Introduction
(Introduction to Collegiate Musical Studies)
This freshman course design --- “Introduction to Collegiate Musical Studies” --- is an outline of possible topics, with discussion points, to help guide the narrative and engage students. Not a rigorous curriculum, the chapters and subject headings can be transformed easily with additions and subtractions. These PDF documents (270 pages combined), created from a percussionist's perspective and bias, but with many borrowed ideas and points of view, are offered only as operational prototypes. These "chapters" fall under four categories: Personal Development, Pedagogy-Related, Professional Development, and Practical Appetizers.
- Setting the tone; how to get the most out of the undergraduate experience; navigating and maximizing the collegiate encounter
- Affording the “confidence of knowing,” to aid and support student success in the “Information Age”
- Identifying intersections and making connections in support of all studios, classrooms, and ensembles
- Fostering an aspirational blueprint: the spirit of a curator, the curiosity of a scientist, the courage of a performer, the creativity of a novelist, the temperament of an ethnomusicologist, the
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* The chapters include an AI-generated podcast created by
NotebookLM which chronicles the essential content of the document in a two-voice discussion. |
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Introduction - This AI-generated two-voice podcast (NotebookLM) covers primary components of the chapter. Beware of occasional mispronunciations of terms or names (e.g. composers). An option for listening to an informed discussion of key aspects of the chapter topics. [14:41]
INTRODUCTION (chapter below):