An on-campus course offered during the Winter or May term. May be offered for .5 course credits or as a co-curricular (0 credit). Counts toward satisfying the Extended Studies requirement.
| Distribution Area | Prerequisites | Credits |
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| Variable |
Course Time: TBD
Fees: None
Prerequisites: Auditions will be held in fall term.
The Winter Term Opera 2025 is an on-campus project. Auditions for the opera will be held in fall term. Orcenith Smith and I will distribute relevant information for students to audition for the opera. If you are interested in technical elements of production, please contact us. The process will start with musical rehearsals, followed by staging rehearsals. Since auditions will be held well ahead of Winter Term, students are expected to be off-book by the first day of Winter Term. Most of the remainder of Winter Term will be for staging and music rehearsals. The Winter Term project will end in a full production with scenery, costumes, and accompanied by an orchestra during the second week of spring term. For more information, please contact me.
Course Time: TBD
Fees: None
Prerequisites: Auditions will be held in fall term.
The Winter Term Opera 2025 is an on-campus project. Auditions for the opera will be held in fall term. Orcenith Smith and I will distribute relevant information for students to audition for the opera. If you are interested in technical elements of production, please contact us. The process will start with musical rehearsals, followed by staging rehearsals. Since auditions will be held well ahead of Winter Term, students are expected to be off-book by the first day of Winter Term. Most of the remainder of Winter Term will be for staging and music rehearsals. The Winter Term project will end in a full production with scenery, costumes, and accompanied by an orchestra during the second week of spring term. For more information, please contact me.
Course Time: TBD
Fees: None
Prerequisites: It helps to have a music background, but it is not essential.
Good music teaching at the middle and high school levels starts with teachers who are committed to making the music experience meaningful and substantive for their student musicians. Choral and instrumental music educators spend their professional years experimenting and refining their teaching techniques as conductors, leaders, and mentors to their students. This course will examine and investigate how those successful teachers effectively teach from the podium. Setting musical goals, matching literature choices with pedagogical goals, learning, developing, and applying effective rehearsal techniques, and creating accurate assessment tools will be part of this course's goals. Additionally, observing and interviewing successful conductors/teachers will provide an important perspective for our class learning. Having a background in music is helpful, but anyone interested in understanding and learning about the educational process, developing leadership skills, and learning about today's educational process in the United States, through the lens of a public school music educator, will benefit from this course.