CHORAL
DALCROZE
INSTRUMENTAL
Designed for the intermediate choral conductor. Laboratory course with in-depth study of the conducting gesture and its effect on choral sound. Individual lessons in the choral lab setting constitute a major component of this course. Score study, rehearsal techniques, and performance practice issues. ADVANCED CHORAL CONDUCTING GMUS 727 (2 credits) G. Phillip Shoultz, III July 6-17 | 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. CRN: 30169 Course Materials Fee: $45 For the advanced choral conductor. Laboratory course with in-depth study of the conducting gesture and its effect on choral sound. Individual lessons in the choral lab setting constitute a major component of this course. Challenging SATB and treble choir pieces and choral/orchestral repertoire. Score study, rehearsal techniques, and performance practice issues. Prerequisite: Intermediate Choral Conducting (GMUS 726). ADVANCED CHORAL CONDUCTING LAB GMUS 728 (1 credit) G. Phillip Shoultz, III July 6-17 | 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. CRN: 30170 Course Materials Fee: $45 During this course, advanced choral conducting students will extend their skills by choosing, analyzing, teaching, rehearsing, and conducting a choral octavo in a conducting lab setting. Prerequisite: Advanced Choral Conducting (GMUS 727). CHORAL LITERATURE AND ANALYSIS II GMUS 674 (2 credits) G. Phillip Shoultz, III June 15-26 (No Class June 19) 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. CRN: 30166 Course Materials Fee: $30 Study of choral literature representing the Classic, Romantic, and 20th-century style periods. Survey of historical and style evolution of major choral genres and analysis of representative works for each era.
TEACHING CHORAL MUSIC GMUS 518 (2 credits) Angela Kasper, DMA June 29-July 2 (No Class July 3) 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. CRN: 30107 Course Materials Fee: $40
WIND BAND AND ORCHESTRAL LITERATURE – WORLD PERSPECTIVES GMUS 687 (3 credits) Matthew George, DMA June 15-26 (No Class June 19) 9:00 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. CRN: 30167 This course is designed to propel students to consider repertoire beyond what is written in the United States and beyond the traditional canon. While repertoire covered in this class will include music from the U.S. and the Western Eurocentric world, students will have the opportunity to explore repertoire from a broad range of cultures and traditions. Composers and conductors from multiple countries and cultures will serve as guest speakers. They will explain how wind band and orchestral repertoire is composed and performed in their areas. Students will also engage in their own research of repertoire appropriate for their specific purposes in teaching and performing in their school environments.
The St. Thomas Master of Arts in Music Education curriculum features high quality education in eurhythmics, solfege and improvisation, and materials and methods. Dalcroze study at St. Thomas introduces students to music education that trains the body in rhythm and dynamics; trains the ear, eye and voice in pitch, melody and harmony using fixed-do; and combines eurhythmics and solfege according to the students’ own invention, while providing application tools for classroom and studio.
Students in this course will experience creative, engaging ways to present choral music to their ensembles. The course is designed to show process-driven techniques for teaching performance repertoire that simultaneously improve choristers’ musicianship skills and musical understandings. We will explore choral analysis from a pedagogical lens, building our evolving choral curriculum through compositional elements found in the music we perform. These techniques keep all singers engaged throughout our rehearsals, reducing the amount of time needed for note learning of individual voice parts. Applicable for all choral teachers working with children and youth (grades 4 – 12) as well as those with community and church choirs. Additional topics for discussion include: a sequence for part singing, daily rehearsal planning and long-term planning, guidelines for choosing repertoire, encouraging student creativity and decision making, and tricks of the trade that improve the beauty of our music making. INTERMEDIATE CHORAL CONDUCTING GMUS 726 (2 credits) G. Phillip Shoultz, III July 6-17 | 11:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. CRN: 30168 Course Materials Fee: $45
DALCROZE-INSPIRED LAB GMUS 544 (1 credit) Skye McManus June 22-26 | 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CRN: 30209
Designed as both an introductory experience and a refresher course, students will participate in eurhythmics, solfège, improvisation, and plastique animée for themselves as adult musicians, and for the students whom they teach. Offered in cooperation with the American Eurhythmics Society.
DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES: INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES GMUS 653 (2 credits) Adrian Davis, PhD July 6-10 | 9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. CRN: 30163
Diverse musics and experiences are often misrepresented in the instrumental music ensemble due to the lack of resources available to educators as well as the problems connected to the authenticity of the existing repertoire and arrangements. This course will explore the theoretical perspectives and practical approaches that can help music educators develop a more inclusive instrumental music program. The course will offer students the opportunity to discover and contemplate original music for bands and orchestras from all over the world. In addition, experiences with different types of instrumental ensembles will be provided. The goal of the course is to help music educators consider how an inclusive approach to instrumental pedagogy can enrich and expand the opportunities provided by performing and rehearsing diverse musics.
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