6000

Prerequisite: Admission to the MM.Ed. program. A course designed to provide the graduate student in music education with a review of music theory and analysis techniques as well as advanced study in multiple techniques for analysis of music of the common-practice period and the 20th - and 21st - centuries.

Prerequisite: Admission to the MMEd or MAT in Music Education program. This course will include the study of children’s vocal and motor control development, and issues relating to the development of age-appropriate musical performance opportunities for elementary aged children. This semester we will focus particularly on creating performance opportunities that enhance the typical elementary music education curriculum and meet the National Standards (NS) and the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS). Students will develop and improve their skills in performance technology (such as soundboards and microphones), performance logistics (such as sets, costumes and staging), and teaching performance (such as singing, moving/dancing, and acting).

Prerequisite: Admission to the MMEd program. This course will include an in-depth study into a select number of core works in the choral canon. Furthermore, students will review and create lists of quality works in various difficulty levels that can immediately be taken back to their classrooms. Additionally, the course will include a survey into the history of choral singing from medieval sacred music to contemporary choral repertoire. Students will be able to use this historical knowledge to improve their score preparation, rehearsal planning, and teaching.

Prerequisite: Admission to the MMEd program. This course will include an in-depth study into a select number of core works in the wind band repertoire. Furthermore, students will review and create lists of quality works in various grade levels that can immediately be taken back to their classrooms. Additionally, the course will include a survey into the history of bands from medieval tower ensembles to contemporary symphonic bands and wind ensembles. Students will be able to use this historical knowledge to improve their score preparation, rehearsal planning, and teaching.

This course will include an in-depth study into a select number of core works in the string orchestra repertoire. Furthermore, students will review and create lists of quality works in various grade levels that can immediately be taken back to their classrooms. Additionally, the course will include a survey into the history of strings from high renaissance to contemporary symphonic orchestras. Students will be able to use this historical knowledge to improve their score preparation, rehearsal planning, and teaching.

Prerequisite: Admission to the MMEd or MAT Music Education program. A survey of jazz history, including music styles, artists, and major innovations in the various eras of jazz history, with special emphasis on social and cultural context. Students will relate this information to other disciplines, and will learn to design and assess student progress in a lecture course.