CMN 3343 Teaching the Scriptures

Syllabus – Wendy Daugherty 1 Southwestern Assemblies of God University Wendy Daugherty Fall 2010 APPLIED MUSIC - VIOLA COURSE SYLLABUS MAP1121

COURSE DESCRIPTION Applied lessons will emphasize technique, sight reading, improvisation, accompanying, and repertoire. Each credit involves a 30-minute private lesson and a minimum of five hours of practice each week. Students will continue to register for lower-level study until the completion of six semester hours; when these hours are completed, the student will be admitted to a proficiency examination which, if passed, will permit the student to register for upper level.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: The expectations for students will vary based upon each individual’s developmental level. However, in completing this course of study, each student should expect to:

1. Develop good posture and proper arm, hand, and finger positions on the viola. 2. Demonstrate basic technical skills which include playing scales and arpeggios as assigned by the instructor at the beginning of the semester. 3. Develop and demonstrate the capability to improvise hymns, gospel pieces, and choruses with simple harmonies. 4. Develop and demonstrate the ability to sight-read music selected by the instructor. 5. Demonstrate skill to transpose melody at sight. 6. Identify musical symbols and be able to produce music on the viola. 7. Demonstrate correct pitch, clean tone and appropriate vibrato. 8. Increase knowledge of the viola literature and develop a better understanding of the musical genres/stylistic periods from selected pieces. 9. Develop good practice habits, musical memory skills, and self discipline.

Additionally, upon completion of this course the Music Education student should be able to demonstrate the following knowledge and skills as stated in the Music Standards. These standards help prepare the student to pass the TExES exam.

Standard I: The music teacher has a comprehensive visual and aural knowledge of musical perception and performance.

Standard II: The music teacher sings and plays a musical instrument.

Standard III: The music teacher has a comprehensive knowledge of music notation.

Standard IV: The music teacher creates and arranges music.

Standard V: The music teacher has a comprehensive knowledge of music history and the relationship of music to history, society, and culture.

Standard VI: The music teacher applies a comprehensive knowledge of music to evaluate musical compositions, performances, and experiences.

COURSE TEXTS: Syllabus – Wendy Daugherty 2  Selected repertoire, etudes, and scales assigned by the instructor  Hymnal  A metronome

It is the student’s responsibility to purchase any music which is selected by the instructor. The student is cautioned to remember the provisions of Copyright Law when duplicating materials.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

Daily practice (suggested 30-60 minutes each day). A minimum of five hours of practice per week for each one hour credit is required. Continuous lack of practice and preparation for private lessons may result in suspension.

Recital Performance: Students are required to memorize a minimum of one piece which will be performed either in a studio or departmental recital each semester. (Those students who are enrolled in applied violin for non-majors will not be required to perform on general student recitals.) Studio class will be held once a semester. Studio class date and time will be announced. Any student who misses a scheduled performance time without previous notification to their instructor will receive a grade reduction for the week. If there is a valid reason, the recital performance may be made up at the discretion of the individual instructor and the recital coordinator.

Jury Exam: All applied music students (music majors and non-music majors) are required to meet for a jury exam at the end of each semester. All students must be fully prepared to perform the assigned repertory, technical studies, and the improvised hymn, gospel piece, or chorus studied during the semester. A separate scale jury will be held in the professor’s studio during the final week of lessons.

Recital Attendance: Recital attendance is required of all music majors each semester of full-time enrollment at Southwestern (MAP 1000 Recital Attendance). Students will be required to attend a minimum of seventy percent (70%) of all recitals held on campus each semester. General Student Recitals are held each Monday at 4:15 p.m. in the Foster Music Center Burke Hall, beginning the first week of classes. Recitals will include performances by music students and faculty, music department forums, and lectures by special guests and music faculty. Evening recitals are held at various times throughout the semester and will be advertised in chapel, posters in the Foster Music Center, on the SAGU Music web page and through mailers to student mail boxes. On-campus recital credit is determined by students submitting an attendance slip which will be distributed at each recital. Attendance will be calculated as part of the final grade. All applied music students must register for MAP 1000 Recital Attendance until all recital attendance requirements have been met. A minimum of six semesters of recital attendance is required for graduation with a degree in Music Ministries, Music Performance, or Music Education. A minimum of two semesters of recital attendance is required for graduation with a AA/Minor in Music. Grading will be on a Pass/Fail basis. All non-music major applied music students are required to attend three recitals per semester.

