Skill development in voice and on social instruments for use in the therapeutic treatment of various age groups. Includes improvisation, transposition, and self-accompanied performance of a variety of repertoire.

 

Practical application of music therapy in an assigned clinic, along with seminars to analyze effectiveness, in-depth interactions, intervention strategies, and accountability measures.

 

Physiological effects of music, the relation of music to health, and the place of music in the habilitative and rehabilitative process.

 

Acoustical and psychological aspects of music with emphasis upon problems of perception, experimental aesthetics, musical function, measurement and diagnosis of musical ability.

 

Music as human behavior and its uses as therapeutic intervention with various populations.

 

Choral music, including multicultural materials, suitable for all levels and voices.

 

This course will be taught 95% or more online.

 

Choral and instrumental conducting methods and techniques with application in laboratory situations.

 

Methods and techniques for organizing and training marching bands; planning music, drills, formations, and shows.

 

Repertory Singers is a small choral ensemble geared to provide a real-world, laboratory, and recital conducting experience for graduate conducting students, while offering the singers in the ensemble unique insights into conducting gesture, rehearsal techniques, group motivational dynamics, and other topics relevant to choral music education and the choral art.

 

Preparation and performance of standard orchestral audition repertoire excerpts for violin, as well as mock audition experience. Students are expected to familiarize and prepare the assigned repertoire prior to each meeting.

 

Practicum.