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ONLINE MUSIC
APPRECIATION Music 27A, taught by Larry Ferrara
City College of San Francisco,
Spring, 2009 E-mail: larryferrara27A@gmail.com
Office A129, ph: (415) 239-3856 ORIENTATION—
The fall
orientation will take place online within the Music Appreciation course. Your
account will be made active on Monday, January 18th. After you
know how to login, build your profile, and are familiar with how to navigate
in the course, the orientation will be held on Tuesday, January 19th, from
8:30-9:30 PM. Please enter the class on that day and join the live discussion
where I will welcome you, and provide information and procedures on how to
successfully complete the course. At the orientation I will also answer any
of your concerns, explain the logistics of the class and discuss the
responsibilities and requirements. If you have questions or class related
concerns before the orientation you can e-mail me anytime between now and
when the course starts and I will be happy to assist you. Many of these
inquiries may be answered by the information below and if not, here is my
class e-mail address larryferrara27a@gmail.com
HOW TO LOGIN—
To login
to the class go to the Insight web page, http://insight.ccsf.edu
and enter your password and username. Your password will be sent to you by way
of e-mail and your user name is your CCSF ID. The username must be in lower
case letters (change a W to w and an X to x) and numbers (not “o” or letters
for numbers). OVERVIEW—
Music Appreciation is an
exploration in the materials and masterworks of great music, from Medieval
Chant to Contemporary Popular styles. Students begin by studying the elements
of music (pitch, melody, rhythm, harmony, form, etc.) then learn about the
instruments of the orchestra and build a comprehensive vocabulary with which
to understand and evaluate musical expression. From there, they survey the
continuum of musical history in Western Civilization, from the Middle Ages
through the present time. Along the way the student will become aware of
musical form, the great works and composers of Classical music and in
ultimately by the end become a better music listener. The 22 web-lectures
are embedded with over 90 audio examples. There are reading assignments, web-lectures and
links to other resources on the Web. Music Appreciation also features a
Bulletin Board, and a weekly quiz that will help prepare for the midterm and
final exam. Once you’ve logged in, visit the Welcome page
and be sure of all the requirements before you start working online. TEXT BOOK—
There
is one item which must be purchased for this course: 1.) The textbook: Listen, Brief Fifth or Sixth
Edition by Joseph Kerman, published by, Bedford St. Martin, which comes
with an optional CD set, which not required for this course. How to obtain the text book-
The best place to obtain
the book is at the City College of San Francisco bookstore. But if you run
into problems, you can contact the publisher, Bedford St. Martin, directly by
calling: 1-617-399-4000. If you
prefer online ordering you can try www.amazon.com This site carries new
as well as "gently used" books, which will save you some money. You can use Internet
Explorer or Firefox, while Safari (which may have a few short comings) can be used for this
course I would recommend IE or Firefox. The only other requirement is an mp3
player, and a video player which many computers already have installed in
their operating system. If you don't have one, you can download it using this website: COURSE
CONTENT— There will by weekly
Assignments for
you to fulfill with corresponding web lectures, reading homework, and listening
files. To access the appropriate assignments for each week go to the
current section or "block" of content that will be dated for that
week, work on it, and complete it. There will be one
weekly Quiz with
questions that will help you better understand the concepts you will be
learning and the music you will be listening to. To access the weekly quiz,
log into this course, go to the current dated section or "block" of
content that will be upload, and read the web-lecture and text book, listen
to the steaming sound files, and then precede to take the assigned quiz, and
answer the discussion question fot that week. There will be weekly
Bulletin Board postings with questions and discussions for you to answer and participate in.
To answer these weekly questions, log into this course, go to the current
section of content, and look for the discussion room and find the weekly
question, answer it, respond to a classmates contribution and participate. There will by a
scheduled Live Discussion on certain occasions and especially before exams. To access the chat
room, log into this course, and go the Review Session room. ASSIGNMENTS—
Each segment of the
website will coordinate the web lectures, the textbook readings and the
listening portions of the class. Each weekly assignment will contain one unit
of work that you will need to complete within the duration of 7 days – in
other words – you will need to complete one quiz, one week of web-lecture,
text book reading, and listening. Once you've visited, read and listened to
that week’s units of web-lectures, listening, and textbook reading you will
then proceed to the corresponding quiz and related bulletin board question. QUIZZES— You will need to take a
quiz each week and these weekly quizzes are required for they are a way for
you (and me) to make sure you are keeping up with the listening and learning
the material in the text, on the web, and through the bulletin board. The
midterm and final exam is to be taken in person at City College of San
Francisco’s Phelan Campus. (see below for dates and times). The weekly
quizzes will be recorded and graded. They are open book and or open computer.
The weekly quizzes are in multiple choices, matching, or true and false
format. You will be allowed two attempts which will be spaced 24 hours
apart and your highest score will be the permanent and final result. LISTENING— Most of the genres, terms
and instrument explanations are embedded with sound files or mp3’s. You can
either down load these files to your computer and then open them, or open the
files directly from the server location. If you download them, you will have
them for future reference and can hear them “off line.” On the Review portion
of the Welcome page there are zip files that contain all of the music found
in the course. It is recommended that you download them (for future review)
as well as listen to the streaming files embedded in the web-lectures. If you
have a fast internet connection (T1, All of the recorded examples are also available in the
Media Center. If you prefer you can listen to them from the Media Center
located on the 4th floor of Rosenberg library, City College Phelan
campus. When you enter the Media Center ask for the any of the Supplemental
CDs (CD’s 1-7) for Music Appreciation taught by Larry Ferrara. The content of
the CDs will be found in a three ring binder in the front of the media center
and will coordinate with the sequence of web lectures. If you prefer you will
find the CD play list on this link.
