Music in the Urban School

Catalog description

This course will involve workshops with nationally known instructors in eurhythmics, world drumming, contemporary popular music, and classroom management. The course will require attendance at workshops, classroom observations and closely supervised teaching experiences, including up to 12 hours of practicum visitation to be fulfilled scheduled by the Instructor. This course fulfills the Community Engagement requirement in the Master's of Music degree program. Schools involved are all inner city schools with a poverty level of 75% or above. This course is offered as the result of a grant received from the Federal Department of Education by the School of Music, the Pittsburgh Public Schools, and the Wilkinsburg School District.