Project+Sketch

= Cooperative Musicianship =

This course is a comprehensive study of American popular music from the 1950s to today. Students in Cooperative Musicianship will form a cover band, prepare popular music selections from various decades, and give a culminating performance at a date, time, and place to be determined. This course is designed as a performance-based approach to music history and theory. Students will select and prepare a variety of popular songs from the 1950s to today. As an organic part of the song preparation, students will discover some fundamental concepts of music theory which directly apply to the songs. Students will be regularly engaged in discussions of historical and philosophical ideas requiring them to establish an argument and defend it with concrete evidence. For example, when students are learning about protest music of the 1960s, they will be asked to describe how music represents its time and culture. Written assignments, such as journal responses and peer reviews, and presentations, such as the decade presentation and student talent showcases, will be the basis for class discussions.

The project ideas are listed on the Exhibitions page.