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This is an online space that allows instructors to find and share teaching materials developed for music classrooms at CUNY. In addition to uploaded documents, you can also find a community-generated list of online music teaching resources and a collection of fact sheets for the CUNY campuses at which most graduate instructors teach.

We are actively soliciting links to online music teaching resources and personal teaching material, including but not limited to syllabuses, assignments, lesson plans, class activities, exercises, and worksheets. Once approved, all teaching material submitted will be featured on the site and made available through a Creative Commons license. For more information, visit our Submissions page; click the button below to submit via Google Form.


Table of Submissions

In addition to using the categories listed in the top toolbar, you can locate materials by using the table below. Click on column headers to sort posts alphabetically or use the search bar.

NameAuthorCourseCategorySubjectCollege
Introduction to Music SyllabusPoe M. AllphinIntroduction to MusicSyllabusMusicologyQueens College
One-Minute Oral CommentAna Beatriz MujicaMusic: Its Language, History, and CultureAssignmentsMusicologyBrooklyn College
Soundscape ReportRobert WrigleyIntroduction to MusicAssignmentsMusicologyLehman College
First Concert Report

Robert WrigleyIntroduction to MusicAssignmentsMusicologyLehman College
Second Concert Report

Robert WrigleyIntroduction to MusicAssignmentsMusicologyLehman College
Music Analysis Paper

Natalie OshukanyThe World of MusicAssignmentsEthnomusicologyHunter College
Bibliography Assignment

Natalie OshukanyThe World of MusicAssignmentsEthnomusicologyHunter College
Reading Response Assignment & Rubric

Natalie OshukanyThe World of MusicAssignmentsEthnomusicologyHunter College
Concert Report

Lynne StillingsThe World of MusicAssignmentsEthnomusicologyHunter College
Annotated Playlist Final Project

Carlos CuestasMusic in Global AmericaAssignmentsEthnomusicologyBrooklyn College
Hearings

Stephen M. Gomez-PeckSight Singing 1AssignmentsMusic TheoryQueens College
Keys Assignments

Stephen M. Gomez-PeckMusic Theory FundamentalsAssignmentsMusic TheoryHunter College
Scales Assignments

Stephen M. Gomez-PeckMusic Theory FundamentalsAssignmentsMusic TheoryHunter College
Concert Analysis & Review Large Assignment

Miranda FedockIntroduction to World MusicAssignmentsEthnomusicologyCity College
Rhythm Assignments

Stephen M. Gomez-PeckMusic Theory FundamentalsAssignmentsMusic TheoryHunter College
Note Naming Assignments

Stephen M. Gomez-PeckMusic Theory FundamentalsAssignmentsMusic TheoryHunter College
Collected Blog Prompts

Samuel TeepleIntroduction to MusicAssignmentsMusicologyQueens College
Introductory Assignment

Stephen M. Gomez-PeckMusic Theory FundamentalsAssignmentsMusic TheoryHunter College
Music-Culture Writing Assignment

M. Agustina ChecaMusic in Global AmericaAssignmentsEthnomusicologyBrooklyn College
Nueva York Written Assessment

M. Agustina ChecaMusic in Global AmericaAssignmentsEthnomusicologyBrooklyn College
Podcast Research Project

M. Agustina ChecaMusic in Global AmericaAssignmentsEthnomusicologyBrooklyn College
Musical Elements Assignment

Samuel TeepleIntroduction to MusicAssignmentsMusicologyQueens College
“Music and… Playlist” Assignment

Samuel TeepleIntroduction to MusicAssignmentsMusicologyQueens College
Ear Training II Syllabus

Erin JohnstonEar Training IISyllabusMusic TheoryCity College
Music Theory Fundamentals Syllabus

Erin JohnstonMusic Theory FundamentalsSyllabusMusic TheoryCity College
Introduction to Music Syllabus

Samuel TeepleIntroduction to MusicSyllabusMusicologyQueens College
The World of Music Syllabus

Natalie OshukanyThe World of MusicSyllabusEthnomusicologyHunter College
Music Theory 2 Syllabus

Lina TabakMusic Theory 2SyllabusMusic TheoryBrooklyn College
Music Theory 1 Syllabus

Lina TabakMusic Theory 1SyllabusMusic TheoryBrooklyn College
Music in Global America Syllabus

Lynne StillingsMusic in Global AmericaSyllabusEthnomusicologyBrooklyn College
Music of the World’s People Syllabus

