2020 FREDONIA SUMMER MUSIC

Professional Development and Graduate Courses

The Fredonia School of Music offers a variety of courses for practicing teachers, graduate
students, and preservice teachers. Please contact Dr. Katherine Levy (levy@fredonia.edu)
for more information about earning a graduate degree in music education or Continuing
Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) hours.

June 12 – June 21: Foundations of Music Education III (MUED 621)

Fridays: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Saturdays: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, Sundays: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm, 3140 Mason Hall
Blended Course - blends face-to-face classes with online instruction
Instructor: Richard S. Webb
Study of curriculum and assessment in music education, emphasizing a synthesis of previous course work.
Written project required. Should be the final Music Education course after all requirements are met in the
Music Education category, all but 3 credit hours completed in the Musicianship category, and all but 3
credit hours completed in the elective category. Enroll for 3 graduate credits.

June 13 – June 21: Music Bibliography (MUS 521)

Saturdays, Sundays, 12:00 pm – 4:30 pm, 170 Fenton Hall
Blended Course - blends face-to-face classes with online instruction
Instructor: Lisa McFall
An exploration of the resources and techniques needed for graduate studies in all areas of music.
Students will learn to examine and critically evaluate music resources in both traditional and
electronic forms, and will develop research strategies that can be adapted to many different areas of
study. Through a variety of projects and in-class presentations, students will become better equipped
to undertake graduate level music research, and to ultimately present that research with proper
bibliographic style according to established scholarly conventions. Enroll for 3 graduate credits.

June 14 – July 12: Analytic Techniques (MUS 624)

Online Course – instructor-led
Instructor: Ji Hyun Woo
The application of analytical methods, including Schenkerian reductive analysis, to Western tonal music
since the latter 17th century. Includes the study of musical forms in Western music and entails a significant
prose writing component. Enroll for 3 graduate credits.

June 19 – July 31: Foundations of Music Education II (MUED 620)

Friday June 19, 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm; Tuesday June 30, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm; Tuesday July 7, 9:00 am - 2:00
pm; Friday July 10, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm; Friday July 31, 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm; 170 Fenton Hall
Blended Course - blends face-to-face classes with online instruction
Instructor: Katherine M. Levy
Study of psychological and sociological foundations of music education, emphasizing current issues and
developments. Particular application to curriculum and instruction in school music. Enroll for 3 graduate
credits.

June 26 – August 4: Contextualizing Musicking (MUS 570)

Friday June 26, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Saturday June 27, 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Sunday June 28, 1:00 pm - 6:00
pm, Monday June 29, 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm; Online assignments due Mondays and Tuesdays July 6 – August
4, 2020; 170 Fenton Hall
Blended Course - blends face-to-face classes with online instruction
Instructor: Wenzhuo Zhang
This course contextualizes various types of music making around the world. Drawing on inter-disciplinary
texts from ethnomusicology, musicology, anthropology, history, and cultural studies, we will explore an
array of music genres not only as artistic forms but also as social practices situated in societal, political,

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cultural, and economic contexts. We will not only discuss important theoretical, conceptual, and
philosophical issues— such as Non-Western music philosophies and theory, musical cultural identity,
social activism, and liberation struggles––but we will also examine the ways people are empowered by
musicking to deliver extra-musical messages, and the ways people employ sonic worlds as social spaces for
individual or collective action, protest, and expression. All July course work will be completed online.
Enroll for 3 graduate credits or complete for 37.5 CTLE hours. CTLE price: $399.00

June 28 – July 3: Wind Conducting Symposium (MUS 565-01)

Sunday: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm, MTWRF, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Instructor: Paula Holcomb
The Fredonia Wind Conducting Symposium welcomes conductors of all levels explore score study,
conducting techniques, repertoire options and selection criteria, rehearsal techniques, and ensemble
techniques. Enroll for 3 graduate credits, for 37.5 CTLE hours as a conductor/participant, or for 37.5
CTLE hours as an observer. CTLE price: $399.00
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July 6 – 11: Community Music Education (MUED 565-01)
Monday: 9:00 am - 2:30 pm, Wednesday: 9:00 am - 2:30 pm, Saturday: 9:00 am - 12:30 pm, 170 Fenton
Hall
Instructor: Sarah Marchitelli
In this workshop, participants will discover and discuss connections between
community music and music education and explore the world of arts-based non-profits
and school-community music intersections. Enroll for 1 graduate credit or for 14 CTLE hours. CTLE price:
$250.00

July 13 – 17: Teaching Music to Learners with Special Needs (MUED 618)
MTWRF 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, 170 Fenton Hall
Instructor: Laura Dornberger
Participants will explore K-12 strategies for teaching music effectively to students of all abilities. In this
hands-on workshop, they will develop differentiated instruction techniques, incorporate appropriate
modifications, research and use materials and teaching strategies, create lesson plan ideas, and other topics
related to enhancing music instruction to meet the individual needs of their students. Enroll for 3 graduate
credits or complete for 37.5 CTLE hours. CTLE price: $399.00

July 19 – 24, August 2: Choral Literature for Secondary Schools (MUS 666)
Sunday: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm; MTWRF: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm; August 2: online only; 1001 Mason Hall
Instructor: Vernon Huff
Students will read and analyze, in class, a variety of choral repertoire, deemed by the instructor to be of the
highest quality. Literature will be chosen from representative works of the important style periods in music
history, from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Emphasis will be given to literature that is especially
appropriate for junior and senior high school choral programs. Enroll for 3 graduate credits.

July 26 – July 30: Applied Keyboard Seminar for Music Educators and Therapists
(MUED 555 01)
Sunday: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm; MTWR: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm, 2015 Mason Hall
Instructor: Leonidas Lagrimas
This graduate-level course explores applied keyboard skills commonly utilized in professional settings by
music educators, music therapists, and practicing musicians. Topics include harmonization, sight-reading
for music theatre and church settings, instrumental and vocal open-score realization, vocal and choral
accompanying, melodic and stylistic improvisation, and harmonization in a variety of musical settings.
Students will develop a "keyboard portfolio" of works and excerpts as they prepare their final project, a
"career-based piano performance", which is developed in conjunction with the instructor. Prerequisites:

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Students are expected to have a foundational knowledge of piano (e.g. 4 semesters of undergraduate-level
class piano, or equivalent experience) before enrolling. Enroll for 1 graduate credit.

August 2 – August 7: The Art of Improvisation (MUS 580)

Instructors: Dr. David Rudge, Mary Knysh
Sunday: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm, MTWR 9:30 am - 4:30 pm, and 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm; F 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
This 5-day workshop is an exploration of free-improvisation, one of the NY State Standards, in an
environment that is energetic, humorous and open-minded. David Rudge and the staff of Music for People
will help you move beyond the inhibitions of musical training while playing at the peak of your technical
and expressive ability in your preferred musical style. The Workshop is for musicians, vocal or
instrumental, experienced in any musical tradition--classical, jazz, theatre, rock, ethnic, etc. Prior
experience in improvisation is not necessary. Please check the Music for People website
<musicforpeople.org> for more information. Enroll for 3 graduate credits or 37.5 CTLEs. $399.00