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 Women | Simplifying Writing Activity | Queens College | Fall 2025
This is an in-class activity in which I had the students read and discuss an excerpt from William Zinsser’s book “On Writing […]
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 […]
The World of Music | Soundscape Exercise | Hunter College | Fall 2024
Class Exercise/Activity – Soundscape Instructor: Maurice Restrepo Course: The World of Music
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 […]
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)
