Syllabus for MUS 208 Music in World Cultures 3 Credit hours Spring 2004

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1 I. COURSE DESCRIPTION Syllabus for MUS 208 Music in World Cultures 3 Credit hours Spring 2004 A study of the world s music cultures. Aspects of style, performance practice, instruments, and functions of music in selected cultures and subcultures will be examined. II. COURSE GOALS The purpose of this course is to enable the student to develop a world-view of music, gain knowledge of selected music cultures of the world, and explore options for career applications in education, research, ministry, and performance. III. COURSE OBJECTIVES A. Terminal Objectives As a result of successfully completing this course, the student will be able to do the following: 1. Articulate the general style traits of music in world cultures 2. Identify aurally the general music characteristics of world cultures 3. Discuss and list the primary style characteristics, performers, audiences, and performance contexts of the music of selected music cultures. 4. Demonstrate dance steps and perform any appropriate body movement associated with certain of the music examples studied. 5. Make and perform music instruments of selected music cultures. B. Objectives for Students in Teacher Preparation Programs The Teacher Preparation Program meets the competency-based requirements established by the Oklahoma Commission on Teacher Preparation. This course is designed to help students meet the following competencies: Subject Competencies(SC): SC 10: Understands the selection and use of materials, resources, and technology appropriate to individual differences. SC 11: Creates an environment that facilitates learning experiences which make subject matter meaningful to students. IV. TEXTBOOKS A. Required Textbooks Titon, Jeff Todd. Worlds of Music. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Group, Compact disc recordings of Worlds of Music. Volk, Teresa M. Music Education and Multiculturalism: Foundations and Principles. New York: Oxford University Press, B. Optional Textbooks and/or Reading Materials

2 Manuel, Peter. Popular Musics of the Non-Western World: An Introductory Survey. New York: Oxford University Press, V. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES A. University Policies and Procedures 1. Attendance at each class or laboratory is mandatory at Oral Roberts University. 2. Double cuts will be assessed for absences immediately preceding or following holidays. 3. Excessive absences can reduce a student s grade or deny credit for the course. 4. Students taking a late exam because of an unauthorized absence will be charged a late exam fee. 5. Students and faculty at Oral Roberts University adhere to all laws addressing the ethical use of others materials, whether it is in the form of print, video, multimedia, or computer software. 6. Final exams cannot be given before their scheduled times. Students need to check the final exam schedule before planning return flights or other events at the end of the semester. B. Department Policies and Procedures See Music Department Student Handbook C. Course Policies and Procedures 1. Evaluation Procedures Mid-term Examination 15% Reading and Listening Reports 15% Performances and other Class Collaborations Related to Selected Music Examples in the Text 15% Field Experience Reports 15% Semester Project 20% Final Examination 20% 2. Students must observe or participate in four cultural music field experiences and submit for professor s evaluation a completed field experience form for each. 3. Students are responsible for remaining current with reading and listening assignments and are expected to contribute to class discussions. 4. Students need to prepare a semester project of their choice. This project may be a term paper, lecture-performance presentation, multi-media performance presentation, original music composition, the making of a musical instrument, or any option approved by the professor. All projects are due before the last week of classes. 5. All exams are short-answer and essay. 6. Missed exams can be made up within one week of the original exam date, provided administrative excuses for such absences are given to the professor in a timely fashion. Any administrative excuses not presented within one week of the absence will not be accepted, resulting in an automatic failing grade for the missed exam. A late exam fee is required by the university. VI. COURSE CALENDAR

