MUS 248 - Orchestra Methods & Materials

2 credit(s)
Designed to provide music education students with intellectual knowledge and practical skills that will allow them to successfully teach music through performance in orchestra. The theoretical component of the course will cover a brief history of orchestra education in the US along with the content analysis of major pedagogical approaches unique to teaching music through performance in orchestra. The practical component of the course will provide students with insights into how to teach orchestra instruments in group settings at all three levels of skill development: the beginning level, intermediate level, and advanced level along with the selection and analysis of representative pieces from orchestral literature. Field experience consisting of observing successful music educators in local school districts and teaching in teaching laboratories will make learning in this courses more complete and related to the real world situations.
Prerequisite(s): MUS 233 or MUS 234 or concurrent enrollment).