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July: Practical Music Theory & Introduction to Choral Literature

How do we learn? What is Music Literacy? How do we connect what we see to what we hear?

How has choral music changed along with the rest of music and human history in western European art music?

August: Introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet & Choral Literature: The Requiem

Letters can all sound different depending on the language we're working with. Using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) we can write symbols to represent sound and work with one alphabet in a number of languages very easily.

The Mozart, Verdi, and Faure requiems are some of the most popular works performed by chorus and orchestra. What makes the Requiem so special and unique? Explore the characteristics of the Requiem Mass and the different, unique ways each composer sets the famous text or other texts for the same purpose.

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JULY Live Session Archival Recordings

Practical Music Theory Week 1

What is Music Literacy? How do we learn? What is Talent vs. Skill?

Practical Music Theory Week 2

How do we hear pitch and rhythm and how can we relate that to what we see and how can we practice hearing and doing before we're reading?

Practical Music Theory Week 3

Attaching what we hear to what we see (in terms of pitch!)

Practical Music Theory Week 4

Attaching what we hear to what we see (in terms of rhythm!)

Introduction to Choral Literature Week 1

The Medieval and Renaissance Periods:

Significant genres

and the anthropological realities that spawned them.

Introduction to Choral Literature Week 2

The Baroque Period:

Equal Temperament, Basso Continuo, and the Reformation/Counter-Reformation bring change amongst a myriad of other delights (including J.S. Bach & Sons)

Introduction to Choral Literature Week 3

The Classical Period:

Church music vs. concert music - Courtly music vs. Volkmusik, the growing concert hall tradition, Mozart, Beethoven, and Haydn.

Introduction to Choral Music Literature Week 4

The Romantic Period:

Individual Expression in art, church, and politics leads to an explosion of expressive potentialities... and Ego!

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