Courses
Music
Check back on December 15th for Summer 2010 courses.
Courses in: | College of Arts and Sciences | College of Fine Arts |
College of Arts and Sciences
Jazz Music
CAS MU 225
An overview of jazz in all its aspects. Allows students with no previous musical experience to explore the history of jazz through reading, listening, writing assignments, concert attendance, research and direct involvement with performers. Topics include the historical periods of jazz, biographies of significant jazz musicians (including Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Wynton Marsalis, and Sarah Vaughan), repertoire from a variety of styles, oral and literate traditions, and jazz as an art form. 4 cr.
College of Fine Arts
Courses in: | Applied Music | Music Theory | Music Education | Music History and Literature |CFA Music majors interested in taking summer courses to meet their degree requirements should seek advance approval from the School of Music. Applied Music Students should make personal arrangements with the School of Music for private lessons. There is an Applied Music fee during Summer Term of $825 for seven one-hour lessons, and $412.50 for seven half-hour lessons per session. Lessons taken for credit will also carry standard undergraduate tuition of $515 per credit. Private study in applied music is offered during both sessions of the Summer Term in the following instruments:
Elements of Music Theory I
CFA MU 111
Elements of music; properties of tone and rhythm; sight reading from bass and treble clefs; notation of meter and rhythms; construction of scales, triads, and intervals. Ear-training, sight-singing, analysis, and compositional work. Music majors may not receive credit. 4 cr.
Analytical Techniques I
CFA MU 601
Prereq: CFA MU 301. Systematic and empirical investigations into formal and compositional procedures of selected masterworks from the tonal repertoire. Lectures leading to analytical projects. 3 cr.
Courses in: | Orff Schulwerk | TI:ME |
Advanced Instrumental Conducting
CFA MU 682
Development and refinement of wind ensemble conducting, repertoire and rehearsal skills. The study of rehearsal planning, score preparation, and selection of music are introduced as well as technical refinement of wind ensemble conducting skills. 2 cr.
Music for Special Learners
CFA MU 691
Students learn the requirements mandated by current special education laws at the national (PL 94-142) and Massachusetts (Chapter 766) levels and their application to public schooling; implications of special education "inclusion" model for music specialists; the SPED core evaluation process as well as the use of Individual Education Plans (IEP's) in planning music instruction. Clinical description of the disabilities and syndromes which are prevalent in "inclusion" schools ranging from developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, emotional disabilities, and mental retardation and their implications for music teaching are included. Focus on planning and adapting music lessons and rehearsal plans for special learners in K-12 music classes. 2 cr.
Quantitative Research Methods in Music Education
CFA MU 871
Exploration of quantitative research methods. Emphasis is placed on the practical application of the concepts learned in class to educational research contexts. Topics include quantitative research design, sampling techniques, reliability and validity, and descriptive and inferential statistics. 4 cr.
Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training Level I
CFA MU 633
This intensive and exciting course offers comprehensive instruction in Orff Schulwerk philosophy, pedagogy, techniques and theory, orchestration, and improvisation. The course constitutes the first level of national certification as an Orff Schulwerk teacher. Sessions focus on ensemble playing, lessons and pedagogy, recorder techniques, dance and movement, and special topics. Contact the Summer Term Office at summer@bu.edu for further information. Download housing request form. 4 cr.
Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training Level II
CFA MU 446/MU 646
Prereq: Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training Level I. Continuation of the Orff Schulwerk approach including activities in song, percussion, movement, and recorder. This course constitutes the second level of national certification as an Orff Schulwerk teacher. Contact the Summer Term Office at summer@bu.edu for further information. Download housing request form.
CFA MU 446 (undergraduate course): 2 cr. Tuition $1030
CFA MU 646 (graduate course): 4 cr.
Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training Level III
CFA MU 482/MU 782
Prereq: Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training Level II. Continuation of the Orff Schulwerk approach including activities in improvisation in modal and free form styles, recorder techniques on soprano/alto and some tenor/bass recorders, and application of studies through practice teaching. This course constitutes the third level of national certification as an Orff Schulwerk teacher. Contact the Summer Term Office at summer@bu.edu for further information.
Download housing request form.
CFA MU 482 (undergraduate course): 2 cr. Tuition $1030
CFA MU 782 (graduate course): 4 cr.
Instructional Software, Internet and Digital Media for Music Educators
CFA MU 579
Covers basic skills in using computer instructional software, configuring and using computers on networks and the Internet, and the basics of using digital media in K-12 education. Participants explore many ways to incorporate these tools into the curriculum. The course is taught in a hands-on environment. This course fulfills half of the requirements for TI:ME Level 1 certification. 2 cr.
Electronic Keyboards, MIDI Sequencing, and Notation
CFA MU 637
Covers basic skills in music notation, MIDI sequencing, and electronic keyboards in K-12 education. Participants explore many ways to incorporate these tools into the curriculum. The course is taught in a hands-on environment. Satisfactory participation in class activities and successful completion of several projects are required. This course fulfills half of the requirements for TI:ME Level 1 certification. 2 cr.
Interactive Internet Authoring
CFA MU 687
Covers the creation of interactive Internet sites for the music classroom. Teachers who complete this course will create web sites that include interactive lessons which are appropriate for the K-12 music classroom. Teachers will incorporate digital multimedia files including text, graphics, video, sound, and music into their web projects. Software to be used in the class includes a web authoring program which allows the incorporation of interactive elements. The format of the course alternates presentations with class activities in which student progress is assessed and in which the material presented is reinforced. This Level 2B course fulfills one third of the requirements for TI:ME Level 2 certification. 2 cr.
Music Appreciation
CFA MU 119
Basic materials of music; analysis of masterpieces of music with reference to cultural background; group attendance of concerts with preliminary discussion period. Course does not presuppose a technical knowledge of music. 2 cr.
The Rolling Stones: Rock Exiles
CFA MU 246
The phenomenal and durable musical career of the Rolling Stones spans almost the entire history of rock and roll. Formed in 1960 and making their début three years later with their single Come on, a Chuck Berry cover, the Stones were leaders in the important British blues revival of the late 1950s, and helped spearhead the British pop music invasion of the 1960s. For over forty years they have sustained an influence that has been seminal to the development of virtually all aspects of the massive rock and roll industry. Adapting to and in many cases anticipating almost every new (or retro) trend in popular music during their long career—psychedelic, funk, punk, reggae, rap, disco, folk, and others—the Stones nevertheless remained true to the fundamental stylistic roots and sound of rock and roll: R&B, country, and most of all blues, to which their indebtedness is almost reverential. Their use of these styles, their transformation and amalgamation of them into an individual, highly distinctive, and hard-edged sound, and their distinctly subversive manner, are the essence of what rock and roll is all about, and it is no exaggeration to say that the Stones have played a crucial role in defining the entire history of popular music and culture.
This multi-media course provides an in-depth examination of the Stones and their role within the evolving history of popular culture, with the major emphasis being placed on understanding their musical styles. Along the way, the relationship between the group and the major trends in rock music is highlighted, since a history of the Stones is, in many ways, a history of rock music in general. This course is intended for the general university student and neither assumes nor requires previous training in music. 4 cr.
Impressionism in Music
CFA MU 742
Music of Satie, Debussy, Ravel, and other impressionists in and outside of France. Techniques and devices of Impressionism. Sources of the style. Major Impressionistic works and their influence of the twentieth century. 3 cr.
