COMPOSITION, ARRANGEMENT, AND ORCHESTRATION FOR THE MUSIC TEACHER

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: MUS PERF 104 Course Designation: Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss critical perspectives on contemporary and historical issues in music learning and teaching. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify values and meanings of music education and how they shape music learning and teaching. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Critically interrogate issues, power, identity, and difference (including, but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ+ identities, class, and disability) in music education inside and outside of schools. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Design and teach lesson plans/units/projects for a variety of learners in a variety of contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Develop context- and learner-specific pedagogies that foster mindful, inclusive, respectful, empathetic, relevant, responsive, and sustaining learning. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Curate and critique appropriate texts, repertoire, and other materials to support learners in and out of schools. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Develop competency to use and critically examine instruments, technologies, and tools to support learning in and out of schools. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Improve knowledge and skills as a reflective practitioner. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss critical perspectives on contemporary and historical issues in music learning and teaching. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify values and meanings of music education and how they shape music learning and teaching. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Critically interrogate issues, power, identity, and difference (including, but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ+ identities, class, and disability) in music education inside and outside of schools. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Design and teach lesson plans/units/projects for a variety of learners in a variety of contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Develop context- and learner-specific pedagogies that foster mindful, inclusive, respectful, empathetic, relevant, responsive, and sustaining learning. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Curate and critique appropriate texts, repertoire, and other materials to support learners in and out of schools. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Develop competency to use and critically examine instruments, technologies, and tools to support learning in and out of schools. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Improve knowledge and skills as a reflective practitioner. Audience: Undergraduate