Concentration on choral literature for men's voices from all periods of music history, including sacred, secular, folk, and popular music.

 

Methods and field experience for instrumental music education majors. Course involves effective teaching techniques, research in teaching/learning, and materials, including technology and multicultural materials.

 

Methods and field experience for music education majors with specialization in choral music. Course involves effective teaching techniques, research in teaching/learning, and materials, including technology and multicultural materials.

 

Methods and field experience for music education majors. Course consists of a survey of effective teaching techniques, research in learning, and materials, including use of technology and multicultural materials.

 

Course includes a service-learning project during the semester that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives. Student engagement in the service-learning component will be up to 25% of overall instruction time.

 

Fundamentals for singing in German, including symbols and sounds of the International Phonetic Alphabet. Applied elements included with special focus on the Lieder and opera.

 

Fundamentals for singing in French, including symbols and sounds of the International Phonetic Alphabet, rudimentary grammar, translations for musical terms, and words commonly found in song texts. Applied elements included.

 

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.