Lynne StillingsMusic of the World's PeopleSyllabusEthnomusicologyBrooklyn College
Music Theory Fundamentals Syllabus

Stephen M. Gomez-PeckMusic Theory FundamentalsSyllabusMusic TheoryHunter College
Dictation 1 Syllabus

Stephen M. Gomez-PeckDictation 1SyllabusMusic TheoryQueens College
Introduction to Music Syllabus

Madison SchindeleIntroduction to MusicSyllabusMusicologyQueens College
A Thousand Years of Listening Syllabus

Audrey ChenA Thousand Years of ListeningSyllabusMusicologyHunter College
Music Bibliography and Research Methods Syllabus

Samuel TeepleMusic Bibliography and Research MethodsSyllabusMusicologyQueens College
Introduction to Music Syllabus

Robert WrigleyIntroduction to MusicSyllabusMusicologyLehman College
Music in Global America Syllabus

M. Agustina ChecaMusic in Global AmericaSyllabusEthnomusicologyBrooklyn College
Introduction to World Music Syllabus

Miranda FedockIntroduction to World MusicSyllabusEthnomusicologyCity College
A Thousand Years of Listening Syllabus

Evangeline AthanasiouA Thousand Years of ListeningSyllabusMusicologyHunter College
Sight Singing 1 Syllabus

Stephen M. Gomez-PeckSight Singing 1SyllabusMusic TheoryQueens College
Music Theory Fundamentals Syllabus

Stephen M. Gomez-PeckMusic Theory FundamentalsSyllabusMusic TheoryHunter College
Introduction to Music Syllabus

Samuel TeepleIntroduction to MusicSyllabusMusicologyQueens College
“Believing and Doubting”

Tiffany DeJaynes, Vani KannanWriting Across the CurriculumLesson Plans/ ActivitiesMusicologyLehman College
First Day Interviews

Samuel TeepleIntroduction to MusicLesson Plans/ ActivitiesMusicologyQueens College
Defining Music Group Discussion

Samuel TeepleIntroduction to MusicLesson Plans/ ActivitiesMusicologyQueens College
Peer Review Interviews

Samuel TeepleIntroduction to MusicLesson Plans/ ActivitiesMusicologyQueens College
Rhythm and Meter Lesson Plans

Stephen M. Gomez-PeckMusic Theory FundamentalsLesson Plans/ ActivitiesMusic TheoryHunter College
Tibetan Buddhist ritual music lecture notes

Miranda FedockIntroduction to World MusicLesson Plans/ ActivitiesEthnomusicologyCity College
Dance Notation Group Activity

Samuel TeepleIntroduction to MusicLesson Plans/ ActivitiesMusicologyQueens College
Sacred Music Group Activity

Samuel TeepleIntroduction to MusicLesson Plans/ ActivitiesMusicologyQueens College
“Introduction to Modes” Activity

Erin Johnston, Michèle DuguayPopular Music HarmonyLesson Plans/ ActivitiesMusic TheoryCity College
Ear Training Exercises

Nathan PellSight Singing 1Lesson Plans/ ActivitiesMusic TheoryQueens College
Attendance Tickets

Stephen M. Gomez-PeckMusic Theory FundamentalsLesson Plans/ ActivitiesMusic TheoryHunter College
Clefs and Accidentals Lesson Plans

Stephen M. Gomez-PeckMusic Theory FundamentalsLesson Plans/ ActivitiesMusic TheoryHunter College
First Day Lesson Plan

Stephen M. Gomez-PeckMusic Theory FundamentalsLesson Plans/ ActivitiesMusic TheoryHunter College
“What Is Music?” First Day Activity

Miranda FedockIntroduction to World MusicLesson Plans/ ActivitiesEthnomusicologyCity College
Discussion: Music & Meaning

Miranda FedockIntroduction to World MusicLesson Plans/ ActivitiesEthnomusicologyCity College
Tonic Triad Arpeggiation Exercise

Stephen M. Gomez-PeckSight Singing 1Lesson Plans/ ActivitiesMusic TheoryQueens College
Listening JournalNatalie OshukanyThe World of MusicAssignmentsEthnomusicologyHunter College
Concert Review AssignmentSamuel TeepleTopics in Musicology: Bach in the Concert HallAssignmentsMusicologyQueens College
Edition Comparison AssignmentSamuel TeepleTopics in Musicology: Bach in the Concert HallAssignmentsMusicologyQueens College
Introduction to Music SyllabusMadison SchindeleIntroduction to MusicSyllabusMusicologyQueens College

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