valley College Student Composition Competition has been offered to IVC music students since 2015 under the guidance of Dr. Daniel Luzko, Music Theory and Composition Director. The main goals of the competition are to promote musical creativity and to prepare IVC music students to succeed in the area.
Music Theory and Composition
IVC offers a spectrum of music theory classes for all levels. Students may complement their studies with The Basics of Music (MUS 1). This course is designed primarily for the general education student and is transferable to both the UC and CSU systems. The department also offers the traditional lower division of Music Theory/Harmony (MUS 3, MUS 4, MUS 5, MUS 6).
Piano
The IVC Keyboard Department is dedicated to providing a comprehensive program to students of all levels. Our commitment is to make high level piano education accessible to everyone who has a passion and curiosity for music at every level of ability. We have world-class teachers and a brand new state-of-the-art Music & Arts Center, qualifying IVC with the esteemed Steinway School designation.
Piano Majors: IVC has a robust music program with collaborations with local and national transfer colleges.
Instrumental Music
The mission of the instrumental music area (IMA) is to provide the finest artistic experience possible for its students and audiences. The IMA is one of the most active and visible segments of the college. IMA performance ensembles serve as a nexus between music students, the college and local communities, and student and professional composers and soloists. Currently there are performance opportunities in the Jazz Ensemble, Orchestra, Wind Symphony, and Guitar Program.
Choral Performance
Master Chorale
The Master Chorale was the first music ensemble at IVC, performing for the first time in 1979. Since that time, the Master Chorale has offered performances from the great masterworks of the Western canon to the Great American Songbook, to the vast treasury of choral music from the world's cultures. The choir has traveled to Europe and South America, and choir members have performed on the stage of Carnegie Hall.