WORLD MUSIC SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS CERTIFICATION IN WORLD MUSIC PEDAGOGY
GLOBAL MUSIC TRADITIONS FOR CHOIR GMUS 652 (2 credits) Karen Howard, PhD June 12-23 (No Class June 19) | 1:30-4:45 p.m. CRN: 30232 Participants will experience singing and choral traditions from a wide variety of musical cultures. Emphasis will be placed on musical characteristics and healthy vocal techniques to achieve particular culturally specific timbres and styles. The music will hail from a variety of countries including (but not limited to) Bulgaria, Macedonia, Tahiti, Ghana and Tanzania. This course is appropriate for singers and choral directors with a particular focus on upper elementary through secondary choral settings. LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC GMUS 537 (1 credit) Anthony De Quattro, DMA July 3-7 (No Class July 4) | 1:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m. CRN: 30300 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 Afro- Peruvian music. This hands-on workshop is appropriate for vocal and instrumental educators who teach at the elementary, middle or high school level.
GMUS 536 (3 credits) Karen Howard, PhD June 26-30 | 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CRN: 30122
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 20-23 (No Class June 19) | 9:00 a.m.-2 p.m. CRN: 30092 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 provided except flute and CDs, which can be purchased in class.
PIANO PEDAGOGY SUPERVISED TEACHING GMUS 800 (2 credits) CRN: 30103
Faculty direction and observation of each student’s teaching. Students will videotape their own piano students for the basis of the class. Prerequisite: Completion of pedagogy courses.
MASTER OF ARTS CORE COURSES
INTRODUCTION TO SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH METHODS IN MUSIC EDUCATION
GMUS 600 (3 credits) Karen Howard, PhD June 12-July 21 | Online CRN: 30087
Graduate Programs in Music Education
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