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Summer Workshops
Need clock hours for continuing certification? Interested in
exploring a new area, or refining a familiar one for your teaching?
The CWU Department of Music is offering workshop-only registration for
several graduate-level courses during July, 2013.
These sessions will bring graduate students, faculty, and workshop
participants together in CWU's state-of-the-art music facility for
practical, hands-on sessions that are flexible enough to meet the
needs of teachers in a variety of situations. Expand your horizons,
broaden your professional network, gain new skills, and refresh your
teaching by joining us in Ellensburg this summer.
- The registration cost is $256.00 per credit
- 3 credits (equivalent to 30 Clock Hours) available for all workshops
- Affordable on-campus housing is available
Three Week Seminar:
July 8-27
- MUS 611 Seminar: Psychology of Music Teaching and Learning register
(Dr. Bret P. Smith, instructor)
An overview of historical and current theory and research on perception, cognition, and social psychology pertinent to music teaching and learning in group and individual contexts
- MUS 579 Aesthetics of Music register
(Dr. Margaret Gries, instructor)
Examination of various perspectives in the meaning and value of music.
One Week Intensives:
July 8-13
- MUS 424 Jazz Music Education register
(Chris Bruya, instructor)
Foundational and advanced concepts in jazz music pedagogy as applicable to the public school music program.
- MUS 554H Advanced Technique: Guitar register
(Dr. Bret P. Smith, instructor)
Techniques and pedagogy for guitar, focusing on accompanimental and soloistic applications in multiple musical styles.
July 15-20
- MUS 598 Special Topics: General Music I register
(Leslie Schneider, instructor)
Activities for K-6 standards-based lessons in the general music class with emphasis on National Standards for Arts Education 1-4.
- MUS 612 Seminar: Music History & Literature register
(Mark Lane/Scott Peterson, instructors)
Band and choral music literature.
July 22-27
- MUS 522 Advanced Orchestration register
(Dr. Neil Flory, instructor)
Theory and application of principles of instrumental and vocal orchestration for effective composition and arranging for various purposes.
- MUS 598 Special Topics: General Music II register
(Jane Peterson, instructor)
Activities for K-6 standards-based lessons in the general music class with emphasis on National Standards for Arts Education 5-9.
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