Foundations of Performing Arts
Winter Quarter 2003
Music Workshop


Overall themes:

  • To learn how to speak about music.
  • To learn how to listen to music with care for detail.
  • To compose 3 pieces that incorporate various ``techniques'' or ``styles''.

Weekly activities:

  • Ear-training, sight-singing, and dictation (some harmony and theory)
  • Listening assignments, combined with writing.
  • Reading assignments, and in-class discussion.
  • Three composition projects.

Book: Solfege, Ear Training, Rhythm, Dictation, and Music Theory: A Comprehensive Course by Marta Ghezzo ($24.95, at the bookstore)



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