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This course is intended to provide candidates with practical, hands-on experience in additional brass, woodwinds instruments from their Part I experience, percussion, and some contact with strings, guitar, and Musical Instrumental Digital Interface (MIDI) applications. Candidates will also have opportunities to sing as a means of human expression, and are encouraged to use the singing voice as a tool for interpretive teaching.

Topics include:

• demonstrating basic performance skills on two additional instruments: one brass, one woodwind (different from the instruments chosen in the Part 1 experience)
•  demonstrating knowledge and teaching approaches of standard percussion instruments (i.e., band/orchestral percussion)
• experiencing and applying a variety of music practices, including creating/improvising, world music, small ensembles, choir
• applying knowledge of conducting using standard patterns
• demonstrating an ability to read and conduct from conductor’s scores of intermediate level repertoire
• demonstrating an understanding of the importance of beginning and intermediate method books and repertoire selection for the instrumental class
• demonstrating group teaching and rehearsal skills in warm-ups, technique exercises and other classroom performance activities
• demonstrating the relationship among program planning, assessment and evaluation and teaching/learning strategies that reflect key components of instrumental music
• continuing to situate musical pieces in context
• introducing composers for music history
•  demonstrating the ability to properly set up an instrumental music room/facility for effective instruction and learning

Please visit website for additional information and registration.

• Organizer: University of Windsor
• Cost: Three-Part AQ: $685.00, Additional Basic AQ: $735.00, Honour Specialist: $735.00, Tech Studies: $725.00. See https://www.aspire.uwo.ca/fees.html for details.
• Location: Online
• Website: http://www.uwindsor.ca/education/continuing
• Contact: The Centre for Executive and Professional Education
• Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 6734
• Email: [email protected]