Four days of the term are given over to student team presentations covering major musical styles of the twentieth century. Any study of music history is study of cultural history, and it is inseparable from a consideration of its social and political contexts. It also requires a consideration of historical methods. It may be taken as an elective by any music major, and it may be repeated for credit. As conductors conceive and communicate their musical ideas, they create musical interpretations.
Students assist each other by observing and analyzing each other's work.
Because any work in choral or instrumental conducting involves leadership issues, this course in designated as a Leadership Studies course. An upper level course in Music History and Theory, Choral Literature may be elected by students in the Bachelor of Music degree program as well as by those majoring in music in the Bachelor of Arts degree program.