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MUSC 114 Introduction to Teaching Music to Children Units: 3.00
Hands-on, blended approach to the theory and practice of teaching and engaging with children through music. Students will be introduced to concepts through educational activities and will learn to identify and describe musical characteristics heard in a variety of repertoire as well as perform short pieces appropriate for novice performers.
NOTE Purchase of Instrument (Ukulele): estimated cost $65.
NOTE Purchase of Instrument (Ukulele): estimated cost $65.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 24 Online Activity, 60 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite None.
Recommended MUSC 104/3.0.
Note This course is not available to students registered in the MUSC Specialization.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Develop a vocabulary for describing music that can be applied in situations of musical performance, musical pedagogy, writing about music, concert attendance, and working with other musicians.
- Gain fluency and confidence in working with diatonic harmony and voice-leading as found in classical and popular music.
- Identify and analyze music appropriate to the course content, showing where applicable, how diatonic harmony and smooth voice-leading underlies this music.
- Master foundational concepts in rudiments and harmony, through written work, performance and/or listening, that can be applied in situations of composition, arranging, performing and/or improvising.
- Synthesize and apply foundational concepts of diatonic harmony by replicating their knowledge in a variety of musical situations.