MUH 3997: Music Senior Seminar
| COURSE REQUIREMENTS |
| 1. Attendance at all sessions: On Time |
| 2. Submission of preliminary bibliography |
| 3. Presentation of assigned works in class with handout/PowerPoint |
| 4. Satisfactory completion of three Comprehensive Examinations |
COURSE OUTLINE AND ASSIGNMENTS
| Date | Topic |
| 8/29 | Course Requirements and Schedule of Presentations |
| 9/5 | Presentations and Discussions: I-III |
| 9/12 | Presentations and Discussions: IV-VI and Intro to Music Management |
| 9/19 | Presentations and Discussions: VII-IX |
| 9/26 | Presentations and Discussions: X-XII Publishing and Copyright Law |
| 10/3 | Presentations and Discussions: XIII-XV |
| 10/10 | Presentations and Discussions: XVI-XVIII Radio and Broadcasting |
| 10/17 | Presentations and Discussions: XIX-XXI Contracts and Legal Issues |
| 10/24 | Research and Study |
| 10/31 | Senior Comprehensive Exam I - Listening and Score Identification |
| 11/7 | Research and Study |
| 11/14 | Senior Comprehensive Exam II - Essays on Specific Areas |
| 11/21 | Research and Turkey |
| 11/28 | Senior Comprehensive Exam III - Analysis of Selected Works |
LIST OF ASSIGNED WORKS AND TOPICS FOR MUSIC MANAGEMENT:
Music Management study materials should be drawn from the four required MuMG courses: Introduction to Music Business: an Overview, The Recording and Broadcast Industries, Music Publishing and the Copyright Law, and Contracts and Legal Issues for the Music Business. Questions will be drawn from subject matter covered in these classes and will be presented as a series of business tasks.
 | Introduction to Music Management |
| Publishing and Copyright Law |
| Radio and Broadcasting |
| Contracts and Legal Issues |
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All course materials are available on line on reserve. Through the semester, students will build the site by adding bibliographies, presentation outlines and PowerPoint presentations to the site for group study. All students will be responsible for the list of pieces available on line at the Manhattanville Blackboard Site (http://blackboard.mville.edu) and each student will be responsible for presenting one piece to the seminar. You should study the historical, theoretical and bibliographical information about these works. This includes putting each work into the context of other pieces of the same genre or era, and you will be responsible for identifying works by listening and by looking at a score.
The Examinations will take place on three Wednesdays as indicated on the syllabus above. Also, each student will be responsible for the bibliography for their piece on the list. This word processed bibliography will be posted on line and should include the major books and articles dealing with each work, including encyclopedia articles in The New Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians and any scores or recordings used to prepare for the examination. The list of sources indicates the level of preparation for the examination and should include journal articles relevant to each work. The bibliography must follow a standard music format.
The guide for correct bibliography is: Mark A. Radice. Irvine's Writing About Music. (Portland, OR, 1999). All bibliography must conform to the guidelines in the text.
Useful Online Bibliography Reference: Towson University has an online guide in the style of Irvine's Writing about Music, which can be accessed here.