COURSE METHODOLOGY: Syllabus – Wendy Daugherty 3 The main thrust of the learning cycle will be experiential. The training and practical approach to music and violin playing will be given through assignments. Each week technique, scales, improvisation and repertoire will be assigned. The objectives above will be met through individual instruction in a private lesson setting. Lessons will consist of evaluation and in-class demonstration and practice of the materials previously assigned.

COURSE EVALUATION: Students will be assessed according to the following criteria:

 Progress demonstrated in lessons 70% Cumulative over 12 lessons (1 credit hour)

 Participation on recitals 10% Cumulative over 1 department recital or 1 studio recital

 Jury 20% Comprehensive

COURSE ASSIGNMENTS:

Weekly Lesson Students will receive a weekly evaluation throughout the semester by the instructor. Each lesson will be given a grade based on the following criteria:

Practice time – 20 points (5 hours = 20, 4 hours = 15, 3 hours = 10, 2 hours = 5) Scales and Technique – 20 points Repertoire – 40 points Improvisation and Sight Reading – 20 points

Final Exam (Jury) The jury exam will be held one week before the regularly scheduled final exams. The exam schedule will be posted on the bulletin board. Each student is required to sign up for a jury time. Students with scheduling problems may arrange with the professor (subject to the professor’s approval) to take the exam at an alternate time. However, if the student misses the scheduled jury time then a zero will be assigned as the jury grade. The Jury is worth 20% of the applied music lesson grade. Students should be prepared to play: Repertoire (2 contrasting pieces, at least one memorized) Technical studies (etudes) Sight Reading and/or improvisation of a hymn or chorus Scale jury will be held at the final lesson.

UNIVERSITY GRADING SCALE Syllabus – Wendy Daugherty 4 Undergraduate Grading Scale GPA A 93-100 4.0 A- 90-92 3.7 B+ 87-89 3.3 B 83-86 3.0 B - 80-82 2.7 C+ 77-79 2.3 C 73-76 2.0 C- 70-72 1.7 D+ 67-69 1.3 D 63-66 1.0 D- 60-62 0.7 F 59-below 0.0 CR* Credit NC* No Credit P* Pass NP* No Pass I Incomplete W Withdrawn WP* Withdrawn Passing WF* Withdrawn Failing

COURSE POLICIES:

Attendance.

Southwestern’s on-campus academic program is designed as an in-class learning experience. In this type of instructional setting, the ability to pass examinations and complete outside projects is only a partial measure of the student’s knowledge, skills, understanding, and appreciation of the subject matter. Therefore, students are required to maintain regular and punctual class attendance. Properly obtained and authorized excuses will be necessary for any make-up tests to be offered and to avoid grade penalties for turning in late assignments. Depending upon the circumstances, the instructor reserves the right to refuse late assignments. While attendance will be taken in each class, it is the students’ responsibility to keep informed of their attendance standing. The students are further responsible for any material missed by reason of their absence from class whether or not said absence was excused. Students asked to leave a class for disciplinary cause may be counted as absent for that class. Class attendance will be treated in conformity with the corresponding academic catalog regulations: Syllabus – Wendy Daugherty 5

This class is scheduled to meet once every week for a total of twelve sessions this semester excluding viola jury. Absences which exceed twenty-percent (20%) of the number of times that a class meets per semester, regardless of the nature or reason for the absences, will result in the student being administratively dropped automatically from the course, receiving a grade of “WP” or “WF”. (The student will be assessed the established course withdrawal fee.) In this course, an absence in the 4th session calls for administrative withdrawal.

Students missing fifteen minutes of a class will be counted as absent for that session. Every two tardies acquired in classes that meet once or twice a week will be considered as an absence. Every three tardies in classes that meet three times a week will be considered an absence. (In this course, every tardy will be considered an absence).

Unless there has been some other notification, students must wait at least 15 minutes for the instructor to arrive before they may leave the class.

Please note: There will be no provision for makeup lessons due to the number of applied lessons being taught by the instructor per week. Makeup lessons will only be given if the instructor misses the lesson.

Final Exam / Jury.

