Office FA 375, phone 572-6399, FAX 572-6076
email address: johnston@nku.edu,
Class home page: <http://mus100.nku.edu>
Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra Schedule (CSO)
Music
Department concerts (OCC's)
Music
Department home page
Class
Calendar
Office hours by appointment
COURSE GOALS:
To become more open to a variety of music and
musical styles. To provide basic information about Western music with
emphasis on classical music and jazz. To create an awareness of the
unique qualities found in various musical styles and to examine their
development. To experience these types of music through recorded and
live performances.
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This is a web/email based course. All assignment are due via email or via KYVU (web based). You are expected to check your email daily and log onto KYVU and complete assignments twice each week. The first 2 classes and 4 tests are face-to-face on-campus (NKU) sessions. If you are not comfortable about using the web and email and/or you are not willing to learn, or cannot come to campus for the opening classes and tests, please pick a different course. Thank you. Please read this entire syllabus. Items from the end are just as important as items from the beginning. This is our contract. If any changes are made (usually just error corrections), you will receive ample notice. THIS online version of the syllabus is the "official" version, NOT the printed copy. |
REQUIRED TEXT WITH 3 CD'S and 1 CD-ROM
(Intermuse):
Ferris - MUSIC: The Art of Listening, Fifth Edition
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: points
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*One concert review will be the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra (CSO) (Cincinnati
Pops/Casual Classics do not count), one will be an "other
classical concert" (OCC), and one will
be jazz.
Concerts (OCC, CSO, Jazz) may be attended in any order. You may use a
second CSO as your OCC.
Late
reviews will be lowered 5 points up to two (2) days, and up
to 15 points thereafter. The first review turned in is your first
review, the second, your second, and so forth. You can turn in all
three in the first week of class if you want, or you can put them off
until the deadlines. You may not begin with the 2nd or 3rd review.
Late KYVU assignment will not be scored and your points will
be lost.
Participation:
In this web-based course lectures are not so much a part of the course, so a disciplined reading/study regimen will be critical to your success. On the web page you will find the topics from my lecture slides from previous semesters. These may help you organize the materials as long as you keep in mind that these are only outlines upon which I would hang my actual lectures. There are also study guides which are simply listings of the terms you need to master so you won't be surprised when you see the test.
The following is a suggested reading/study regimen for you to follow. It shows how many class sessions I used to present lectures on various topics, and therefore how you should allocate your time in the study of those topics.
Chapter(s) Date (Introduction) Ch. 1-6, Fundamentals
Quiz Wed., Jan
24, 2001 7-8, Medieval (All tests at
NKU) 9-11, Renaissance Mon., Feb.
5, 2001 12-15, Baroque 16-19, Classical Amadeus film 20, Classical /
Pre-Romantic Wed. Mar.
21, 2001 21-23, Romantic 24, Impressionism+"isms" 28-29, Jazz 25-27, 20th Century Mon., Apr.
30, 2001
First assignment, due Wednesday, January 17, 2001, 5:00
pm:
TESTS:
Plagiarism (representing another's work as one's
own) or cheating will result in failure and/or dismissal from the
course. Signing in for someone else will have the same effect.
Suggested sources for "Other Classical Concert"
(budget about $20 for concerts):
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Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra (coat &
tie/dress) |
Cincinnati Opera Cincinnati Community Orchestra Mt. Auburn Brass Fellowship NKU Faculty Recitals |
Other with specific pre-concert approval by Professor Johnston
Suggested sources for jazz:
(Note: a non-jazz performance (rock or R&B performance,
etc. ) at one of these is still not jazz. When in doubt, check first
with your instructor!):
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The nights to visit the Wisp are Wednesdays. They start their first
set around 9:30 pm and usually have 2-3 sets per evening. Sets go for
about 1 hour plus a little.
Dress is casual. Anything from jeans on up is fine.
The Blue Wisp's address is Presidential Plaza, 19 Garfield Place,
Cincinnati. Phone 721-9801. I usually go up Vine Street until I see
the public library. Then I turn left (west) onto Garfield Place, two
one-way streets divided by green space (between 7th & 8th
streets). Go about a block, look to your left and you will see the
Blue Wisp's neon sign. Park. The Wisp is downstairs. I think the
cover is $7.50 and a one drink minimum (Cokes are fine). Drivers
should not drink!
I like to go myself, so if you are getting a group together, include
me!
Have fun. Professor Johnston
Directions to Music Hall (CSO
concerts)
From: NKU, Highland Heights, KY 41076-9096
To: Ezzard Charles Dr AT Central Pkwy, Cincinnati,
OH 45214
The estimated travel time is 10 minutes for 8.52 miles of travel,
total of 7 steps.
