Experiencing Live Music

Catalog description

Through attendance at professional music performances, guest speakers, panel discussions, and course readings, students will develop the vocabulary and critical listening skills to understand and discuss music and the socio-cultural factors that shape the experience of music performances. Students will critically examine how music experiences change or remain the same across formats, cultures, and styles, including popular music, jazz, Western art music, and world music traditions. Students will have the option to take this course for three (3) credits which will add a action research project as part of this experience.