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Mucp 183-983: Applied Music Composition--A Course Benchmark Portfolio, Gregory Simon
Mucp 183-983: Applied Music Composition--A Course Benchmark Portfolio, Gregory Simon
UNL Faculty Course Portfolios
MUCP 183-983, Applied Music Composition, is the core of the music composition course curriculum for students at all levels, from freshman to doctoral candidate. Like all applied lesson environments, it is a one-on-one, individualized study that principally involves the instructor giving students feedback on their musical works-in-progress. This time-honored paradigm for teaching composition has produced brilliant artists, but is rife with pitfalls and traps that can tarnish a student’s growth: composition pedagogues can coerce students into writing music like their teachers, or can prescribe a curriculum that makes composition accessible only to students who have already played classical music for …
Muop 356/856: Intermediate/Advanced Opera Techniques—A Peer Review Of Teaching Project Benchmark Portfolio, Jamie M. Reimer
Muop 356/856: Intermediate/Advanced Opera Techniques—A Peer Review Of Teaching Project Benchmark Portfolio, Jamie M. Reimer
UNL Faculty Course Portfolios
I began the investigation of this course and subsequent course portfolio with the following objectives in mind:
- To solidify and articulate the skills I intend students enrolled in this course to achieve by the end of the semester;
- To think creatively about the presentation of course material to most effectively engage and empower students' success; and
- To assess the effectiveness of the course activities in achieving course goals stated in the syllabus.
I am also excited to explore the options available for different methods of content delivery in this course, particularly the application of recorded performance for assessment. In the …