Teaching Composition in the Schools (368-0-1)

Instructors

Jennifer Ann Marie Blackwell
847/467-1682
RCMA 4-141
Office Hours: by appointment
https://music.northwestern.edu/faculty/profile/jennifer-blackwell

Meeting Info

RCMA 1-180: Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM

Overview of class

The purpose of this course is to study practical concepts and theories of teaching composition, improvisation, and creative thinking in music, learn about the design of curricular materials for teaching composition and improvisation, and compose and improvise using a variety of approaches and mediums that are applicable to music teaching and learning contexts.

Learning Objectives

This course is designed to enable you to:

Develop an understanding of the theories, issues, and concepts surrounding teaching music composition, improvisation, and creative thinking in music settings.

Develop (or improve) skills to compose and improvise yourself.

Develop imaginative and applicable composition/improvisation lessons for a variety of music teaching contexts.

Identify the need to follow through with infusing improvisation and composition in your teaching.

Class Materials (Required)

Healy, D. J., & Ankney, K. L. (2020). Music discovery: Improvisation for the large ensemble and music classroom. Oxford University Press. $28 (paperback) - $110 (hardback)

Hickey, M. (2012). Music outside the lines: Ideas for composing in K-12 music classrooms. Oxford University Press. $39 (paperback) - $168 (hardback)