Music: Its Language, History, and Culture | Final Project | Brooklyn College | Spring 2023
This final project focuses on sound studies and soundscapes. I like to tie in Pierre Bourdieu’s Habitus in order for them to […]
Category: Assignments
Introduction to Music Theory | Harmonize a Melody 1 + 2 | College of Staten Island | Spring 2022
Two assignments: Harmonize a Melody 1 and 2. Together they serve to introduce students to writing diatonic chord progressions in different styles. […]
Introduction to Music Theory | Final Project | College of Staten Island | Spring 2022
Final project for Intro to Music Theory Course demonstrating ability to compose an original melody, harmonize a melody, compose and analyze harmonic […]
Topics in Musicology | Research Paper | Queens College | Spring 2023
Instructions for producing a 10-page argumentative research paper as a final project, including preliminary/scaffolded stages of an outline and partial draft. Though […]
Introduction to World Music | Final Project: Genre Mini-Chapter | City College | Spring 2023
A final project assignment for the Introduction to World Music course at City College. Instructor: Ari Marcus Course: Music 10200: Introduction to […]
Topics in Musicology | Concert Review Assignment | Queens College | Spring 2023
A written assignment that asks students to locate and compare two reviews of the same piece from different locations/periods, including specific features […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Introduction to Music | Second Concert Report | Lehman College | Spring 2020
This was an assignment developed to serve as an alternative to a concert report during the first stage of the Covid-19 pandemic […]
