The purpose of this course is to give students an intensive experience in eurhythmics leading to an understanding of Dalcroze principles regarding movement, solfege, piano improvisation, and music eucation. The primary focus will be upon tools to provide kinsethetic-based learning as a menas to enhance and deepent the musical experience. This course is designed to acquaint the music educator with repertoire suitable for use in middle and senior high school ensembles. Representative repertoire from all periods of music will be discussed, analyzed, and performed in class. Offered in alternate years.
Special attention is paid to the evaluation of classroom techniques and materials.
Also discussed are music education for special students and vehicles for use with children's voices, including performance groups, repertoire, and musical plays. An elective course dealing with contemporary philosophy, materials and techniques for use in classroom music, performing groups, and music theory classes in the middle and senior high school. Emphasis is placed on techniques for working with the adolescent. Topics covered include philosophies and objectives for classroom music programs, choral techniques, repertoire, rehearsal techniques, motivation, and recruitment . This course, intended for students in the M.M.E. program, provides students with the tools necessary to prepare them for writing the master's thesis.