MUAC 2051 Musicology: Foundations of Musicology (3 Credits) By the end of the quarter, students will integrate their research with new skills and greater awareness of their own path towards achievement. Throughout, each class member will keep a daily journal, culminating in a final reflection that charts progress over the quarter. Students from different disciplines will share their ideas with peers. In addition, each student will develop two personal projects-one on cultural attitudes towards mastery, and one on a specific technique for creating better work routines, overcoming stage fright, or maintaining focus. Videos, podcasts, live performances, trade paperbacks, websites, and academic research will inform our understanding of these topics. What do writer Isabel Allende, dancer Twyla Tharp, soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, Apple inventor Steve Jobs, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and the artist formerly known as Prince have in common? What is required to do life-changing work? Inspiration or Perspiration? The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People? Can everyone be a virtuoso, genius, or prodigy? Through shared assignments, the class will discuss performances and research in four different areas: “Practice and Work Habits” “Mindfulness Techniques” “Performance Anxiety, Stage Fright, and other Mental Blocks” and “Flow”. “Methods for Mastery” offers students an opportunity to explore the habits and mindsets of great achievers in different disciplines, ranging from classical music to creative writing to sports, finance, and more. Musicians, athletes, artists, software engineers, actors, financial managers, dancers, writers, mathematicians, scientists, game designers, and even social media influencers spend their days in radically different ways, but top performers share habits and approaches that contribute to success. No prior formal experience in music or film studies is required. Analyze the relationship between texts, ideas, or creative works and a broader context in ways appropriate to disciplines in the arts or humanities.Apply the methods or techniques appropriate to disciplines in the arts or humanities in order to interpret texts, ideas or artifacts, or engage in creative activity.Assignments are designed to promote achievement of the Analytical Inquiry: Society and Culture learning outcomes of the Common Curriculum: Graded assignments include weekly online responses, a film introduction, a midterm exam, and a final project in which each student will re-score a film clip and compose an essay reflecting on that process. Course activities include weekly film viewings and reading assignments set against lecture/discussions offering a topical survey of developments in film sound as both a technical practice and an art. This interdisciplinary course explores the sonic elements of film history from 1895 to the present. Film sound tracks feature speech, sound effects, and music that fulfill practical storytelling roles, and that combine with imagery and narrative to create powerful emotional resonance in viewers. This course counts toward the Analytical Inquiry: Society and Culture requirement.Īlthough we usually say that we watch movies, we might more accurately say that we “see-hear” or “audioview” them. Analyze the relationship between texts, ideas, or creative works and a broader context (intellectual, political, artistic, etc.) in ways appropriate to disciplines in the arts or humanities. Assignments are designed to promote achievement of the Analytical Inquiry: Society and Culture learning outcomes of the Common Curriculum: Apply the methods or techniques appropriate to disciplines in the arts or humanities in order to interpret texts, ideas or artifacts, or engage in creative activity (performance, composition, etc.). arts and culture, the dilemma of art music in a democratic society, and the struggle to develop a uniquely American musical voice in a nation of immigrants. Central themes include: the impact of Puritanism on U.S. Using Michael Broyles’s Mavericks and Other Traditions in American Music as a primary textbook, this course surveys American music from the 18th to the 21st centuries, introducing students to a variety of musical traditions, pieces, composers, performers, and artistic strategies. This course examines music history in the United States through the figure of the "maverick," a rugged individualist who operates outside the mainstream of society. MUAC 1026 American Musical Mavericks (4 Credits)
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