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and action. Considerations of engendering empathy, developing a critical consciousness, and crafting a more socially just education are central to the seminar. As a result of the course, students will: develop a working understanding and vocabulary of the social movements in education leading to the current state of diversity; draft a refurbished approach to selecting repertoire that is based on a reflective and inclusive definition of quality; and create meaningful teaching and learning experiences that embody the underlying tenets of identity, diversity, justice, and action.
and contextualized cultural components. Participants will be guided through recordings and curricular materials from the Smithsonian Folkways archives that fit the needs of students in knowing music and knowing culture through music. Musical experiences will be tailored for use at various levels, including in classes for children, youth and adults in university and community settings with occasional small group sessions to decipher and discuss applications for particular teaching contexts and aims. Enrolled participants will join together to share particular means of teaching world music and will receive documentation from the Smithsonian Institution that recognizes their specialized study in world music pedagogy. EAST ASIAN MUSIC CULTURES GMUS 670 (2 credits) Karen Howard, PhD June 15 – July 24 | Online Asynchronous CRN: 30164 This course explores traditional and contemporary music as a social and communal activity within multiple East Asian cultures including Japan, China, and Korea. It employs an anthropological and ethnomusicological approach that analyzes music in cultural context rather than solely as an object of art. Pedagogical strategies and curricular innovations will be developed with attention to avoiding appropriation and othering while aiming toward equity within a more socially just music education. Additionally, each student will select a music culture within East Asia to study across the semester.
ABOUT OUR PROGRAM Music courses at the University of St. Thomas are designed for professional music educators who wish to strengthen their classroom teaching effectiveness by combining theoretical and applied study. Our work encourages a continual process of music education reform. We initiate programs that address practitioners’ musical, intellectual, and professional needs. We value classroom practice, theory, and research equally in our quest to improve the quality of music education.
AFRICAN MUSIC ENSEMBLE GMUS 671 (2 credits) Sowah Mensah June 15-18 (No Class June 19) 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. CRN: 30165
Study of traditional African music (Ghana, West Africa) through music performance. Performance of chants, songs, music for social and festive occasions, and other vocal and instrumental examples selected from a variety of styles. Classes will focus on learning the music so that students will be able to teach it to their own students. Instrumental music will include drumming, xylophone (gyil) music and adenkum (gourd stamping tube). All instruments provided for use in class.
LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC GMUS 537 (2 credits) Patrick O’Keefe DMA July 20-24 | 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. CRN: 30109
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ED.D. IN LEADERSHIP WITH A CONCENTRATION IN MUSIC EDUCATION ADMISSION DEADLINES Early consideration: Nov. 15 July cohort: March 15 MASTER OF ARTS IN MUSIC EDUCATION • Choral concentration • Instrumental concentration • Diverse Perspectives concentration • Kodály concentration • Orff Schulwerk concentration • Piano pedagogy concentration If desired, a dual concentration is now possible. ADMISSION DEADLINES Summer term: •MAME program or Graduate Certificate: May 15 •Non-degree students: July 15 Fall term: July 15 Spring term: Dec. 15 Online applications must be started by the dates below and are accepted on a rolling basis. link.stthomas.edu/gradmusic CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • Kodály certificate program, OAKE-endorsed • Orff Schulwerk certificate program, AOSA-approved • Piano Pedagogy certificate • Teaching World Music certificate • Eurhythmics training • Non-degree studies – More than 50 courses and workshops are offered year-round to facilitate lifelong learning opportunities for music education practitioners.
Participants will be guided through musical experiences that cover selected cultures and genres from throughout Latin America, including potential genres such as: Cuban rumba, Mexican son jarocho, Peruvian festejo, and Brazilian samba and maracatu. This hands-on course is appropriate for vocal and instrumental educators who teach at any level from elementary through secondary.
REALIZING DIVERSITY IN MUSIC EDUCATION GMUS 606 (3 credits) Karen Howard, PhD July 13-17 | 9:00-4:30 p.m. CRN: 30160
This course is designed to introduce the four domains of social justice in education: identity, diversity, justice,
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.
SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS CERTIFICATE COURSE IN WORLD MUSIC PEDAGOGY
GMUS 536 (3 credits) Karen Howard, PhD June 22-26 | 9:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. CRN: 30108
Students in this intensive course will sample audio, video, print, electronic and human resources with the aim of learning as well as developing an understanding of ways to teach music of the world’s cultures. Attention will be given to learning culture through songs, movement and dance experiences, instrumental music
Graduate Programs in Music Education
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