WRITING PROJECTS

On some days you will hand in a brief writing. Sometimes this assignment must be completed before class. At other times, you will write in class. Often you will be asked to respond to something from the assigned reading or listening for that day. This exercise tests basic reading comprehension, focuses your attention on a particular theme or issue which may become the focus of class discussion, and offers writing practice.

All writing assignments (except those done in class) must be computer-typed and printed. You may send me your assignments as an e-mail attachment, but ONLY if they are in a Microsoft Word format (.doc). Your e-mail must show that you e-mailed it to me before its deadline. Keep your assignments and class handouts in your loose-leaf notebook so you can use them to prepare for exams.

FIELD RESEARCH PROJECT

Your study of music cultures will culminate in "field" research done outside the classroom, wherein you will investigate a particular "music culture" (defined in Titon) in depth. Your project will involve putting together recorded interviews (transcribed in your paper), performances, and pictures (or video). This active learning experience will require you to think about how culture and music are defined, and how music functions in society. See "Discovering and Documenting a World of Music" (Chapter 10) in Titon.