MUH 3997: Music Senior Seminar

COURSE OUTLINE AND ASSIGNMENTS

ASSIGNED 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.

Music Management Materials:

Introduction to Music Management

Publishing and Copyright Law

Recording and Broadcast Industry

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 this Manhattanville Blackboard Site 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.

Learning Objectives: MUH 3997: Music Senior Seminar explores the historical repertoire of art music of Europe and the United States and reviews the basic constructs and principles of Music Management. This capstone course will bring into play the following Music Department Learning Objectives:

Objective II: Critical Thinking and Aural Analysis

• By learning to examine pieces within specific historical and cultural contexts, and learning to ask questions about the style, context, and function for historical understanding, performance or transmission of ideas to others.
• By developing the ability to compare and contrast major works in history of music.

Objective III: Breadth of Knowledge

• By demonstrating broad, generalized knowledge of repertoire, formal procedures, and chronology of style.
• By investigating a deeper knowledge base in specialized fields; developing tools for building advanced levels of knowledge.
• Identify specialized areas of the music industry, including the recording and broadcast industries, music publishing, copyright law, and legal issues.

Objective IV: Information Retrieval and Literacy

• By learning to locate and retrieve information from a variety of sources, both primary and secondary.

• By learning to evaluate information and its sources critically.

Objective V: Analytic and Research Writing Skills

• By learning to identify and cite sources properly, and to understand the standards of integrity in the pursuit of academic work.

• By learning to write effective comparative essays, including discussions of style, image function, and historical context.

 Rubric for Grading a Presentation in Senior Seminar* 

*Adapted from models at Utah Education Network