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April 20, 2023February 6, 2024Assignments, Musicology assignments

Topics in Musicology | Edition Comparison Assignment | Queens College | Spring 2023

A written assignment that asks students to examine and compare multiple editions of the same Bach composition. This prompt can be easily […]

March 21, 2023February 6, 2024Musicology syllabuses, Syllabuses

Introduction to Music | Syllabus | Queens College | Spring 2022

Online and in-person. Organized by social topics rather than chronology; incorporates world music and popular music alongside Western art music. Assignments include […]

February 20, 2023February 6, 2024Musicology syllabuses, Syllabuses

Introduction to Music | Syllabus | Queens College | Spring 2023

Syllabus for Introduction to Music at Queens College. Flexible semester-long multistage project. Instructor: Poe M. Allphin Course: Introduction to Music (MUSIC 1)

January 6, 2023February 19, 2024Assignments, Ethnomusicology assignments, Musicology assignments

Music: Its Language, History, and Culture | One-Minute Oral Comment | Brooklyn College | Fall 2022

This is a one-minute oral comment assignment to motivate students to engage with the weekly readings and discuss them with the class, […]

September 28, 2022February 6, 2024Music theory syllabuses, Syllabuses

Ear Training II | Syllabus | City College | Fall 2022

This syllabus is from the second (and final) level of Ear Training at CCNY. This course is based primarily on popular music. […]

September 28, 2022February 6, 2024Music theory syllabuses, Syllabuses

Music Theory Fundamentals | Syllabus | City College | Fall 2021

This syllabus was used in an online-format Music Theory Fundamentals course at CCNY that had both asynchronous and synchronous elements. With help […]

September 28, 2022February 6, 2024Ethnomusicology LP&A, Lesson plans and activities, Musicology LP&A

Writing Across the Curriculum | “Believing and Doubting” | Lehman College | Fall 2022

An activity meant to spur critical analysis of a shared reading. A handful of important quotes are placed on digital or physical […]

September 3, 2022February 6, 2024Lesson plans and activities, Musicology LP&A

Introduction to Music | First Day Interviews | Queens College | Fall 2022

An icebreaker activity for the first day of class. Instructor introduces the idea of the “Three Bs” in classical music, before introducing […]

September 3, 2022February 6, 2024Lesson plans and activities, Musicology LP&A

Introduction to Music | Defining Music Group Discussion | Queens College | Fall 22

Six different definitions of music are included on this handout. In small groups, students read the definitions and discuss the following prompts […]

August 24, 2022February 6, 2024Assignments, Musicology assignments

Introduction to Music | Soundscape Report | Lehman College | Spring 2020

This is an assignment intended to serve alongside the traditional concert report, in which the students would observe and report on all […]

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