HISTORY OF NEW ORLEANS MUSIC 2021S History of New Orleans Music 21S- MUGN-O246-W01 Spring 2021 16-Week Session 1/19/2021 - 5/7/2021 Instructor Information Name: Sanford Hinderlie Phone: (504) 865 2773 (Not to be used with Online course) Email: [email protected] (Preferred contact method. I usually reply to emails within 1-12 hours.) Office Location: World Wide Web Office Hours: By email appointment Terms of Use A student's continued enrollment in this course signifies acknowledgment of agreement with the statements, disclaimers, policies, and procedures outlined within this syllabus and elsewhere in the Canvas environment. This Syllabus is a dynamic document. Elements of the course structure (e.g., dates and topics covered, but not policies) may be changed at the discretion of the professor. Sanford Hinderlie, jazz piano Course Information Prerequisite Courses: ENGL T122 or Equivalent Course Location: Online in Canvas (NOTE: This is an asynchronous online course. However, it is NOT self-paced. Readings as well as all learning activities must be completed according to the weekly schedule provided in this syllabus.) Credit Hours: 3 Credit hours Weeks and Dates of the Course: 16 weeks (full semester), from Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 to Friday, May 5, 2021 Class Meeting Time: Each week begins on Monday at 12:00 am and ends on Sunday at 11:59 pm in Canvas Expectations of Workload: e.g. According to the Loyola University Credit Hour Policy http://academicaffairs.loyno.edu/credit-hour-policy, you are supposed to spend at least 6300 minutes (that is 105 hours including 35 hours of classwork and 70 hours of out-of-class work) for the whole semester regardless of how many weeks it is offered. That is rounded to at least 13 hours each week for an 8-week course. It includes about 4 hours of your classwork in Canvas and about 9 hours of out-of-class work preparing, reading, etc. SYLLABUS -HISTORY OF NEW ORLEANS MUSIC Content Disclaimer: This class contains content that the instructor believes may be problematic for some students. Please inform your instructor if you require further information or if you feel unable to participate in any or all of the requirements of the class. Required Textbooks Order here from the Loyola Bookstore Title and Edition: Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans Author(s): Armstrong, Louis ISBN-10: 0-306-80276-7; or ISBN-13: 978-0-306-80276-8 Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1954. Title and Edition: Up from the Cradle of Jazz, New Orleans Music since World War II Author(s): Berry, Jason, Foose, Jonathan, and Jones, Tad ISBN: 0-8203-0853-6; or ISBN: 0-8203-0853-4 Publisher: Lafayette, LA: University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2009 Course Materials Purchase and Fees Information: Textbooks are available for purchase in the bookstore or online. All other materials are provided without charge in each weekly module page in Canvas. Brief Course Overview: This course is a comprehensive study of the history of New Orleans music, dating from the nineteenth century music in Congo Square and opera to the present-day musicians of rhythm-and-blues, rock, jazz and rap. The sources of the music, listening, music identity, social and racial influences, and the history of the music business in New Orleans are components of this course. The History of New Orleans Music can be used as one course for Arts and Humanities Common Core for many majors. Students are presented materials in the forms of PowerPoint presentations with embedded music, listening examples, readings, review questions, important terms, Discussion Groups, films in Canvas and two exams, a midterm and final. Course Goals/Objectives: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: • acquire an appreciation of the importance of the creative arts and summarize information presented to them and use this information to think, write, and speak critically about New Orleans music through the following formats: readings; PowerPoint presentations with embedded music; films; and listening examples of the most famous popular music and its musicians. • identify the history of music as it applies to New Orleans music dating from the nineteenth century to the present by reading individual chapters in the text and submitting review questions for assessment. • analyze listening examples of influential popular music and artists and the vocabulary of this topic by following timelines of music listening. • identify and discuss cultural, social and racial issues relating to the past and present music of New Orleans music through Discussion Boards, readings and answering chapter questions. • identify and describe popular music and its relationship to technology and business through readings and answering chapter questions. • apply their knowledge of specific genres of music and musicians through research and the writing of a paper on what musicians and bands will be in the history books 50 years from now. • Identify music of various New Orleans’ musicians and bands, both past and present. • acquire an understanding of specific genres of music and musicians from New Orleans through research and the writing of a paper. SYLLABUS -HISTORY OF NEW ORLEANS MUSIC Course Assessments, Feedback Plan, and Grading Policy You will achieve the above outcomes by successfully completing the following activities in this course. Each item shows 100 points, but will be scaled by the percentage of the assessment categories it belongs to. Assessment Categories Weeks (Number) Points Percentage Discussion Week 1-16 (12) 100 each 20% Individual Chapter Week (1-16) 100 each 30% Review Assignments Paper: News Review Week 6 (1) 100 each 5% Paper: 50 Years Future Week 15 (1) 100 each 5% Musician in History Mid-Term Exam Week 8 (1) 100 each 20% Final Exam Week 16 (1) 100 each 20% TOTAL 26 100% Instructor’s Feedback Plan on Assignments All assignments will be graded in less than a week after the submission due-dates. Please feel free to email me if you haven’t seen your grades by then. All grades will be inputted into Canvas on a continuous and prompt basis for the individual student to view. A rubrics for grading is located in Canvas. Grading Policy A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D F >=94, >=90, >=87, >=84 >=80 >=77 >=74 >=70 >=67 >=60 >=0 <=100 <94 <90 <87 <84 <80 <77 <74 <70 <67 <60 Course Policies Attendance Policy and Participation Expectations: Class attendance is regarded as an obligation as well as a privilege, and all students are expected to log in Canvas and participate in their online classes in which they are enrolled. Students should also check their my.loyno.edu email regularly for important class announcements, notifications, etc. Canvas Discussions are assigned several times during the course, including once regarding the definition of a newspaper music review and another regarding who presently in the New Orleans music scene will be in the history books 50 years from now. Others are pertinent to the weekly readings. Online Communication Expectation ● Be original and cite sources. Make sure not to repeat a topic by checking if anyone else has posted it and received responses. Also, your ideas should be original and not a copy from someone else. Cite the source when you share an idea from someone else. SYLLABUS -HISTORY OF NEW ORLEANS MUSIC ● Be on topic. Post relevant information only. ● Be respectful and open-minded. Use language that is polite, non-offensive, and non-sarcastic. ● Be professional. Keep your posts brief yet clear and concise. Check spelling and grammar before posting. ● Be aware of the university's policies on Academic Honesty and Plagiarism as well as The Student Code of Conduct. ● Greeting of you professor: Be professional in the use of your emails. You are not greeting your best friend or family member but a professor. Consider yourself already in the professional work environment and write accordingly. ● Check with your professor if you have any questions. 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