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AFRICAN MUSIC ENSEMBLE GMUS 671 (2 credits) Sowah Mensah June 17-21 (No Class June 19) | 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m. CRN: 30209 Study of traditional African music (Ghanaian culture) 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 or Orff) music and adenkum (gourd stamping tube). All instruments are provided except flute and CDs, which can be purchased in class. ADVANCED DALCROZE MUSICIANSHIP
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 • Diverse Perspectives concentration – NEW! • Instrumental concentration • Kodály concentration
• Orff Schulwerk concentration • Piano pedagogy concentration 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
GMUS 544-01 (1 credit) Kathy Thomsen, DMA June 24-28 9:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. CRN: 30208
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 • Nondegree studies – more than 50 courses and workshops are offered year-round to facilitate lifelong learning opportunities for music education practitioners. TUITION Our tuition rate is $664 per credit. For more information visit: cas.stthomas.edu/admissions/graduate 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.
Advanced 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, on an instrument) and methods (application tools for the classroom and studio). LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC
GMUS 537 (2 credits) Karen Howard, PhD July 1-3 | 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. CRN: 30218
Participants will be guided through musical experiences that cover selected musical cultures and genres from throughout Latin America, including Puerto Rican plena, Mexican son jarocho, Dominican merengue, and Brazilian samba. This hands-on workshop is appropriate for vocal and instrumental educators who teach at the elementary, middle or high school level.
Graduate Programs in Music Education
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