| GENERAL MUSIC
We will be studying musical elements including history, musical periods and
styles, theory, notation,
orchestrations, cultural differences, composers, arrangers, directors,
choreographers, producers,
actors-actresses, musicians, etc. incorporating musicals in the teaching process.
Week of 8/18/08
Lessons on instrumental classifications, musical terms, musical styles,
musical settings and characters.
Resources: The Music Man
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Week of 8/25/08
Lessons on rhythmic and choreographic themes.
Cultural differences and their influences on music.
Resources: West Side Story
Week of 9/2/08
We will be studying the history of the movie musical using the MGM
Studio as the example. From the advent of adding sound to motion
pictures to the development of the studio system for musical production.
Resources: That's Entertainment
Week of 9/8/08
Lessons on the studio system. Historical Movie Musical timelines
and personnel. Continuation of last week using MGM Studios as the
through-line.
Resources: Singin' In The Rain
Week of 9/15/08
Lessons on orchestral underscoring. Use of different classes of
instruments for different effects.
Lessons on period instruments in the civil war era.
Resources: Gettysburg
Week of 9/22/08
Lessons on Eastern and Western Civilization music.
Compare and contrast instrumentation, style, etc.etc.etc.
Resources: The King And I
Week of 9/29/08
Lessons on Musical Periods. Basic time signatures and
rhythms values.
Resources: Amadeus
Week of 10/6/08
Continued lessons on Musical Periods.
Review for 9-weeks exams.
Exams on Wed., Thurs., and Fri.
Resources: Previous tests
Week of 10/13/08
The Classical Period. The Salzburg and Vienna influence.
Resources: Amadeus, Copying Beethoven, The Sound of Music
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