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Course Name:  Stringed Instrument Literature II 
Course Prefix: MUSC
Course Number: 4772
             Submitted by (Name & E-Mail):  Michael Palumbo, mpalumbo@weber.edu

Current Date:  11/10/2009
College: Arts & Humanities
Department:   Performing Arts                              
From Term: Spring  2010 

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Subject:  MUSIC            

Course Number: 4772

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Course Title: Stringed Instrument Literature II

Abbreviated Course Title: Str Inst Lit II

Course Type:  LEC

Credit Hours:  2  or if variable hours:    to

Contact Hours: Lecture 2  Lab    Other

Repeat Information:  Limit 0   Max Hrs 0 

Grading Mode:  standard

This course is/will be: a required course in a major program
a required course in a minor program
a required course in a 1- or 2- year program
elective

Prerequisites/Co-requisites:

Stringed Instrument Literature I MUSC 4771

Course description (exactly as it will appear in the catalog, including prerequisites):

Advanced study of music for technical development, plus solo, and chamber music literature of the stringed instruments of the orchestra. This class will focus on music for upper intermediate and advanced students. Prerequisite MUSC 4771

Justification:  WSU currently offers a Bachelor of Music in both Keyboard and Vocal Pedagogy. Those degrees each include four hours of upper division literature courses. Stringed Instrument Literature I and II are being added as required courses for the proposed new degree Bachelor of Music in Stringed Instrument Pedagogy. This course MUSC 4772 and the prerequisite course MUSC 4771 will enable the students pursing this degree to become familiar with the literature studied and performed by the orchestral stringed instruments. As with the Stringed Instrument Pedagogy courses these courses are also essential to the preparation of students seeking a degree in pedagogy in the stringed instrument area of music. The National Association of Schools of Music, WSU’s Music Area accrediting agency mandates that 15-20 Percent of the degree be basic and advanced pedagogy courses, and these courses are being used to fill those requirements for this degree program.

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1. Did this course receive unanimous approval within the Department?

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If not, what are the major concerns raised by the opponents?

2. If this is a new course proposal, could you achieve the desired results by revising an existing course within your department or by requiring an existing course in another department?

No. Our department does not have any course that could be adjusted to include information about Stringed Instrument Literature. No other departments offer courses that could be adjusted to include information about Stringed Instrument Literature.

3. How will the proposed course differ from similar offerings by other departments? Comment on any subject overlap between this course and topics generally taught by other departments, even if no similar courses are currently offered by the other departments. Explain any effects that this proposal will have on program requirements or enrollments in other department. Please forward letters (email communication is sufficient) from all departments that you have identified above stating their support or opposition to the proposed course.

There are no similar offerings in other departments on campus. There will be no effect on any program requirements across campus.

4. Is this course required for certification/accreditation of a program?

yes

If so, a statement to that effect should appear in the justification and supporting documents should accompany this form.

5. For course proposals, e-mail a syllabus to Faculty Senate which should be sufficiently detailed that the committees can determine that the course is at the appropriate level and matches the description. There should be an indication of the amount and type of outside activity required in the course (projects, research papers, homework, etc.).

Stringed Instrument Literature II
MUSC 4772 – 2 credit hours

Syllabus

Instructors: Dr. Michael Palumbo, 801-626-6991 mpalumbo@weber.edu

Viktor Uzur, 801-626-6441 viktoruzur@weber.edu

Shi-Hwa Wang, 801-626-6929 swang@weber.edu

Additional input provided by Ann Cox, Adjunct Instructor of Violin.

Term: Alternate spring semesters beginning spring 2012

Prerequisite: Stringed Instrument Literature II MUSC 4771

Textbooks: 2009 ASTA String Syllabus Volume One pub. by American String Teachers Association.

Melvin Berger: Guide to Chamber Music pub. by Dover Press

Students will be expected to purchase a literature book appropriate to the individual student’s specific instrument as determined by the appropriate instrument faculty member.

Reserve in the library: Paul Rolland: The Teaching of Action in String Playing pub. by Boosey and Hawkes

Phyllis Young: Playing the String Game pub. by University of Texas Press

2009 ASTA String Syllabus Volume One pub. by American String Teachers Association

Ivan Galamian: Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching pub. by Prentice Hall

Ed. Gregory Barnes: Playing and Teaching the Viola pub. American Strings Teachers Association

G. Jean Smith: Cellist’s Guide to the Core Technique pub. by American String Teachers Association.

Barry Ross: A Violinist’s Guide for Exquisite Intonation pub. by American String Teachers Association

Barry Ross: A Violist’s Guide for Exquisite Intonation pub. by American String Teachers Association

Gordon Epperson: The Art of Cello Teaching pub. by American String Teachers Association

Harold Turbyfill: Basic String Maintenance: A Teacher’s Guide pub. by American String Teachers Association

Marianne Murray Perkins: A Comparison of Violin Playing Techniques pub. by American String Teachers Association.

Course Description: The class will meet formally for two hours a week. Class work will include but is not limited to the following:

• An examination of instrument-specific etude and scale studies for upper intermediate and advanced students

• How to determine what technique(s) a particular etude is designed to develop.

• Analyzing these studies for content and purpose

• The results of student research on solo performance literature for upper intermediate and advanced students

• Classroom presentations on specific technique etudes

• Visiting artist teachers presenting their literature choices for upper intermediate and advanced students

• An overview of literature for string quartet and quintet

• How to choose appropriate chamber music for the level of the group

• Classroom presentations on assigned music from the string quartet and string quintet repertoire

Grading will be based on the approximate grade percentages:

• 20% Classroom discussion

• 25% Classroom presentations on specific technique etudes and solo performance

literature

• 30% Analyzation of etudes and solo literature

• 25% Classroom presentations on assigned chamber music literature