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APPLIED MUSIC

June 26–August 3
Times and instructors to be arranged

Note: Online registration for applied study is now available to matriculated students. The Summer@Eastman Director will contact you to confirm your applied teacher. Non-matriculated students, please see Applied Study – How to Register

AMU 130
Undergraduate Applied Lessons
Weekly 70-minute lessons
$2,400/2 credits       CRN 10186

AMU 430
Graduate Applied Lessons
Weekly 70-minute lessons
$1,800/1.5 credits    CRN 10190

AMU 430A
Graduate Applied Lessons (Performance)
Weekly 70-minute lessons
$2,400/2 credits       CRN 10204
Please consult with your Academic Advisor if you should be registering for AMU 430 or AMU 430A.

Noncredit applied music instruction, taught by some members of the Eastman School of Music collegiate faculty and the Eastman Community Music School instructors and intern, is available through the Eastman Community Music School. Tuition costs are variable based on the choice/availability of instructors. Please contact: community@esm.rochester.edu or (585) 274-1400 for more information.

 

ARTS LEADERSHIP INTERNSHIPS

Open to Arts Leadership Program (ALP) certificate candidates only, the Catherine Filene Shouse Arts Leadership Program internship places ALP certificate candidates in internships designed to expose them to extra-musical tools and information that can only be learned in practical, real world settings. Benefits to the students include the cultivation of self-management skills and an awareness of the current climate for the arts in America. In addition to helping prepare our students to function in the real world, the internship program also contributes to the Eastman School’s focus on the community by supplying local, national, and international arts organizations with high-quality interns.

Summer@Eastman Administration Internship
Working with the Summer@Eastman Office, interns will participate in the whole range of activities required to produce a high-quality educational experience for our diverse student population. This internship can be targeted toward your interests.

Tuition:
1 credit           CRN 10145
(no charge to ALP certificate students)

For more information regarding the Arts Leadership Program, please visit:  www.esm.rochester.edu/leadership/ or contact alp@esm.rochester.edu or 585-274-1112.

COMPOSITION

June 27–August 5
Room: TBA
Instructor:  Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon
Days and times for classes and lessons to be arranged with instructor. Private and small-group lessons for non-majors arranged on a weekly basis.

CMP 221
Composition for Non-Majors I
$2,400/2 credits       CRN 12689

CMP 222
Composition for Non-Majors II
$2,400/2 credits       CRN 12691

CMP 223
Composition for Non-Majors III
$2,400/2 credits       CRN 12702

CMP 224
Composition for Non-Majors IV
$2,400/2 credits       CRN 12717

Study for matriculated students in composition:

CMP 401
Advanced Composition I
$3,600/3 credits       CRN 12726

CMP 402
Advanced Composition II
$3,600/3 credits       CRN 12734

CMP 501
Advanced Composition III
$3,600/3 credits       CRN 12743

CMP 502
Advanced Composition IV
$3,600/3 credits       CRN 12751

 

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL)

ENG 080
English Language Skills for ESL Musicians
June 25–August 3/Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Room: ESM 506, MC 1
Caterina Falli

This noncredit summer course gives international students an introduction to English academic skills and to the culture of Eastman in order to prepare them for Eastman’s academic requirements. Students practice written exercises and do oral presentations to build a solid foundation in academic English. Group projects help students learn the aspects of American culture necessary for living abroad, such as the banking system and restaurant etiquette. Through observations of classes such as Music History, Review Dictation, or Review Analysis, students gain exposure to the academic environment at Eastman. Students explore the culture of the Rochester area through guided weekly field trips to places of local interest such as the Memorial Art Gallery, the Genessee Country Village Museum and the George Eastman House.

Arrive: Sunday afternoon, June 24
Tuition:
$2,400/noncredit tuition only        CRN 14985
$4,965/tuition with housing, meals   CRN 14992
Students will need to register for University of Rochester health insurance upon arrival.

