Objectives:
The Music Sub-course of Core 160 shares as its goals those of the course as a whole:

• to learn to define music from a Christian perspective,

• to experience many varied examples from musical styles and periods,

• to be able to identify the structural aspects of music, and to learn how each of the parts work together in creating an impact on the work's audience, and

• to be able to critique contemporary musical compositions.

Required Texts:

• Ferris, Jean (ed.), Music: The Art of Listening (7th edition) 4CD set  [A single copy of the CD set is on reserve in the Music Department's Listening Lab]

• DeMol, Karen, Sound Stewardship: How Shall Christians Think About Music?

Evaluation:

• Listening Forms (6 @ 5%) - 30% [Listening Forms are graded on a 1-10 scale. Late Listening Forms will be reduced one point per class period, and will not be accepted once the marked papers have been returned to the class.]

• Listening to Contemporary Music Summary - 5%

• Sound Stewardship Summary/Response - 10%

• Music Event Response - 10%

• "No-Risk Writes" (NRW) - 5%

• Quizzes (3 @ 8%) - 24%

• Final Test - 16%

Class Meetings:

• Music Sub-course meetings are in the Choral Rehearsal Room (M121). Attendance will be taken; without prior notification of a valid reason for your absence, each absence will reduce your overall course grade by 1% (up to 5%).

• Full Group sessions will be held in C160 on the following dates: October 16, 19, 21 and 23.

Music Subcourse Units:

• "In the Beginning ...": Elements of Music and Form (Creational Structure)

• Religion and Music: A Musical History Tour (Creational Development)

• Music in the 21st Century: "Why Does It Sound So ... Weird?" (Creational Development & Contemporary Response)

• "So What? Now What?": How Shall Christians Think About Music? (Contemporary Response)

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Schedule of Topics and Assignments: Music Sub-course I – Core 160F-02 (Fall 2009)
Date	Class Preparation	In Class	Assignments/Due Date
Sep. 2	none	Introduction, Inventory, Listening	NRW: "Aural Landscape" – 9/3 (note!)
Sep. 4	NRW: "Aural Landscape"	Review NRW's, Inventories, Elements of Music (I)	Listening #1: Initial Exposure-9/7 Music Event Response-due 10/9
Sep. 7	Listening #1: Initial Exposure due	Elements of Music (II)	None
Sep. 9	none	Elements of Music (III), Form in Music (I)	Listening #2: Dynamics & Timbre-9/11
Sep. 11	Listening #2: Dynamics & Timbre due	Form in Music (II)	None
Sep. 14	none	Quiz One: Elements and Form Religion/History (I)	Listening #3: Beat & Tempo-9/16
Sep. 16	Listening #3: Beat & Tempo due	Religion/History (II)	read Listening to Contemporary Music - summary due 9/25
Sep. 18	none	Religion/History (III)	Listening #4: Instrumentation-9/21
Sep. 21	Listening #4: Instrumentation due	Religion/History (IV)	read Sound Stewardship - summary/response due 10/5
Sep. 23	none	Quiz Two: Religion/History 21st Century Music Intro.	Listening #5: Texture & Melody-9/28
Sep. 25	Listening to Contemporary Music Summary due	21st Century Music (I)	None
Sep. 28	Listening #5: Texture & Melody due	21st Century Music (II)	None
Sep. 30	none	21st Century Music (III) ($ for Minneapolis Trip due)	Listening #6: Final Exposure-10/7
Oct. 5	Sound Stewardship Summary due	21st Century Music (IV)	None
Oct. 7	Listening #6: Final Exposure due	Quiz Three: 21st Century Music Christian Response to Music (I)	(complete Event Response)
Oct. 9	Event Response Due	Christian Response to Music (II)	None
Oct. 12	none	Christian Response to Music (III); Test Review	(review for final test)
Oct. 14	none	Final Test	None

 

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Schedule of Topics and Assignments: Music Sub-course II – Core-160S-92 (Fall 2009)
Date	Class Preparation	In Class	Assignments/Due Date
Oct. 26	none	Introduction, Inventory, Listening	NRW: "Aural Landscape" – 10/27 (note!)
Oct. 28	NRW: "Aural Landscape"	Review NRW's, Inventories, Elements of Music (I)	Listening #1: Initial Exposure-10/39 Music Event Response-due 12/4
Oct. 30	Listening #1: Initial Exposure due	Elements of Music (II)	None
Nov. 2	none	Elements of Music (III), Form in Music (I)	Listening #2: Dynamics & Timbre-11/4
Nov. 4	Listening #2: Dynamics & Timbre due	Form in Music (II)	None
Nov. 6	none	Quiz One: Elements and Form Religion/History (I)	Listening #3: Beat & Tempo-11/9
Nov. 9	Listening #3: Beat & Tempo due	Religion/History (II)	read Listening to Contemporary Music - summary due 11/16
Nov. 11	none	Religion/History (III)	Listening #4: Instrumentation-11/13
Nov. 13	Listening #4: Instrumentation due	Religion/History (IV) 21st Century Music Intro.	read Sound Stewardship - summary/response due 11/23
Nov. 16	Listening to Contemporary Music Summary due	Quiz Two: Religion/History 21st Century Music (I)	Listening #5: Texture & Melody-11/18
Nov. 18	Listening #5: Texture & Melody due	21st Century Music (II)	None
Nov. 20	none	21st Century Music (III)	None
Nov. 23	Sound Stewardship Summary due	21st Century Music (IV)	Listening #6: Final Exposure-12/2
Dec. 2	Listening #6: Final Exposure due	Quiz Three: 21st Century Music Christian Response to Music (I)	(complete Event Response)
Dec. 4	Event Response Due	Christian Response to Music (II)	None
Dec. 7	none	Christian Response to Music (III); Test Review	(review for final test)
Dec. 9	none	Final Test	None

 

 

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