Fundamentals for singing in Italian, including symbols and sounds of the International Phonetic Alphabet. Applied elements included with special focus on Italian art song and operatic repertoire.

 

Introductory lyric diction course for singers. Fundamentals for singing in English, including symbols and sounds of the International Phonetic Alphabet as applied to English classical song. Applied elements included.

 

Survey of supplementary teaching materials for elementary and intermediate level piano students.

 

A survey of art and vernacular music traditions of the United States.

 

Basic principles and methods of percussion performance and pedagogy.

 

Basic principles and methods of brass instrument performance and pedagogy.

 

Basic principles and methods of woodwind performance and pedagogy.

 

Basic principles and methods of string performance and pedagogy.

 

Roles of women in music, including the history of women musicians in Western art music, world cultures, and popular music; gender studies in music.

 

Examination of music videos from the 1980s until the present. Music videos will be treated as texts from which we can glean cultural understanding as well as explore new ways of analyzing aesthetic communication and musical meaning.