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Category: Ethnomusicology assignments

July 26, 2023February 19, 2024Assignments, Musicology assignments

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 […]

October 13, 2025October 13, 2025Assignments, Ethnomusicology assignments

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 […]

October 4, 2024October 4, 2024Assignments, Ethnomusicology assignments

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 […]

February 6, 2024February 6, 2024Assignments, Ethnomusicology assignments

Music in Global America (MUSC 3101) | Artists in Culture Series Assignment | Brooklyn College | Fall 2023

This is an assignment that I have used in a series called Artists in Culture where students use the three categories of […]

June 6, 2023February 6, 2024Assignments, Ethnomusicology assignments

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 […]

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, […]

January 24, 2022February 6, 2024Assignments, Ethnomusicology assignments

The World of Music | Music Analysis Paper | Hunter College | Spring 2019

Final stage of a scaffolded writing assignment (preceded by a bibliography assignment also shared on the Hub). Instructor: Natalie Oshukany Course: The […]

January 24, 2022February 6, 2024Assignments, Ethnomusicology assignments

The World of Music | Bibliography Assignment | Hunter College | Spring 2019

First part of a scaffolded writing assignment (leading to a final paper), where I asked students to propose & think about a […]

January 24, 2022February 6, 2024Assignments, Ethnomusicology assignments

The World of Music | Reading Response Assignment & Rubric | Hunter College | Fall 2018

Instructions & rubric for low-stakes reading response assignment. Asks students to engage actively & closely, with excerpt from Christopher Small’s Musicking text, includes […]

January 21, 2022February 6, 2024Assignments, Ethnomusicology assignments

The World of Music | Concert Report | Hunter College | Fall 2021

Prompt for a written concert report (500 words) of a live or recorded performance of world music. Instructor: Lynne Stillings Course: The […]

January 20, 2022February 6, 2024Assignments, Ethnomusicology assignments

Music in Global America | Annotated Playlist Final Project | Brooklyn College | Winter 2022

Final project in which students create and annotate a playlist of twenty songs, either representing at least two migrant groups studied in […]

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