3 A. Week One: Course Introduction 1. The World of Music: Terms and Concepts 2. The World of Music: Discovering Contexts of Music Phenomena 3. Music in Our Own Back Yard 4. ORU: Multi-cultural or Melting Pot 5. Knowing Ourselves Survey Due Last Class Session of Week B. Week Two: Culture and Music 1. Music as Culture: Titon s Performance and Music Culture Models 2. The Dynamics of Culture: Change, Diminishment and Augmentation, Acculturation, Demise 3. The Technological Age in Developed and Developing Countries 4. Personal Music Performance and Music Culture Models Due Last Class Session of Week C. Week Three: The Study of Music in Culture 1. Developing a Methodology for Research: Field Research, Observations, and Questionnaires 2. Original Research Projects Using Newsprint, Radio, Television, Internet and Personal Interviews Due Second Class Session 3. Comparative and Historical Musicology: The Empirical Method Confronted by Global Realities 4. Anthropology, Sociology and Music: Ethnomusicology 5. A Personal Family and Community Self-study Project Due Last Class Session D. Week Four: The World Around Us 1. Survey of Popular Music in the United States: Styles Project by Class 2. Music of Urban Black America: Music for Worship, Work, and Pastime 3. Music of Urban Black America: Individual and Class Performances of Selected Examples Studied 4. All Assigned Analyses of Text Examples Due on Last Class Session D. Week Five: American Indian Music of North America 1. Navajo and Southwest Cultures 2. Plains Cultures: Traditional and Modern Intertribal Contexts 3. Southeast Woodlands Cultures and The Christian Experience: Christian Hymns 4. New Directions: The Revival of the Plains Flute; Heuristic Phenomena Include Blended and New Genres E. Week Six: Music of West Africa 1. A General Understanding of African Music Cultures; Agbekor of the Ewe people 2. Mande Jaliya Culture; Dagbamba Culture 3. Shona Culture; Baaka Culture 4. All Assigned Analyses of Text Examples Due on Last Class Session F. Week Seven: MID-TERM EXAM 1. Mid-term Exam Given on First Session of Week 2. Music of Eastern Europe: Bosnia and Central/Southeast Europe 3. Popular Music Styles: New-composed Folk Music and Rock 4. Bulgaria and Hungary: Other Approaches to Musical Change G. Week Eight: Music of India/South India 1. The Environment of the Musician 2. Classical Music of South India 3. Indian Music and the West: The Cine 4. Instrument Building

4 H. Week Nine: Music of Asia/Indonesia 1. Central Java: Introduction to Gamelan 2. Gamelan Music in Contexts of Performance 3. Bali and Northern Sumatra Cultures 4. Indonesian Popular Music I. Week Ten: Music of East Asia/Japan 1. Traditional Japanese Music 2. Shakuhachi, Koto, Shamisen and Contexts of Performance 3. Folk and Festival Music 4. Popular Music J. Week Eleven: Music of Latin America/Equador 1. Venezuelan Joropo and Bolivian K antu 2. The Quichua of the Northern Andes of Equador 3. The Andean Ensemble Phenomenon 4. Merging of Traditions: African-Equadorian Music of the Chota River Valley K. Week Twelve: Multiculturalism in Education Readings in Music Education and Multiculturalism, by Teresa M. Volk. 1. The Philosophical Debate; The Historical Perspective: Music Education From the Turn of the Twentieth Century to Music Education and Multicultural Awareness to the 1990 s 3. Multiculturalism in International Music Education 4. Essays on Reading Assignment Due Last Class Session L. Week Thirteen: Multiculturalism in Music Education Teresa M. Volk 1. Implications for Music Education: Music Teacher Education and the College Curriculum 2. Methods and Methodologies 3. Performance Project Opportunity M. Week Fourteen: Performance Projects N. Week Fifteen: Performance Projects 1. Term Papers Due First Session of Week 2. All Other Projects Due Second and Third Sessions of Week 3. Review for Final Exam O. Final Exam Week: FINAL EXAM

5 Dr. George Stevenson Name of Instructor MUS 208 Course No. Music in World Cultures Title of Course Music Name of Department MISSION MAJOR OUTCOMES COURSE GOALS ASSESSMENT OF COURSE GOALS The lifestyle at ORU is rooted in the word "Wholeness." ORU seeks to educate the whole person, with balanced emphasis placed on the development of mind, spirit, and body. GENERAL OUTCOMES 1. Spiritual Development 2. Physical Development 3. Communication 4. Analysis 5. Problem Solving Within a Christian, charismatic environment, provide students a broad knowledge of world music. Enhance professional training of music majors and minors for careers in education, church music, performance, research, and composition. Provide non-music majors opportunities to experience music and pass on knowledge and skill to others in ministry, missions, and education. Identify social and cultural contexts of music in the world. Develop a methodology for objectively surveying and studying selected examples of the world s music. Develop performance skills by performing selected examples of the world s music. Effectively transmit information about the world s music to others in appropriate language and concepts. STIMULI: Mid-term Exam Reading Reports Class Performances Field Experience Reports Project Final Exam CRITERIA: Mid-term Exam: 15% Reading Reports: 15% Class Performances: 15% Field Experience Reports: 15% Project: 20% Final Exam: 20% 6. Valuing in Decision-making 7. Social Interaction 8. Global Perspectives 9. Effective Citizenship 10. Aesthetic Responsiveness

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Questions p. 71 Postal Workers Canceling Stamps p. 72 Generalizations about African Music-Culture Musical Analysis: Toward participation Agbekor: Recorded Selections p. xi The Authors p. xvii Preface p. xxi The Music-Culture as a World of Music p. 1 The Music Culture p. 1 Affect, Performance, Community, and History: A Music-Culture Model p. 2 Components