Quizlets for the Music Listening Test

Student Renee Carter has created two quizlets to help you prepare for the Music Listening Test:

Renaissance/Baroque

Classical/Romantic

A new look

I like messing around with the look from time to time.

Listening Test 1 and Listening Test 2

I know that some of you were not happy with the first listening test.  You will be able to make up that first listening test - completely - at the time of the second listening test on April 15, 2010.  I will replace the grade of Listening Test #1 with the retake.

We will do it this way:

1.  Have the second listening test.  A maximum of 3 plays per piece.
2.  Re-take the first listening test.  Only 1 play per piece.

Classical Period Assignments

I hope you enjoyed Spring Break!

Our next area is the "Classical Period" and it covers some great music and famous composers. 

I've revised the course calendar to reflect our schedule for the rest of the semester.

I've got the wiki page set up here and we will assign projects today in class.

My thoughts about this project - think of it as assisting you in making a good grade:

• There are several topics (like the major composers) that have places for 2-3 students to sign up.  You are responsible for coordinating the effort.  If you don't know the contact information of the other students, sign up for an individual project.
• This is our second major wiki project.  I would like this one to be more "connected."  Work to find ways to link to other wiki pages.
• I'll grade you on:
• content
• relationship to music
• quality links
• organization of material
• internal links - looking at other work and finding relationships between subjects within the class
• YouTube embeds are good but describe them for maximum impact.  anyone can paste code.
• a link per YouTube is good.  describing the YouTube video is best.
• Creating a powerpoint video on SlideShare is good but you are still responsible for quality content, great links, and superb organization (including the other topics noted above)
• I want you to help me by showing the pages that you worked on.  I've created a form to assist us in this process here.  Indicate if you were the following:
• Single author (you were the only one that worked on this page)
• Primary author (you did most of the work)
• Co-author (you did about half of the page development)
• Contributor (you added some content but did not do the majority of the work)
• In addition to the previous wiki projects, find two scholarly articles related to your subject.  Provide a brief description/summary of the article on your wiki page.
• Remember:
• do not "copy and paste" - rewriting the material is fine, but copying is cheating and you will fail
•  use wikipedia as a resource to guide you to the most obvious beginning places
• encyclopedias are ok, but work to find quality resources
• use your web savvy to find reliable resources.  if it looks cheap, it probably is.  you are evaluated by the quality of your links, so choose wisely.

Music Listening Test 1 - Matching

Here is what the test will look like.

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Music Listening Test

Your listening test will come from CD1 and CD2, but not everything on both CDs. 

Concert Reports and Dates of Events

I sent this to the entire class via email earlier today:

Music Appreciation Class:

Here are UAB Music Department events that will count for the concert
you need to attend and report on by March 11.  Your report needs to be
a minimum of 4 paragraphs and 3 sentences each paragraph.  (See below
for dates this week)

For UAB Music Department events, you will receive a blue card at the
beginning of the concert.  That blue card will be taken up at the end
of the concert and delivered to me as extra "proof" that you were at
the concert.  I've attached a small picture of the card to this email.

March 1 – 7

Wind Symphony and Symphony Band
March 2 – Alys Stephens Center, Jemison Concert Hall – 7:00 PM
 Free Admission

UAB Opera presents G. F. Handel’s “Semele”
March 5 – Alys Stephens Center, Sirote Theater – 7:30 PM
March 6 – Alys Stephens Center, Sirote Theater – 7:30 PM
Call 975-ARTS for ticket information

Jazz Summit Final Concert
March 7 – Alys Stephens Center, Sirote Theater – 3:00 PM
Free Admission