Read this before the workshops

• Administration
  • Diagnostics
  • Syllabi
  • Grading
• Class Management
  • Juggling skill levels
  • Dividing classes for voice and keyboard 

• Grandfatherly Wisdom Regarding Exercises
  • Design
  • Preparation
  • Execution
• Methodology Questions
  • Should I use a piano to teach choral music?
  • What solfege system should I use?

Workshop Day 1 (Wednesday, August 26, 1-4pm)

After a short chat, we'll get down to business.

Yoni, Anna, and Yoon-Ji: please prepare a short exercise (5 - 10 minutes) in one of the three areas listed below. Type in your name next to the exercise you plan to do so there's no overlap. The idea is that this will be something you can actually use in your section next week, so that you can already be prepared with something for one of your first classes. When you're presenting, the rest of us will be your test subjects. After each exercise, we'll give a short critique and try and gauge what you learned about our skill levels in the class. I'll then ask you to revise your exercise into an elaborated one for the workshop on the following day. 

• Hello and welcome: Clara
• Group Discussion: Nearly all of us have taught musicianship classes before. We will pool our knowledge and discuss what has worked best.
• Words of wisdom: Alex

• Live practice! Fundamentals (H&C 1)

  • Singing
    • Introducing solfege: Yoni
    • Singing diatonic intervals: Anna
    • Building polyphonic chords: Alex
    • Learning a diatonic chorale melody: Nicol 
  • Keyboard
    • Playing scales: Yoni
    • Playing intervals:
    • Playing chords:
    • Playing a simple harmonic progression: Alex
  • Listening comprehension
    • Recognizing intervals and diatonic tonal relations: Nicol
    • Recognizing chord roots and qualities: Anna
    • Parsing simple harmonic motion:
    • Simple melodic dictation: Yoni
  • Using repertoire and incorporating your own musical interests: Amy and Clara

Workshop Day 2 (Thursday August 28)

Yoni, Anna, and Nicol: "More live practice!" for you three. Pick one longer, more advanced exercise to prepare; again, please type your name below. This time, come up with 15 minutes of material.

After this I'd like to talk about supplementing traditional musicianship materials with material from your own research or musical practice. If you're interested, please prepare a 10-minute exercise or short presentation describing the repertoire or methodology you'd like to add to the musicianship stew.

• More live practice! Teaching the canon (H&C 2 and 3)

  • Singing---working with a chorale: Nicol

  • Keyboard---working with a figured bass: Alex

  • Listening comprehension---dictation: Anna

• Supplementing the canon

  • Hindustani musicianship; historical musicianship: Alex
  • Yoni: Group listening: exercises in group listening and improvisations
  • Anna: Your subject here
  • Nicol: South African chorale singing, choral arrangements of popular music.