Intro to Music Cognition (251-0-2)
Instructors
Richard D Ashley
847/491-5720
r-ashley@northwestern.edu
Office Hours: W 10-11 and by appt.
Professor, music theory and cognition program. Research and publications in music cognition focusing on expressive performance, musical communication, and long-term memory for music. President, Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Member, editorial board, Music Perception. Recipient of two Fulbright grants for research in the Netherlands and grants from National Endowment for the Humanities and U.S. Department of Education. Recipient, Bienen School of Music Exemplar in Teaching Award. Also teaches in the cognitive science program.
Meeting Info
RCMA Lower Level 113: Tues, Thurs 11:00AM - 12:20PM
Registration Requirements
No prerequisites. The class does deal with technical material from both music (theory) and psychology and so will provide challenges to students with less background in those disciplines.
Learning Objectives
Understand more of the psychological, physiological, and cultural foundations of music as a human activity
Gain an understanding of how music may be studied from a psychological perspective
Identify a topic of interest to you in this broad area and study it more in-depth
Teaching Method
Some lecture but mostly discussion of readings
Evaluation Method
Grades will be given on the following basis:
Daily assignments and quizzes....50%
Class participation.......................10%
Final project................................40%
Total...........................................100%
No late assignments will be accepted. All assigments are due by the beginning of class on the day assigned, submitted electronically (via Canvas). I will drop your two lowest homework grades.
Class Materials (Required)
Required class materials :
Ashley, R., and Timmers, R. (eds) The Routledge Companion to Music Cognition.
Ebook version, available in ePub ($29;13-$47.65, including rental, from Routledge at https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Music-Cognition-1st-Edition/Ashley-Timmers/p/book/9781138721050# ), Kindle (from Amazon,$39.99 https://www.amazon.com/sk=routledge+companion+music+cognition&crid=O5CVC4YTX5MN&sprefix=routledge+companion+music+cognition%2Caps%2C79&ref=nb_sb_noss_2), and eBook (from Barnes & Noble, $39.99 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-routledge-companion-to-music-cognition-richard-ashley/1135349488?ean=9780367876555).
Paperback version, $52.95 (from Routledge https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Music-Cognition-1st-Edition/Ashley-Timmers/p/book/9781138721050# ; Amazon https://www.amazon.com/s?k=routledge+companion+music+cognition&crid=O5CVC4YTX5MN&sprefix=routledge+companion+music+cognition%2Caps%2C79&ref=nb_sb_noss_2, or Barnes & Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-routledge-companion-to-music-cognition-richard-ashley/1135349488?ean=9780367876555)