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Course Name:  Stringed Instrument Pedagogy I 
Course Prefix: MUSC
Course Number: 3851
             Submitted by (Name & E-Mail):  Michael Palumbo, mpalumbo@weber.edu

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

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Course Title: Stringed Instrument Pedagogy I

Abbreviated Course Title: Str Inst Ped I

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:

String Methods MUSC 2871/2872

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

An in-depth study of pedagogical methods employed in teaching the four orchestral stringed instruments to beginning and intermediate level students. Prerequisites MUSC 2871/2872

Justification:  WSU currently offers a Bachelor of Music in both Keyboard and Vocal Pedagogy. Those degrees each include eight hours of upper division pedagogy courses. Stringed Instrument Pedagogy I and II are being added as the advanced pedagogy courses needed for the proposed new degree Bachelor of Music in Stringed Instrument Pedagogy. This course MUSC 3871 and the subsequent course MUSC 3872 are a continuation of the basic string pedagogy courses String Methods I/II MUSC 2871/2872, and the information provided in these courses is 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 Pedagogy. No other departments offer courses that could be adjusted to include information about Stringed Instrument Pedagogy.

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 Pedagogy I
MUSC 3851 – 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 fall semesters beginning fall, 2010

Prerequisites: String Methods I/II MUSC 2871/2872

Textbooks: No text is required for the class. Students will be expected to purchase several stringed instrument books as appropriate to the individual student’s specific instrument.

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. American String Teachers Association.

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

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

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

Harold Turbyfill: Basic String Maintenance: A Teacher’s Guide

pub. American String Teachers Association

Marianne Murray Perkins: A Comparison of Violin Playing

Techniques pub. American String Teachers Assocation.

Course Description: The class will meet formally for two hours a week. Class work will consist of lectures on general and specific techniques of teaching young children in the elementary grades as well as older beginning students. The course is designed to train stringed instrument players to teach beginning students in a private studio setting.

All students will be expected to do internships with the WSU String Project. This internship with the String Project will consist of observing techniques employed in both homogeneous and heterogeneous instrument situations. These techniques include lesson planning, analyzing and correcting playing problems, and classroom control. In addition to observations the students will et hands-on experience by assisting the String Project teachers in order to gain experience in these techniques.

Pedagogy students will also teach private lessons an additional hour each week. This will involve either two one-half hour lessons, or one one-hour lesson to children or a child in the String Project. The appropriate instrument faculty member will mentor these lessons and provide feedback.

Grading will be based on the approximate grade percentages:

• 20% In-class testing

• 20% In-class presentations

• 50% Observation of private teaching

• 10% Observation of String Project teaching