Master of Music Education Summer Courses - 2010
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June 14 – 18, 2010, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Instructor: Lisa Sullivan
MUED 5140 — Orff Curriculum — 2 hours
Enables students to build a Schulwerk-based curriculum for their specific teaching assignments. Long-term planning and weekly process lesson planning will be addressed. Teachers will share ideas and teach lessons utilizing the Orff process. Level I and II Orff training at an accredited program is required to enroll in this course.
June 14, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24, 28, 30, July 1, 5, 7 and 8, 2010, Monday, Wednesday & Thursday,
5:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Instructor: Jonathan Brooks
MUSC 6110—Graduate Music Theory—3 hours
This course begins with a review of the core components of the undergraduate music theory curriculum with emphasis placed on formal, harmonic and motivic/thematic analysis. This class focuses on the integration of score analysis into the performance of musical works frequently used in the educational setting. An emphasis will be placed on conveying analytic information appropriately in the performance score. Evaluation in this course is based on demonstrating analytic techniques in several score preparations with written support and explanation.
June 14 – July 16, 2010
Instructor: Linda Schubert
MUSC 6200—Music History On-Line — 3 hours
Focuses on American music in ways that are pertinent to the music educator. Students will be required to use research tools and methodologies to complete a significant research project related to the subject of the course.
June 28 – July 2, 2010, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Instructor: Janet Brewer
MUSC 6020 — Bibliography and Research — 3 hours
This course will introduce students to the major research tools that are available to them as music scholars and will give them practical experience in using these tools. As a result, students will become aware of the breadth of scholarly materials available to them and will take initial steps toward using these tools to make valuable contributions to the field of music education research and scholarship. Included in the course will be an overview of major library reference tools, on-line resources, internet sources of scholarly information, and music periodicals and scholarly journals available to them (on-line and in print). Students will develop an understanding of the type of information in each resource and where to look for a particular type of music scholarship. This course will conclude with a research project conducted by the student that will demonstrate their understanding of how to use various research tools to provide new insights and understandings about musical scholarship and performance practices.
In The Orff Classroom—1 Hour—Monday – Thursday 8:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
June 28 – July 1, 2010
Instructor: Lisa Sullivan
MUED 5550 (01)—Selected Topics In Music: Technology With Integrity
Participants will take lesson plans and create notation files and Power Point files to go with lessons. Participants will work in a lab setting and will learn to place notation into Word documents (lesson plans), create notation icons for use in Power Point, and animate icons to encourage active involvement by all in the classroom. Participants will choose to work with Finale or Sibelius notationsoftware. Successful completion of Orff Level I at an accredited program is required to enroll in this course.
Monday – Thursday 1:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.
June 28 – July 1, 2010
Instructor: Cyndee Giebler
MUED 5550 (02)—Selected Topics In Music: Composition And Arranging In The Elemental Style—1 Hour
This interactive course will include writing and arranging in all media in the elemental style. Successful completion of Orff Level III at an accredited program is mandatory. Working knowledge of Sibelius is helpful, but not required.
July 5 – 9, 2010, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Instructor: David Frego
MUED 5550 (03)—Selected Topics In Music: Dalcroze Eurhythmics—2 Hours
This course will look at the elements of music through kinesthetic awareness. Participants will actively engage in music making through movement—connecting the brain to the body. While this workshop is primarily for the general music classroom, transfers will be made for the choral and instrumental classroom as well. Handouts and additional examples will help teachers take these ideas to their classrooms. Participants should wear loose, comfortable clothing, soft-soled shoes, and be ready to feel the joy of music.
July 12 – 23, 2010, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Instructor: Lisa Sullivan, Cyndee Giebler, Sarah Hassler, and Jenny Handshoe
MUED 5110—Level I Orff Certification—3 Hours
This course serves as an intense introduction to basic Orff teaching philosophy and techniques including the study of rhythm, harmony, solfege, modes, improvisation, pedagogy, pentatonic melodies, ostinati, bordun accompaniments and elemental forms. Students also participate in recorder study and movement skills each day. This course addresses classroom application of Orff practices, techniques, and improvisational methods.
July 12 – 23, 2010, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Instructors: Lisa Sullivan, Cyndee Giebler, Sarah Hassler, and Jenny Handshoe
MUED 5120—LEVEL Ii Orff Certification—3 Hours
This course is a continuation of the study of Orff teaching methodology begun in Level I Orff Certification. It includes the study of pentatonic, diatonic and modal melodies, melodic ostinato, bordun and shifting chord accompaniments, and irregular and changing meters. Students review pentatonic modes and their transpositions, begin the study of pentachordal and hexachordal scales. Students participate in the study of recorder and movement each day. This course also addresses classroom application of Orff practices, techniques, and improvisational methods, including the sequential teaching of dance forms and folk dances.
July 26 – 30, 2010, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Instructors: Linda Schubert
MUSC 6220—World Music—2 Hours
This seminar will focus on a particular aspect of world music each semester that it is offered. The topic of the seminar will be available through the School of Music office and will address some aspect of world music that will be pertinent to the music educator. This seminar will assist music educators with incorporating some aspects of world music into their classrooms and rehearsals.
Dates and time, arranged
Private Music Study (MUPF 5700—5980)
All private music lessons for this degree are intended as to serve as a means for music educators to “brush up” and enhance their performance skills. Lessons are encouraged as a way of keeping performance standards high and maintaining healthy performance practices. These lessons are not intended to lead to a recital or a public performance of any type. However, students who wish to give a recital may petition the music faculty to do so and will be expected to complete the recital hearing process as outlined in the Music Department Bulletin. Private music study is offered for 1, 2 or 3 semester hours of credit in the following areas and must be arranged with the appropriate faculty member before registering:
| Voice | Double bass | French horn |
| Piano | Flute/Piccolo | Trombone |
| Harpsichord | Clarinet | Euphonium |
| Organ | Oboe/English Horn | Tuba |
| Violin | Bassoon | Percussion |
| Viola | Saxophone | Harp |
| Cello | Trumpet | Guitar |
