 | University of Virginia record April, 1914 |  |
SCHOOL MUSIC
Courses for Supervisors of Music.—These courses are primarily
intended for the training of supervisors of music and special teachers
of music in the public schools. In order to complete the work
and receive a supervisor's certificate, it is required to attend three
summer sessions. Detailed information in regard to home study
during the academic year may be had on application to Professor
—.
Courses for Grade Teachers.—The probability is that the near future
will witness a requirement made by school boards and state
boards of education, demanding that the grade teacher shall qualify
in music as she must qualify in every other subject in the elementary
curriculum. Such a requirment is already in force in several
states. This makes a special course of music for grade teachers an
actual necessity.
A teacher who takes the first-year and second-year courses and
completes the work satisfactorily, will have received thorough training
in sight reading, in ear training and dictation, will have taken
in the methods of presenting public school music. It gives the
teacher as much freedom in knowledge of methods and materials in
music as in the subjects of geography, spelling, arithmetic, and the
like.
Courses for First Year Students.
1. Sight Reading—A. This is an elementary course. The requirements
for the completion of this course include the ability to read
at sight simple music, such as is taught in the first four grades of
the public schools, using Latin syllables.
Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 8:30 to 9:30. Professor
—. Madison Hall.
2. Dictation—A. (Study of tone and rhythm). This course covers
the first four grades of public school music. The subject matter
of music is presented first to the sense of hearing. In this course
the student gains power to think tones and to sense rhythms, and
at the same time acquires a practical knowledge of scale relations
and the application of the Latin syllables used in sight reading.
Daily, from 9:30 to 10:30. Mrs. Waterman. Madison Hall.
3. Material—A. This course is devoted to the material for the
kindergarten and the first four grades in music. It also includes the
presentation of material, and the methods of teaching rote songs.
This course provides intimate acquaintance with the best presentation
of the subject of public school music in charts and books, taking
up for detailed study each fundamental principle as it occurs.
Some practice in reading and interpretation is included in this course.
Daily, from 10:30 to 11:30. Mrs. Waterman. Madison Hall.
4. Methods—A. This course is devoted to the pedagogy of music
from the kindergarten to the fourth grade, inclusive. The work
of each year is taken up in detail, and all the problems which confront
the grade teacher and supervisor are thoroughly discussed.
Plans and methods of schoolroom work, and general supervision
are carefully presented.
Daily, from 12:15 to 1:15. Mrs. Waterman. Madison Hall.
5. Rudiments of Music—A. This course provides instruction in
the elements of music. The following are taken up for study: clefs,
signification and origin; names of pitches as established by the
G-clef and F-clef; construction of major scale (without key-signature),
note-values, and rhythm (different rhythms with the same
meter), normal, harmonic, and melodic minor scales (without key-signatures);
key-signatures; notation of chromatic scale with each
key-signature; intervals; definitions of terms most frequently used
in music.
Thursdays and Fridays, from 8:30 to 9:30. Professor —.
Madison Hall.
Courses for Second Year Students.
6. Sight Reading—B. This course requires the reading at sight of
music taught in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades of the
public schools, using Latin syllables.
Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 9:30 to 10:30. Professor
—. Madison Hall.
7. Melody—B. This course in constructive music is valuable as a
basis of form analysis. Facility in melody writing is also a distinct
are diatonic melodies, simple intervals, the chromatic inflection,
simple modulations and rhythmic development. Written work is required
daily.
Thursday and Fridays, from 9:30 to 10:30. Professor —.
Madison Hall.
8. Dictation—B. This course deals with the problems of tone and
rhythm included in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades of
public school music.
The purpose of this course in ear training and dictation is to
make the student familiar with scale relations, simple chromatic inflections,
and the simpler rhythms. It thus becomes of direct value,
both in sight reading and in listening to music. Special lessons are
provided in showing how to prepare and present dictation lessons,
both oral and written, in the classroom.
Daily, from 8:30 to 9:30. Mrs. Waterman. Madison Hall.
9. Material—B. This course requires the study of charts and
books employed in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grammar
grades. The development of the subject and the interrelation of
songs and studies are emphasized. Sight reading of words and music
simultaneously, supplements the singing with the syllable names.