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MUSIC EDUCATION

MUE 403
Introduction to Research
June 25–July 13/Monday–Friday, 8:30–11:20 a.m.
Room: ESM M9
Donna Brink Fox

This course is designed for graduate students to develop an overview of the existing published research in music education.  Content includes vocabulary and concepts related to quantitative and qualitative research designs in music education.  Daily/weekly assignments to critique and analyze studies lead to a final review of literature paper and presentation. For more information, contact Donna Brink Fox at (585) 274-1020 or dbfox@esm.rochester.edu

Tuition:
$3,600/3 credits       CRN 16982

MUE 465 (Cross-listed for noncredit as INS 423)
Instrumental Methods and Techniques
July 16– 27/Monday–Friday, 1:30–5 p.m.
Room: ESM 320
Christopher Azzara

For instrumental, vocal, and general music teachers at all levels who wish to improve their musicianship skills for teaching. This course is particularly relevant for teachers who are addressing the National Standards for singing, performing on instruments, reading, composing, and improvising.  The emphasis is on beginning instrumental study for recorder, winds, percussion, and strings from the new revision of Jump Right In:  The Instrumental Series—Books/CDs 1 & 2. For more information, contact Christopher Azzara at (585) 274-1027 or cazzara@esm.rochester.edu.

Tuition:
$3,600/3 credits       CRN 16998

MUE 501
History and Philosophy of Music Education
June 25-July 13/Monday–Friday, 1:30-4:30 pm.
Room: ESM M9
John Fetter

This graduate course examines music education through readings in historical and philosophical inquiry, class discussion, and writing. Contemporary issues in music education are addressed through application of historical and philosophical principles. Required of all graduate students in music education.

Tuition:
$3,600/3 credits       CRN 17049

 

MUE 502
Curriculum Seminar
July 16-August 3/Monday–Friday, 8:30–11:30 a.m.
Room:  M9
Philip Silvey

Inquiry into curriculum theory and creative curriculum development and implementation. Attention is devoted to how schools are organized, how the processes and outcomes of learning are evaluated, and how conditions can be created to foster professional growth among music teachers and administrators.

Tuition:
$3,600/3 credits       CRN 19323

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MUSIC HISTORY

MHS 119
Music History in Review
June 25–August 3/Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Room:  NSL 404
Time:  6:00-8:00 pm
Katherine Hutchings

Review of music history from c. 1600 to the present; may be required of students based on the placement exams given at the beginning of summer session.

Tuition:
$1,800/1.5 credits    CRN 16614

 

MHS 426
Music Since 1900
June 25–August 3/Monday, Wednesday
Room:  NSL 404
Time:  2:00-4:30 pm
Cristina Fava

This course is designed to provide a solid grasp of twentieth-century European and American art music by offering both broad coverage of significant works and in-depth examination of the era’s diverse musical trends, social and political environments, and aesthetic and cultural controversies. Students are expected to contribute to class discussion, engage closely with musical scores, listen attentively to pieces, and write sensitively about compositional details as well as music’s multiple roles in contemporary culture. Major graded work includes a midterm, final, and a paper that combines analysis and interpretation.
Tuition:
$3,600/3 credits       CRN 16623

MHS 590
Prokofiev, Shostakovich & The Great Patriotic War
June 26–August 2/Tuesday, Thursday
Time:  9:00-11:30 am
Room: NSL 404
Truman Bullard

The course will explore the music that Soviet composers Prokofiev and Shostakovich wrote in the years leading up to, during, and following the Second World War.   In this seminar students will analyze symphonic, chamber, and solo instrumental music as well as music for film and the stage, and engage in biographical and correspondence research.

Tuition:
$3,600/3 credits       CRN 16637

 

MHS 590
Wagner & His Ring Cycle
June 26–August 2/Tuesday, Thursday
Time:  2:00-4:30 pm
Room: NSL 404
Beth Bullard

Students will examine Richard Wagner’s four-part masterpiece, Der Ring des Nibelungen, tracing this work’s creation and performance tradition within the intellectual climate of its time and place.  We will experience its four constituent music dramas with as much intimacy as videotape and DVD will allow; and we will look at the kinds of impact this work has had in its own time and in subsequent generations.  Students will prepare one oral report on an aspect of the music dramas (for example, use and development of a particular Leitmotiv) and will write one research paper on a topic relating to musical communication in the Ring.

