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MUS170 Lec 01

11:00 - 11:50 a.m. MWF

Fall Semester, 2007

 

Description

Fundamentals of Music is an introduction to music course that has a Service Learning component to it.  Through lectures, rehearsals, conducting, and performance, you will begin to understand music in its notation and performing environments.  You will get to know the piano, the recorder, percussion instruments, your voice (yes, your voice), and other instruments quite well.  We will also listen to some examples of music when necessary.  Rehearsing music requires you to know how to stand up in front of a group and lead them.  You will therefore learn how to conduct, too.  The service learning components will be a Kindergarten concert at the end of the semester, followed by a class discussion of the Kindergarten concert.

Calendar - click to see the tentative course calendar

Required Materials

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Soprano recorder

Grading Policy

* Attendance

Your fellow students are counting on you at each of your rehearsals.  Missing rehearsals puts unnecessary stress on your group.  Therefore, absences affect your grade according to the scale at left.

Recorder Proficiency               10%

At midterm, you will have to play on the recorder one song of your choice, and sight read another of my choice.  Choose from the repertoire in the book.  Prepared song:  60%, sight-read song:  40%.

Piano Proficiency                    10%

At midterm, you will play on the piano a scale of your choice, a scale of my choice, a chord progression of your choice, and a simple chord progression of my choice.

Conducting Proficiency           10%

At the end of the year, you will be evaluated on your leadership abilities and the clarity of your conducting.

3 Assignments 

There will be three in-class assignments:

1.                   find your voice range

2.                   find your heart rate

3.                   notate a simple song

Each of these assignments will be completed within one class period and can be group assignments.

Finished Score and Parts        10%

For each song, there must be a score and separate parts.

Concert            10%

Attend either the free Moraine Symphonic Band or the Washington County Youth Orchestra home page (admission required) concert.

when:                            Sunday, December 2, at 3:00 p.m.

where:                           UWWC auditorium

Your Concert                         40%

Instead of a written final exam, you will put on a concert.  In order to get full credit for this portion of your grade, you must do at four things:

1.       Play piano in at least one song

2.       Play recorder in another song

3.       Conduct your song.

4.       Participate in one or more other songs.

The concert will be held in the UWWC auditorium on Friday, December 21, at 10:30 a.m.  It will last about forty-five minutes.

Concert attire:

I will record your grades for each of the above using the following table.  At the end of the year, I will use this table to determine your final grade.

Assessment

last updated October 31, 2007