COURSES FOR EVERYONE
DALCROZE MUSICIANSHIP GMUS 651 (3 credits) Kathy Thomsen, DMA June 23-27 | 8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m. CRN: 30482
movement and dance experiences; instrumental music; 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 certifies their specialized study in world music pedagogy. REALIZING DIVERSITY IN This course is designed to introduce four domains of social justice in education, identity, diversity, justice and action. Considerations of engendering empathy, developing a critical consciousness, and crafting a more socially just education are central to this 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. MUSIC EDUCATION GMUS 606 (3 credits) Karen Howard, PhD July 7-11 | 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CRN: 30479
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 16-20 | 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m. (No Class June 19) CRN: 30486
Musicianship development based on the Dalcroze approach. Study of eurhythmics (training the body in rhythm and dynamics), solfege (training the ear, eye and voice in pitch, melody and harmony using fixed-do), improvisation (combining eurhythmics and solfege according to the students’ own invention – in movement, with the voice, or on an instrument) and methods (application tools for the classroom and studio). CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES IN MUSIC EDUCATION 544-01 (1 credit) Vanessa Cornett, DMA June 30-July 3 | 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. CRN: 30427 Students will investigate the research related to contemplative practices in education, and will study a wide variety of mindfulness techniques appropriate for music students of all ages. We will emphasize a secular form of vipassana mindfulness, defined by Jon Zabat-Kinn as “the deliberate focus of awareness, without judgment, on thoughts and events of the present moment.” Students will engage in various forms of stillness, movement, creative, and generative contemplative methods; they will also build confidence leading guided meditations, and will apply mindfulness practices to a wide variety of teaching contexts. Topics will include mindfulness for attentional focus, body awareness, peak performance, deep listening, mindful music practice, and anxiety management, with special attention to cultural considerations and trauma- sensitive practices. It is expected that students will engage in a regular meditation practice for the duration of this course. SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS CERTIFICATE COURSE IN WORLD MUSIC PEDAGOGY GMUS 536 (3 credits) Karen Howard, PhD June 29 | 3:00-8:00 p.m. June 30-July 3 | 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CRN: 30426 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,
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. EAST ASIAN MUSIC CULTURES GMUS 670 (2 credits) Karen Howard, PhD June 16-July 25 | Online, Asynchronous *Note: course content modules uploaded weekly with attendant assignments due by the end of each week CRN: 30485 This course explores traditional and contemporary music as a social and communal activity within multiple Asian cultures, including Japan, China and Korea. It employs an anthropological and ethnomusicological approach that analyzes music in a 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 with a more socially just music education. Each student will select an additional music culture within East Asia to study across the semester.
DEGREE OFFERINGS
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. All requirements for each concentration must be completed for this option.
ADMISSION DEADLINES Summer term: April 1 Fall term: July 1 Spring term: Dec. 1 Applications accepted on a rolling basis stthomas.edu/music/graduate/application
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 certificate • Non-degree studies – More than 50 courses and workshops are offered year-round to facilitate lifelong learning opportunities for music education practitioners.
Graduate Programs in Music Education
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