Students’ progress will be evaluated weekly throughout the semester. The jury exam evaluated by the music faculty will be held one week before the regularly scheduled final exams. Students are required to sign up for a jury time posted on the bulletin board. Students with scheduling conflicts must obtain the professor’s approval to reschedule for an alternate time. A ‘zero’ will be assigned as the jury grade if the student misses the scheduled jury time.

Electronic Devices in Class.

Inasmuch as electronic devices pose a serious risk to academic integrity, and because mobile phones are disruptive to the learning environment, the instructor reserves the right to control the use of all electronic devices in class (phones, pda’s, calculators, etc.). Students are not permitted to use mobile phones, pda’s or other devices for sending/receiving calls and/or text messages during class. Under no circumstances will students turn on electronic devices or keep them on during tests or quizzes. Text messaging or other inappropriate uses of electronic devices, during a class session, may result in the professor dismissing the student from the class session, and in turn, counting the student as absent. Students who send/receive text messages during an exam, engage in any kind of communication activities which threaten the integrity of the test environment, or photograph on electronic devices test materials or other materials the instructor deems inappropriate for copy may be subject to failure in the exam and/or the course.

Academic Integrity.

Studies at Southwestern are as inherently spiritual as they are intellectual. Students are admitted with the expectation of a commitment to honesty and stewardship. The true worship of God requires the worship of the whole being (“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” - Matthew 22:37). Students are expected to be honest in fulfilling all academic requirements and assignments. This pertains to examinations, themes, book critiques, reading reports, compositions, etc. Syllabus – Wendy Daugherty 6

Therefore any form of cheating or academic dishonesty is unfit to basic Christian discipleship and cannot be tolerated. Any cheating on a test or assignment may receive an “F” for the assignment or for the course and potentially face disciplinary action by the school. Course notes and other resources may not be brought into the testing room. Testing requires academic honesty and a student’s honor is at stake if the testing situation is compromised in any fashion by having persons present, or materials or technologies in use which impact the results of the test. Plagiarism, the use of another’s uncited material as one’s own, is impermissible. Reproducing material from other students by photocopy, computer media transfer, or by rewrite is cheating. This also specifically applies to the use of other people’s sermons and ceremonies from books, tapes, magazines, etc. without proper attribution. It further applies to downloading material from websites which are designed to aid in cheating on essays, term papers and dissertations.

A student will not be allowed to withdraw from a course if he/she is under investigation for academic dishonesty. In the event that the student is determined guilty of academic dishonesty, then the student will not be allowed to withdraw from the course and will receive the grade determined by the faculty member. Refer to Standard of Conduct in the Student Handbook.

Withdrawal.

In the unfortunate event that a student seeks to withdraw from a course or from school the Registrar’s Office should first be contacted to initiate the process. Requests to withdraw must be backed up with a student’s written statement. There is a fee assessed for a withdrawal from a course.

Automatic Withdrawal.

All students are required to attend class faithfully. Whenever a student misses a class in excess of 20% of the times the course is scheduled to meet, that student shall be administratively withdrawn from the course. There is a fee for an administrative withdrawal which exceeds the amount a student is liable for when a student initiates a withdrawal on his/her own.

Miscellaneous.

Students must wait 15 minutes for their teacher before leaving class unless they have been notified otherwise.

Availability of Instructor.

Office Hours: Please do not be hesitant to make an appointment with me.

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (972) 921-8458 (Please leave a voice message if I am unavailable to answer your call).

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 Students (1 credit) are required to practice an average of five (5) hours per week.

Date Wk# Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total Initials

 Practice time – 20 points (5 hours = 20, 4 hours = 15, 3 hours = 10, 2 hours = 5)

Weekly Assignment Sheet Syllabus – Wendy Daugherty 8 Date ______Week # ____ Student Name ______

Repertoire

Improvisation/Harmonization/Transposition/Sight Reading

Scales and Technique Total Total Points Points Earned Possible Practice Record 20 Scales/Technique 20 Repertoire 40

Improvisation/Harmonization/ Transposition/Sight Reading 20 Today’s Grade

Weekly Assignment Sheet

Date ______Week # ____ Student Name ______

Repertoire Syllabus – Wendy Daugherty 9

Repertoire Syllabus – Wendy Daugherty 15 Improvisation/Harmonization/Transposition/Sight Reading

Repertoire

Improvisation/Harmonization/Transposition/Sight Reading Syllabus – Wendy Daugherty 16

Repertoire