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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, 2024Uncategorized

The World of Music | Listening Journal | Hunter College | Fall 2018

Guide for optional, low-stakes writing that I invited students to do in conjunction with assigned listening examples. Instructor: Natalie Oshukany Course: The […]

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 7, 2022February 6, 2024Lesson plans and activities, Music theory LP&A

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 […]

January 6, 2022February 6, 2024Ethnomusicology LP&A, Lesson plans and activities

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 […]

December 3, 2021February 6, 2024Ethnomusicology LP&A, Lesson plans and activities

Introduction to World Music | Discussion: Music & Meaning | City College | Fall 2021

Low-stakes written assignment that functions as an “in-class” activity for asynchronous course. Comes in 3rd week of class, after reading about music’s […]

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