Summer 2010
Music Courses/Workshops
at UMass Amherst, Department of Music & Dance

First announcement:

Workshop in Music Theory Pedagogy at UMass Amherst
June 14-18, 2010

Faculty:
Gary S. Karpinski, Director (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
David Butler (Ohio State University)
David Gagné (City University of New York)
Stefan Kostka (University of Texas)
Michael Rogers (University of Oklahoma)

Learn about teaching music theory from five leading music theorists, all of whom are authors of influential books, important contributors to various scholarly subfields in music theory, and experienced classroom teachers.

Sessions will focus on the teaching of undergraduate music theory at the college level.
All teachers of music theory are encouraged to attend this workshop - teachers at the college, university, conservatory, and high-school levels (including AP instructors). Various other individuals - including graduate students in music, music scholars, performers, and music educators of all kinds - will also benefit from attending.

In lectures, group discussions, and other settings, the workshop will cover the following topics (and ample time will be allowed for discussion of various other topics in the teaching of music theory):

* Rudiments
* Sight Singing
* Ear Training
* Harmony
* Form
* Analysis
* Counterpoint
* Figured Bass
* Post-Tonal Theory
* Schenkerian Approaches to Undergraduate Teaching
* The Influence of Cognition and Perception Research on Teaching

Attending the Workshop

The workshop will be held at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, June 14-18, 2010.
Six sessions will be held each day, from 9 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Lodging is available through University Conference Services.

General: $500 by 4/14/10, $600 by 5/14/10. Student registration: $300 by 4/14/10

Questions? For further information, contact:

Gary S. Karpinski, Director
Workshop in Music Theory Pedagogy
Department of Music & Dance
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
theory@music.umass.edu