If you opt to use the Media Center on the Phelan campus of City College of
San Francisco be sure to keep track of the time you spend there. This is done
by filling out (with the stamped date and time) a blue time card supplied by
the Media Center. Going to the Media Center to do the listening is NOT a
requirement but an option for you to fulfill the listening requirement
because all of the sound files are contained within the online course. You need to do the
equivalent of one hour of music listening a week in this course. The way you
fulfill that requirement is by either downloading the files from the Music
Appreciation website, by listen to streaming audio example available to you
from the weekly web lecture, or optionally visiting the Media Center (see
above) to do your listening. Your listening hours will be kept track of by
your instructor tracking the amount of files you down load from the Music
Appreciation pages and the amount of time you are actually listening to the
streaming sound files from the web lectures. BULLETIN
BOARD— Each week there will be a
question posed to you from each weekly unit of information and material.
These questions will formulate discussion threads in the class. In addition
to the weekly readings, web viewing, listening, and weekly quiz, the bulletin
board question will contain critical thinking inquiries about musical issues
for you to consider. These questions are designed to make you think about
what music is and how to listen to in an intelligent and aesthetical way.
There will be new questions each week for you to answer. You are expected to
keep up with these questions by responding to them, as well as reacting to
other class members contributions. To keep up these
questions you will contribute with each week (a minimum of 15 postings and 15
responses to other class member’s posts): Your bulletin board participation
will be graded and by answering the question that I pose, and also commenting
on another class member’s response to a question regarding a current or
previous post, you can earn up to 100 points for each discussion. Your
participation will be rated and you will be asked similar questions during
the final exam. I will read all of your posts and participate in most if not
all of the current weekly discussions. If you miss a week’s set of questions
you can answer them from the previous week for partial credit, and I will
read and grade your response but not necessarily respond to it. CONCERT
REVIEWS— During the course each
student is assigned the writing of three music reviews of classical concerts,
jazz, world music, ballet, choir or opera performances; There is also the
option of reviewing two live music reviews and one video review, still -
three total reviews. These reviews are based on two attended live
performances and one rented video, or three live performances. Your video
choice will be from one of the following: Immortal Beloved (BEETHOVEN),
Impromptu (CHOPIN) or Amadeus (MOZART). These 3 concert reviews or one
video review and two concert reviews are due by the by the end of the summer
and should be typed and handed in to me before or at the final exam. You must
include a program or ticket stub along with your live concert review and if
you rent a video include the rental receipt. ATTENDANCE— Attendance
in the class will be followed by: 1) how often you log on to the course to do
the work and experience the listening, 2) your weekly quiz performances, and
3) weekly bulletin board participation, 4) showing up to take the midterm and
final exam. You are expected to login and do the work each week. Each week
you will have a new reading assignment, a quiz to take and a new bulletin
board question. You will have only one week to complete the readings, learn
two and sometimes three web lectures, do the listening, take the quizzes, and
answer or respond to two bulletin board questions. If you do not log onto the
course and do the work each week it will directly affect your grade. If you
fail to log on and do the work for two weeks or 14 consecutive days your
letter grade in the class will decline and your progress directly affected.
If you miss three weeks of consecutive work (21 days of not logging on), you
will be dropped from the class. The course week will run from Monday until
Sunday. MIDTERM You will be actively viewing, listening and reading
material on music in this course. The assignments, corresponding quizzes, and
bulletin board bulletin board postings are specifically designed to teach you
how to listen to music and help you prepare for the face-to-face midterm and
final exam. The more you do them, the better you will understand the material
and the better you will fare on the exams. Person to person contact will
during the in class midterm and final. The material on these tests will be
covered by the weekly quizzes, the weekly listening, text book reading,
website viewing and live discussion review. The midterm and final exam
questions will be multiple choice, matching, true false or fill in/short
essay format. The midterm and final will reflect how well you kept up with
the class, website viewing, listening, discussing and textbook reading. The following dates and
times will be when the midterm and final exams will take place at the City
College or San Francisco Ocean/Phelan campus. You only need to attend one
midterm and one final exam. Two are offered so they may better match your
schedule. Midterm Exam: face-to-face, either Tuesday, March 16, 6:00 – 7:00 PM in room A214
(second floor of the Creative Arts building room 214, on the Ocean/Phelan
campus opposite Riordan High School and behind the new Health Center) or
Saturday, March 20, 9:00-10:00 AM
in room A132 (bottom floor of the Creative Arts building room 132,
on the Ocean/Phelan campus opposite Riordan High School and behind the new
Health Center)
GRADING— Your grade in this course
will consist of: Regular website viewing, listening and text book reading. Partaking in weekly quizzes Contributing weekly to the bulletin board questions. Handing in three reviews (three live reviews or 2 live and
one film review). Taking an in class midterm and final exam. Logging on, participating, reading, listening
20%
of final grade Weekly
Quizzes
20% of final grade Bulletin board
participation
20% of final grade Concert
reviews
20% of final grade Midterm and Final Exam
20% of final grade Attendance
regular attendance is mandatory
(see above for details) STUDENT/TEACHER INTERACTION— As far as interaction is
concerned-- the more the better! There are three different ways to
communicate: 1) DIRECT E- 2) BULLETIN BOARD (answering questions that are
placed each week 3)
LIVE CHAT: Before
exams the discussion room will be utilized and material will be reviewed
especially before the final exam. 4) The WELCOME 5) The SYLLABUS 6)
ASSIGNMENTS contain
links to the weekly web lectures (2 or 3), listening files and the
corresponding readings from the text. 7)
QUIZZES. You will
have one week to complete the assigned quiz and then they will be replaced
with a newer quizzes which will be based on later course content. Remember
the quiz questions will help you greatly on the midterm and final exams. 8) The GLOSSARY 9) The LINKS |
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