NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ANNANDALE CAMPUS

MUSIC APPRECIATION I On-Line Version

MUS 121

 Dr. James Fay, Professor of Music

Office: CM-228, Phone: 703-323-3177, Fax: 703-323-4248

Music Department Office: 703-323-3114

E-mail: jfay@nvcc.edu   Web: http://www.nvcc.edu/home/nvfayxj

Course materials: http://www.connect4education.org/

 COURSE DESCRIPTION

Increases the variety and depth of the student's interest, knowledge, and involvement in music and related cultural activities. Acquaints the student with traditional and twentieth century music literature, emphasizing the relationship music has an art form with man and society.  Increases the student's awareness of the composers and performers of all eras through listening and concert experiences. Lecture 3 hours per week.

GENERAL COURSE PURPOSE

The course is designed to acquaint the student with the basic elements of musical composition and the relationship of these elements to a musical composition as a whole. The student will learn to recognize various musical forms and styles and will learn the correlation between the music found in various periods and other art and sociological factors.

ENTRY LEVEL COMPETENCIES

Any student, regardless of musical background or lack thereof, may enroll in this course.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The student will learn to understand the art of musical performance. The student will learn the contrasting elements of music from different periods and will be to describe these variances verbally as well as recognize them aurally. The student will learn to recognize basic musical shapes and compositional techniques and will be able to correlate musical growth with the historical growth of art as a whole.

MAJOR TOPICS TO BE INCLUDED

A.    Stylistic analysis of the various musical periods

B.     Comparative study of music and related arts

C.     Study of basic compositional techniques and forms

D.    Study of all elements found in music

E.     Application of above knowledge to listening of recorded music

F.      Application of above knowledge to live performances in the form of a critique

 TEXTS AND MATERIALS

 OnMusic Appreciation, published by Connect for Education.

Besides College Registration, you need to purchase the CD, either through the Campus Bookstore, or through www.connect4education.com. Then you register the CDs on line to get login information. Once you log in, follow the instructions to install browser plug-ins necessary for the course.

 Course Format

There is 1 class meeting during the Semester, on Tuesday evening beginning at 7:30 PM in room CM-202, Annandale Campus, Tuesday, Jan 11, for course orientation.

All work needs to be completed by the end of the semester, May 2. Last day to register on Connect4education, Mar 25

 EVALUATION AND GRADING

Evaluation

Grading

Policies

Students are expected to follow the Information Technology Student/Patron Ethics Agreement as posted in computer areas and Academic Integrity Standards as set down in the Student Handbook. Cheating will result in a test failure for the first offense, and course failure thereafter.

 TECHNICAL SUPPORT

You will find most of the answers to your technical support questions in our Technical Support Page. However, please feel free to email for your technical support needs at support@connect4education.com. Please refer all of your course instructional questions to your course instructor.