Resources for students in my Music 101 classes at Community College of Allegheny County.
Performance Observation Assignment:
Information sheet with details on how to complete the assignment: click here.
For help finding a concert to attend, visit this page: Music 101 Performance Resources.
Spring 2015 Syllabus: click here for PDF
Blackboard login page: click here.
A copy of our textbook is on reserve in the campus library (L580). You can check it out for 3 hours at a time (to be used in the library only).
Lecture posts:
Each post contains general lecture outlines and audio/video examples used in class on the given date.
Spring 2015 Listening Review for Final
05/01/15 When Classical Met Jazz, Plus Reviewing for Final
04/29/15 Blues Lyrics & Classical Jazz
04/27/15 Ragtime, Blues & Jazz: Syncopation & Improvisation
04/24/15 Modernism: Radical Answers to the Basic Question, What is Music?
04/22/16 Modernism: The Importance of Technology
04/20/15 Stravinsky and The Rite of Spring: A Musical Riot
04/17/15 The Modern Era: Reaction, Rebellion, and Going to Extremes
04/15/15 Review of Romantic Era Composers
04/13/15 Wagner: The Real Lord of the Rings?
04/10/15 Take Me Out to the Opera
04/08/15 Walk-up Music: Personal Soundtracks and Musical Signatures
04/06/15 Personal Soundtracks: Berlioz Romantic Music for Orchestra
03/27/15 Romanticism: Rock Stars and Emo Icons
03/25/15 Romantic Era: Love Songs & Fairy Tales
03/23/15 Romanticism: A New Era of Expression
03/18/15 Beethoven’s Enduring Influence, for Better and Worse
03/16/15 Beethoven and the Classical to Romantic Transition
03/13/15 Fate Knocking at the Door: Beethoven’s Life and Symphonies
03/11/15 Music as Conversation: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Beyond
03/04/15 Order, Logic and Mozart’s Sunnier Side
03/02/15 Mozart: Myth and Reality, Genius and Humanity
02/27/15 J.S. Bach & Antonio Vivaldi
02/23/15 Baroque Music: Virtuosity, Virtually Everywhere
02/18/15 To Every Musical Thing, There is a Season
02/16/15 Musical Texture as Learning Tool
02/13/15 Musical Texture and Simplicity vs. Complexity
02/11/15 Musical Texture in the Renaissance & Beyond
02/09/15 Focus on Listening
Note: class was canceled on 02/09 due to instructor illness. A substitute assignment is posted on Blackboard in the “Written Assignments” section of the course site.
2/06/15 Follow the Leader: Imitative Polphony
02/06/15 Quiz 1 Listening Examples (password protected)
2/04/15 Medieval to Modern: Melody & Harmony
02/02/15 The Medieval Era: Gregorian Chant
01/30/15 More on Major & Minor
01/28/15 Scales, Chords, Harmony, Kazoos
01/26/15 Music Is… Our Answers So Far
01/23/15 Instruments & Instrument Categories
01/21/15 Building Blocks of Music: Rhythm
01/16/15 Building Blocks of Music: Melody
01/14/15 What is Music? And Where, When, and Why?
01/12/15 Music 101 Welcome & Introduction
Online Book Login (Instructor only)
Virtual piano links:
virtualpiano.net
Virtual Keyboard (has different choices of sounds)
Pop-up piano