Popular Music Harmony | “Introduction to Modes” Activity | City College | Spring 2020
I used this handout in class to introduce the modes and how they can be found in popular repertoire. We worked through […]
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Sight Singing 1 | Ear Training Exercises | Queens College | Fall 2018
Extremely rudimentary (introductory), graded ear training exercises designed to loosen the tongue and guide the student through rhythmic and diatonic patterns of […]
Introduction to Music | Syllabus | Lehman College | Fall 2021
Chronological survey of Western art music taught online (synchronous). Assigned Textbook: Cohen, Doud, Music: Its Language History, and Culture (OER, Brooklyn College). […]
Music Theory Fundamentals | Attendance Tickets | Hunter College | Spring 2022
Warmup, ungraded review exercises. Instructor can collect these after about five minutes and use them to take attendance for the day, as […]
Music Theory Fundamentals | Clefs and Accidentals Lesson Plans | Hunter College | Spring 2022
Lesson plan for the entirety of Days #2–3, covering the topics of note naming in treble and bass clefs as well as […]
Music Theory Fundamentals | First Day Lesson Plan | Hunter College | Fall 2021
Lesson plan for the entire first day of class. After the instructor introduces themselves and attendance is taken, an open-ended activity meant […]
Music Theory Fundamentals | Introductory Assignment | Hunter College | Spring 2022
Variety of question formats (short answer, multiple choice, fill in the blank, etc.) on syllabus content, musical staff, and keyboard. Assigned during […]
Introduction to World Music | “What Is Music?” First Day Activity | City College | Spring 2020
First day activity in which students are challenged to answer the question “what is music?”. Helps students identify their assumptions about what […]
Music in Global America | Music-Culture Writing Assignment | Brooklyn College | Fall 2019
Two-page concert report. Students asked to attend a musical event of their choice (live or virtual) and then analyze it by applying […]
Music in Global America | Nueva York Written Assessment | Brooklyn College | Spring 2018
Written assessment in which students critically interpret an audio documentary on Puerto Rican New Yorkers, invoking two related scholarly writings on the […]
