Classical Music Pre-Lesson
Class Schedule:
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Session A
1:30 pm to 2:40pm 01/12/20 Sunday 01/19/20 Sunday 01/26/20 Sunday 02/02/20 Sunday 02/09/20 Sunday 02/16/20 Sunday 02/23/20 Sunday 03/01/20 Sunday |
Session B
2:45 pm to 3:55 pm 01/12/20 Sunday 01/19/20 Sunday 01/26/20 Sunday 02/02/20 Sunday 02/09/20 Sunday 02/16/20 Sunday 02/23/20 Sunday 03/01/20 Sunday |
Class Size and Address
Class size : 4 to 6 students
Address:
Fan Deng Book Cafe
422 Main St, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Address:
Fan Deng Book Cafe
422 Main St, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Price and Payment Method
Tuition and Registration Fee: $300
UMSC Member & FD Book Cafe VIP Member has special rate.
UMSC Member & FD Book Cafe VIP Member has special rate.
Syllabus
Unit 1: Development of Ability: How to “Listen” to Music?
Unit 2: Introduction to Instruments and Musical Experience
Unit 3: Music and Culture
Unit 4: Music on Stage: Opera, Musical, and Film Music
Unit 5: Music as Entertainment and the Importance of Vocal Music
Unit 6: Western Classical Music: Renaissance and Baroque
Unit 7: Western Classical Music: Classical, Romantic, Twentieth-Century
Unit 8: Review, Final Exam, and Graduation Ceremony
- Key Component to music appreciation.
- Basic elements of music: melody, rhythm, harmony, scale, musical form.
- Know-how: illustration on how to understand music better with the elements discussed above.
Unit 2: Introduction to Instruments and Musical Experience
- Introduction to traditional Western musical instruments and their sound production— strings, winds, brass, keyboard, and percussion instruments.
- Demonstration of orchestra and typical ensemble: Show a picture of orchestra with lots of instruments, point and ask if the students can recognize them.
- Musical analysis: how to employ the knowledge of music theory, musical elements, performance practice, and other concepts to listen to a piece?
Unit 3: Music and Culture
- The role of music in Western music history: sacred music and secular music.
- The revolution of musical style: Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Contemporary à show pictures of
Unit 4: Music on Stage: Opera, Musical, and Film Music
- History of theater: how music serve on stage performances from ancient Greek tragedy, Baroque opera, to Broadway shows and film music nowadays.
- Music and Animation
- Opera to Broadway
Unit 5: Music as Entertainment and the Importance of Vocal Music
- Music as entertainment in history: from the Classical period to now
- The Importance of vocal music: different genres
- Analysis and appreciation on vocal music
Unit 6: Western Classical Music: Renaissance and Baroque
- Detailed Discussion on music from Renaissance and Baroque period
- Appreciation and analysis on classic pieces
Unit 7: Western Classical Music: Classical, Romantic, Twentieth-Century
- Detailed Discussion on music from Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth Century
- Appreciation and analysis on classic pieces
- Introduction to famous composers and musical genre from the Romantic period
Unit 8: Review, Final Exam, and Graduation Ceremony
- Final presentation by the students
- Summary on the concept of music appreciation
- review the 1st and 2nd class: rhythm, tempo, melody, instruments
- quiz on instruments
- summary on the traits of each period
