Music! Its Role and Importance in Our Lives
In the first semester the students will learn:
An Expression of Who We Are
*The Pleasure of Music
*Music as Culture
*Experiencing Music
An Invitation to Move
*Find The Beat, Feel the Rhythm
*Rhythm That Dance
To Let Us Create
*Vocal Music
*Making Musical Decisions
*Musical Creators
*Jazz
In the second semester the students will learn:
To Understand Life's Meaning
*Love and Romance
*Sacred Music
*Ceremony and Celebration
*Condolences and commemoration
TO Tell the Story of Our Lives
*Opera and Beyond
*Musical Theatre
*Music in Film
To Chronicle History
*Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Music
*The Classical and Romantic Periods
Twentieth-Centry Classical Music
TO Characterize the Age
*Music in Political and Social
*Creating with Technology
*New Dimensions in Music