Music Appreciation

          I.         Course Number:        MUSC 100

      Course Title:                Music Appreciation, 3 credit hours

 

         II.        Term:                  Fall 2001

       Professor:   Candace Armstrong

       Office:    128 Avery Hall             

        Phone:         869-6449                        email:  mailto:carmstrong@lmunet.edu

                       Office Hours:  MW  10:00-11:00;  TR  10:45-11:45;  F  11:00-12:00

               

III.                 Course Prerequisites:  None

IV.                 Course Description/Course Goals:  Considering all music to be legitimate, this course seeks to develop intelligent listening skills.  Beginning with concepts of the awareness of music as both vertical and horizontal, basic music vocabulary will be developed by hearing musical expressions from around the world.  As students increase their musical experiences, the course seeks to develop active consumers

of art music as well as pop; and to produce awareness of the social and political forces of music reflective of an eclectic, global society.                          

 

V.                   Relationship of This Course to Content Area Knowledge and Skills:  This class should enable students to hear and to think in the abstract as well as the concrete.  Through exposure to broader and more global types of music, students should become cognizant of the role of music in a societal context.  Assigned readings, musical excerpts, class discussion, live performances, and written critiques will be employed to guide students toward making informed and objective judgments in various musical styles.

 

 

VI.                 Required Texts:  Nichols, David C.  Musical Encounters; (New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 2001).  Also required are 4-CD set.

 

Website:  http://www.prenhall.com/nichols

 

VII.               Course Objectives:  The student will demonstrate an understanding of the following:

 

1.       The elements of music pertaining to sound:  pitch, duration, dynamics, and tone color; pertaining to performing media: voices and instruments; and pertaining to musical texture, form, and style.

 

2.     Social and economic role of music both historically and currently.

 

     VIII.          Methods of Instruction and Learning:  The class will be formatted largely through reading,

guided listening, lecture, individual research, and concert attendance.

 

IX.                 Course Requirements and Evaluation Methods:  There will be a comprehensive final exam.  Attendance at two (2) concerts on the LMU Community Concert Series is required along with a written critique of each which will amount to the equivalent of a test grade of 100. There is required reading and individual listening.  Class assignments will be averaged together as one, along with test grades. Three unexcused absences will result in five points off the final grade. One point will be deducted for each subsequent unexcused absence.  Grading scale:  90-100=A; 80-89=B; 70-79=C; 60-69=D; 0-59=F.

 

X.                   Date :   August, 2001