Undergraduate Catalog 2017-18 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2017-18 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MUS 3166 - Methods of Teaching Choral Music

2 cr
This course is designed to facilitate the development of skills, techniques, and professional dispositions that are necessary for choral leadership.  Students will develop their philosophy of choral music education, develop score study and preparation skills, develop rehearsal technique and conducting skills, learn how to recruit, audition, and retain singers to/for their programs, understand the placement and seating arrangements of choral ensembles, create a repertoire selection rubric, and develop musical assessment strategies appropriate for choral ensembles.  Classroom meetings are combined with a minimum of 8 hours of field observation, studies and participation.  Observations will take place on and off campus with ensemble music teachers of grades 5 - 12.
Prerequisite: MUS 1090  or permission of instructor.
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