Global Musics in Education

Catalog description

The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with the many music's of the world, to provide strategies for its use in the music classroom, and to facilitate an understanding of the study of music and culture. The three strands of the course, world music, world music pedagogy, and ethnomusicology, will be addressed through reading, listening, planning, presenting, and discussing course content. Upon completion of this course, one will be to able to accurately identify musical characteristics of a variety of music's, utilize a culturally informed approach to teaching world music, and incorporate ethnomusicological fieldwork methods to explore an unfamiliar musical culture.