Introduction to Music | In-Class Presentations Assignment | Queens College | Spring 2024
This was an assignment in which each student prepared a 5-minute presentation on a song of their choice. We spread the presentations […]
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Writing about Music | Concert Review Assignment | Queens College | Fall 2025
An assignment where students attend a live concert and write a concert review. Instructor: Madison Spahn Course: Music 121W: Writing about Music […]
Writing about Music | Argumentative Writing Assignment | Queens College | Fall 2025
An assignment designed to help students practice argumentative writing techniques by exploring Antonio Gramsci’s concept of “organic intellectual” in terms of women […]
The World of Music | Ethnographic Interview & Essay | Hunter College | Fall 2024
Assignment should be paired with an introductory lecture on (basic) ethnographic interview techniques so that students get a sense of how to […]
Introduction to Music (MUS 1) | Text Painting Assignment | Queens College | Spring 2025
This assignment is part of a unit on early music and pairs with a discussion of text painting in madrigals. “As Vestas […]
Keyboard Skills 1 (MUS74) | Pop Progressions and Melody Improvisation | Queens College | Fall 2024 and Summer 2025
Two activities, on pop progressions and melody improvisation on a given chord progression. Both can fill up 1-2 classes, later in the […]
A Thousand Years of Listening MUSHL 101 | Listening Log Assignment | Hunter College | Spring 2022
This is a listening log assignment I created to encourage students to listen to music and continue writing about it throughout the […]
Introduction to Music (Music 1) | Graphic Score Assignment | Queens College | Spring 2023
This is a graphic score assignment for Music Appreciation. Students are asked to study and explore various graphic scores, and then draft […]
Music Theory IV (MST239) | Syllabus | Lehman College | Spring 2024
This is a hybrid Theory IV class, with one in-person meeting each week. Students are required to do readings and watch videos […]
Writing about Music | Album/Record Review Assignment (Blog blessay) | Queens College | Spring 2024
Album/Record Review Assignment (Blog blessay) Instructor: Diana Maron Course: Writing about Music (MUS 121)
