DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES – NEW! SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS CERTIFICATION IN WORLD MUSIC PEDAGOGY
LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC GMUS 537 (2 credits) Karen Howard, PhD July 1-3 | 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. CRN: 30218
GMUS 536 (3 credits) Karen Howard, PhD June 24-28 | 9:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. CRN: 30212
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. EAST ASIAN MUSIC CULTURES - NEW! GMUS 670 (2 credits) Karen Howard, PhD June 17-July 26 | Online Asynchronous CRN: 30268 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 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. Additionally, each student will select an additional music culture within East Asia to study across the semester. DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES: INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES - NEW! GMUS 653 (2 credits) Douglas Orzolek, PhD July 8-12 | 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Diverse music 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 pieces of music.
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, 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. AFRICAN MUSIC ENSEMBLE GMUS 671 (2 credits) Sowah Mensah June 17-21 (No Class June 19) | 9:00 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.
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