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Music Notation Using Sibelius (online)
Author: Tom Rudolph Learn to write music notation using Sibelius. Through hands-on lessons and activities you'll learn proven methods and techniques to enter, edit and modify music notation including single and multiple staff scores. You will create lead sheets, choral and instrumental scores, drum maps and guitar notation, and explore many other ways to use Sibelius for your own personal and professional needs. You will become an independent user of Sibelius, and will learn the skills to find solutions to problems that you encounter in the future. You will also learn to share your Sibelius files with others in a variety of venues and formats. |
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Music History of the Western World 1: Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque (online)
Author: Tom Rudolph | Course Code: OLART-210 Music History of the Western World 1, explores the development of Western European music from its earliest traceable roots during the Antiquity and Middle Ages, through the Renaissance and the Baroque periods. You will experience the music that led to the Classical, Romantic, and Modern eras - music that is, in its own right, sophisticated, diverse, entertaining, solemn, and emotionally rich. Composers studied include Guillaume de Machaut, Josquin des Prez, Claudio Monteverdi, Guillaume Dufay, J.S. Bach, and G.F. Handel. Other relevant information from these periods will be included with a focus on music and its impact on society of the times. |
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Music History of the Western World 2: Classical, Romantic, and Modern (online)
Author: Tom Rudolph | Course Code: OLART-211 The course begins with the Age of Enlightenment and the rise of opera, early symphony, and keyboard music, and then explores the emergence of the classical style and the works of Haydn, Mozart, Paradis, and Beethoven. It delves into the Romantic period, profiling such composers as Schubert, Berlioz, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Wagner, Rossini, Verdi, Brahms, Bruckner, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, and Mahler, followed by an exploration of impressionism, including the works of Debussy, Fauré, and Boulanger. The course then chronicles music in the 20th century, including such topics as Russia’s Silver Age, atonality, the twelve-tone method, music in Latin America, electronic music, new textures, and minimalism, exploring the music of Ravel, Webern, Clarke, Copland, Barber, Penderecki, Cage, and others. |
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7715 iPad Video and Audio Recording to Enhance Assessment (online)
Author: Tom Rudolph The iPad is fast becoming the music teacher's new best friend. This course is designed for music teachers who have access to an iPad 2 or later model for use in the classroom/rehearsal as well as teachers who are working in a 1:1 iPad classroom. The first half of the course focuses on GarageBand for iPad and how it can enhance instruction and assessment. iMovie for iPad is the focus of the second half of the course and includes a variety of applications to enhance lessons along with student video projects that can be used for assessment. Using the iPad to record live audio and video of performing ensembles will also be addressed. Video screen recording, referred to as “screencasting,” will be covered in depth, focusing on how to record quality videos for student learning, interviews, and other tutorials. Cloud options for storing audio and video will include Google Drive, Soundcloud, YouTube, Vimeo and TeacherTube. Basic knowledge of the iPad is recommended although not required. Required Materials: Access to an iPad2 or later, iPad Air, or iPad mini; as well as being able to connect the iPad to a Mac or Windows computer. The two main apps, GarageBand for iPad and iMovie for iPad are free with most iPads. If they are not on your iPad, you can purchase them for $4.99 each from the Apple App store:
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iPad Video and Audio Recording to Enhance Assessment (online)
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iPad Audio Recording to Enhance Instruction (Garageband for iPad)
The iPad is fast becoming the music teacher's new best friend. This course is designed for music teachers who have access to an iPad 2 or later model for use in the classroom/rehearsal as well as teachers who are working in a 1:1 iPad classroom. The course it totally self-paced and is delivered online. There will be an optional weekly chat hour where you can speak to the instructor in real-time. Basic knowledge of the iPad is recommended although not required. This course is designed for music teachers who have access to an iPad 2 or later model for use in the classroom/rehearsal as well as teachers who are working in a 1:1 iPad classroom. The course focus is using GarageBand for iPad to enhance instruction both as a teaching tool and in the hands of students. Basic knowledge of the iPad is recommended although not required. The course format is a 4-week online course, 2 graduate credits. Each week includes a total of approximately 6 hours of reading and completing discussions and assignments. There will be an optional weekly chat hour where you can speak to the instructor in real-time. Topics Covered in this Course:
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