Tuition:
$3,600/3 credits       CRN 16646

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MUSIC THEORY

TH 402Fr
Theory & Analysis of Contemporary Music – Paris
University of Rochester IES Abroad Paris
June 4-22, 2012
University of Rochester Contact: Jacqueline Levine
University of Rochester Program Faculty: Robert Hasegawa
IES Abroad Contact: Catherine Fierro

This new summer study-abroad program is a three-credit graduate course offered in Paris, France, and is open to performers, composers, theorists, and new-music aficionados.  Scheduled to coincide with the Agora Festival, a festival of contemporary music produced by IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique), the course will provide a theoretical understanding of musical developments of the last 30 years, with special emphasis on the composers featured in the festival: in 2012, these include Luciano Berio, Brian Ferneyhough, and Philippe Manoury.  Classroom space, student housing, and other student services are provided by IES Abroad (The Institute for the International Education of Students), a non-profit organization that arranges study-abroad programs for many colleges and universities.  Please email your questions to Dr. Robert Hasegawa at:  rhasegawa@esm.rochester.edu

More information on the Agora Festival can be found on:  http://agora.ircam.fr/?L=1

This course counts as TH 402 for DMA students and as elective towards the MM, MA, and Ph.D. degrees.

Tuition:
$5,500/3 credits, including room, breakfast, concert tickets, IES Abroad fees, etc.
Click here for more information

 

TH 117
Theory, Analysis, Musicianship Review I
June 26–August 2/Tuesday, Thursday,
11:30 am-1:00 pm, Wednesday 11:30 am-1:30 pm
Room: NSL 308
Steve Laitz

The first semester of an accelerated review course designed for graduate students who are found to be deficient on the entrance theory placement examination. With a focus on 18th-century diatonic procedures, the course integrates conceptual and aural components of music theory, including writing, analysis, listening, singing, keyboard, and model improvisation.

Tuition:
$1,800/1.5 credits    CRN 19095

TH 118
Theory, Analysis, Musicianship Review II
June 25–August 2/Monday–Thursday, 12:30-1:30 pm
Room:  MHS 221
Justin Lundberg

The second semester of an accelerated course designed for graduate students who are found to be deficient on the entrance theory placement examination. With a focus on late 18th- and early 19th-century chromatic procedures, the course integrates conceptual and aural components of music theory, including writing, analysis, listening, singing, keyboard, and model improvisation.

Tuition:
$1,800/1.5 credits    CRN 19100

 

TH 400
Survey of Analytical Techniques
June 25–August 3/Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
Time:  11:30 am-1:30 pm
Room:  NSL 404
Seth Monahan

An introduction to the basic techniques of tonal and nontonal repertories, designed with the particular needs of the performance major in mind. The course introduces students to a broad range of techniques of analysis and their implications for performance. Short assignments and papers explore the basic analytical literature, and evaluate the results of various analytical techniques.

Tuition:
$3,600/3 credits       CRN 19111

 

TH421
Pedagogy of Music Theory
June 26–August 2/Tuesday, Thursday, 2:00-4:30 pm
Room: NSL 308
Steven Laitz

The materials, organization, techniques, and problems of the first two years of college-level theory and aural skills teaching, designed for DMA students. Bibliographical survey of texts and anthologies. Prerequisite: TH 400, TH 401 or TH 411

Tuition:
$3,600/3 credits       CRN 19125

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MUSIC TECHNOLOGY

TH 481A (cross-listed for noncredit as INS 421)
Web Site Creation I
June 26–July 6/Tuesday–Friday, 8:30–10:30 a.m.
Room: ESM 070
Noah Lapidus

This course is for performers, composers, music educators, music theorists, or any musician who would like to build and maintain a web site with an emphasis on musical activity. Students will transform a digital portfolio of images, audio, video, and text into a fully functional personal or group website. In addition to basic principles in web design and content creation, students will learn HTML and CSS, the basic languages for constructing web sites. This approach frees a web designer from the limitations of web design software and leads to the creation of more efficient and professional looking web sites. The course is taught as a combination of lectures and hands-on creation with an emphasis on the goal—a completed web site. The classroom provides Macintosh computers but students are also welcome to bring personal laptops (Mac or PC). All required software is free and installation help will be provided. Applicants should be comfortable working on either a Mac or PC, but do not need prior knowledge of web design or programming. Applicants should be prepared to purchase a domain name (yourname.com) and a web hosting package (total approx. $75). For more information, contact Noah Lapidus at nlapidus@esm.rochester.edu.

Tuition:
$1,200/1 credit         CRN 19133