Step, Directions, (Elapsed Distance)
1 Begin at Nunn Dr on University Dr and
go Southeast for 700 feet (0.1)
2 Turn onto Louie B Nunn Dr and go East for 0.4 miles
(0.5)
3 Turn left on Alexandria Pike, US-27 and go North for
700 feet (0.6)
4 Continue on I-471 and go Northwest for 6 miles (6.6)
5 Continue on ramp and go North for 0.7 miles (7.3)
6 Continue on E Liberty St and go West for 1.0 miles
(8.3)
7 Turn left on Central Pky, US-127, US-27, US-52 and
go South for 0.3 miles to Ezzard Charles Dr AT W Central (8.5)
As an NKU student, you have an email account. You can access your
account from any of the many lab computers located all across campus,
in NKU libraries, in libraries all across the city, from web capable
home computers, or any web capable computer anywhere around the
world.
NKU WebMail
Academic
Technology and Services (ATS) [Helpdesk (859)
572-6911]
is proud to announce a new email client on
campus NKU WebMail. WebMail is a Web browser based email client. It
is especially useful for students and faculty / staff who are
traveling. WebMail offers a secure, intuitive user interface with
icons, buttons, folders, address book, and even a spell checker. It
is platform independent, which means there is no specific email
software to install. All that is required is a machine (Mac or Win)
running a browser (Netscape or Explorer) with access to the World
Wide Web. Web-based mail uses your current NKU email and
password.
How do I use WebMail?
You can login to NKU's WebMail by starting your Web browser and
entering the address:
<http://webmail.nku.edu>
At the login screen, click on the box next to Username and enter your
NKU email username, press the TAB key, enter your password, then
click Log In. This is the same username and password that you use for
your other email clients such as Eudora or Netscape mail. The system
will display your New-Mail folder. You will probably want to mark
this page as a favorite in your browser. For student's convenience,
there will be a desktop shortcut to NKU's Web-mail on all ATS lab
machines.
Where is a graphical user guide for NKU Webmail?
There is a complete HELP function within NKU WebMail. However, we
have created a two page graphical guide on our FTP site for you to
download. We will have printed versions of this guide available from
as many labs on campus as possible. You can get a Word (.DOC) or
Acrobat Reader (.PDF) file to download and print from:
<ftp://ftp.nku.edu/downloads>
Students have email accounts automatically created at the beginning
of each semester. However, students must have a valid NKU ID -
because we base the accounts on the ID data base. For students to
find their account, they should go to <http://www.nku.edu/www/findit.html>
and enter their last name in the NKU Email Search field and press
Name Search. You can also call the ATS Help Desk at x6911. For new
accounts, the initial password is the last eight digits (no spaces)
of the ISO number found on the NKU ID card. You will be asked to
change the password the first time you access your account. You can
also change your password at any time using the Web at
<http://www.nku.edu/htbin/change_password>.
You may use NKU Webmail, or NKU VAXmail through direct login or
through NKU's SMTP server. Of course, you may use your own non-NKU
email account if you have one, or one of the commercial email
accounts like www.hotmail.com, www.email.com, etc. But PLEASE use
your own account. Do not borrow accounts from friends.
By the way, it is VERY IMPORTANT that you conclude each message with
your name and the class/section number. Also, always put MUS 100 in
the subject line and/or "reflection" or "review" as appropriate.
Finally, use only regular messages with no imbedded html or attached
files. For examples of assignments, see <http://mus100.nku.edu>.
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As a member of this class, you have not only an NKU email account, but a Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual University (KYVU) account as well. Our weekly assignments will be due via KYVU. These are due on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:00 p.m. and are worth about 5 points each. These are your participation grades and total 150 points of the total course, making KYVU participation very important. Your username is your first and last name (ex. James Smith) as they appear on your NKU records. Your initial password is the first 4 letters of your last name plus the last 4 numbers of your social security number (smit1234). You have the option of changing your password any time. If you have trouble getting on, call the NKU Help Desk 572-6911, or the Eduprise Help Desk at 1-877-725-4357 (identify yourself as an NKU Music Appreciation student - they are in Virginia!). You may email Eduprise at helpdesk@eduprise.com. There are some rules for using KYVU. First, weekly participation is important. So you need to log on each week. You may not get last week's points by doubling up the following week. Once 5:00 p.m. Thursday has passed, the week is over until the next week starts Monday. So you may neither turn in KYVU work early nor late - it must be turned in within the window. Of course, you may actually do the work early, just not turn it in outside the window. Second, KYVU submissions need to be a minimum of 200 words each. You will simply not get your 5 points for a 199 word submission. The word count appears at the bottom right of your submission. After you click on the save button, you have a 15 minute window to click on edit and make changes. After that, only I can change or delete your submission. Most KYVU assignment will be 'class public' - meaning the whole class can see them. Click on the Forum icon, then on the word 'Thread.' But some will be private - only you and I can see them. For these, you will click on the word 'Assignment.' The Tuesday assignment will usually be sent out either by email or posted on KYVU by Friday of the previous week (but don't turn them in before Monday!). These will be assignments designed to get you to think about the readings (totally your responsibility) and/or listening for the current musical period. The Thursday submission will typically be your reaction to what one of your classmates has written, or another prescriptive assignment posted on Wednesday. At any time you may email me for help or clarifications about the assignments. KYVU and email assignments are your class participation grades, 10 points per week times 15 weeks. |