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Summer 2008

Electronic Arts Foundation

in association with

Five Towns College

presents

 

July 9&10 - Hauppauge, NY         July 21&22 - Westbury, NY

Workshop Description PDF

Workshop Registration Form PDF

Workshop Title: Creative Listening – Revitalizing the experience of the sound of music

Description: This workshop has two goals – to demonstrate specific listening techniques which can heighten our intellectual and emotional response to musical sounds, and to provide participants with a methodology for teaching these listening techniques to students through performing groups as well as through classroom teaching.  Participants will learn to separate listening to music from listening to the sound of music. Course content will include topics such as acoustics, psychoacoustics, music history and performance techniques. In addition, the course will closely examine the profound effect of technology on the creation, recording, performance and perception of music.

The course will include hundreds of musical examples in many different styles as well as relevant examples in other art forms including drama and the visual arts. Workshop outcomes and applications will be aligned with both the National Standards and the New York State Learning Standards.

Don Muro draws on his experience as a composer, performer, recording engineer, author and master teacher to produce a workshop that will open ears and minds to the joys of music.

Clinician Bio

Target Audience:

·          K-12 music educators (classroom teachers and ensemble directors)

·          Private music teachers

·          Performing musicians

·          Composers

 

Expected Outcomes: By the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

·          Recognize, understand, and evaluate the relationships and interactions between the properties of sound and the elements of music.

·          Recognize, understand and evaluate how psychoacoustics, technology, and cultural environment affect the perception of music.

·          Design standards-based lessons appropriate to their grade level/content area. 

 

Dates and locations: The workshop will be offered at two locations:

·          July 9-10, Seminar Theatre, Sheraton Long Island Hotel, Hauppauge

·          July 21-22, Holiday Inn of Westbury

 

Hours: 8:00AM – 4:30PM (15 hours of classroom instruction)

 

Credit/cost:

·          $190.00 for 1 in-service credit (completion certificate issued by Electronic Arts Foundation), or

·          $340.00 for 1 graduate credit from Five Towns College

 

Click here for registration information.