The courses in Material A and B are given by experienced supervisors.
The methods employed are those used in the schoolroom.
These courses, therefore, become a laboratory demonstration of the
material and methods used in teaching music in the public schools
from the kindergarten to the high school.
Daily, from 12:15 to 1:15. Mrs. Waterman. Madison Hall.
10. Methods—B. This course includes methods for the fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth grammar grades, and is open only to students
who have completed Methods A. It involves a study of the pedagogy
of the subject as required by the introduction of new principles
and their combination with elementary principles. Detailed outlines
for lesson preparation, and presentation are required.
Daily, from 10:30 to 11:30. Mrs. Waterman. Madison Hall.
Courses for Third Year Students.
11. Dictation—C. (Study of tone and rhythm.) This course will
open with a rapid review of elementary principles. It will then
proceed to develop the ability to recognize and read any melody of
moderate difficulty in both the major and minor keys. Additional
training, including the recognition and writing of music in parts is
also required.
Daily, from 12:15 to 1:15. Professor —. Madison Hall.
12. High and Normal School Music—C. This is an advanced
course to which only third year, and still more advanced students,
are admitted. Courses in theory, in musical appreciation, and in
chorus singing are outlined and presented in detail. The many difficult
problems which confront the music teacher in the high school
and the normal school are carefully studied: such as the arrangement
and distribution of voices, programs for the high school music recitations,
supplementary music, formation of school orchestras and
glee clubs, the relation of high school music to the grades and its
place as a credit study in the curriculum, and the means of cultivating
the musical taste and ideals of the school and community.
A prominent feature of the work in this class is a practical course
choral selections under the supervision of the instructor.
Daily, from 8:30 to 9:30. Mrs. Waterman. Madison Hall.
13. Practice Teaching—C. Practical use of the material of all
grades, and application of methods of teaching, are required. The
students of this course demonstrate their understanding of the principles
of school music in lessons given to a class under the supervision
of the instructor. The presentation of the material, its relation
to what the pupil has already acquired, the text to be studied,
and the principles to be illustrated by original blackboard work,
form the basis of the lesson.
Daily, from 9:30 to 10:30. Mrs. Waterman. Madison Hall.
14. Harmony—C. This is a practical course in music writing and
analysis. The analysis of melodies, on scale and chord basis, and
the art of writing for four voices from the subject of daily lessons,
for which considerable written work is demanded. This course
takes up the analysis and construction of music to the Secondary
Seventh Chords. This course is indispensable to the proper reading
and interpretation of part music. Particular attention is given
to the leading of voices, sequences, cadences, and the simpler modulations.
Daily, from 3:30 to 4:30. Professor —. Madison Hall.
15. Chorus.—All students working for a grade teacher's certificate,
or a supervisor's certificate, will be required to take this course. The
time is devoted to chorus singing and to instruction in the technical
and interpretative elements of choral music. Cantatas and choruses
suitable for high and normal school will be studied and performed
by the chorus.
Daily, from 3:30 to 4:30. Professor —. Madison Hall.
16. Piano Playing.—This course is intended to meet the demand of
teachers who wish instruction in piano playing or coaching. The
work includes a concise method of acquiring Technique in the shortest
possible time and eliminates to a large extent the numerous books
of studies, etudes and techniques preparing teachers for their future
work.
Fee, $10—Not free to Virginia teachers. Two hours per week.
Hours to be arranged. Herr Schneider.
17. Violin Playing.—The purpose of this course is to prepare and
assist teachers in teaching singing in Public Schools, this method
saves the voice and facilitate the progress of the pupils, also gives
a good foundation for homework and self-improvement in violin.
Fee, $10—Not free to Virginia teachers. Two lessons per week.
Hours and place to be arranged. Herr Schneider.
Note.—Should there be a sufficient number of beginners, small
classes may be formed and lower rates will be given.
Certificate Credit.—A certificate for work accomplished is granted
to all those who pass successfully the required examinations at the
close of the session.
A grade teacher's certificate is granted to those who complete the
first-year and second-year courses and pass satisfactory examinations.
A supervisor's certificate is granted to those who complete the
course and satisfactorily pass the examinations.
Professional Summer School Certificate Advanced Grade—Music
Certificate—Music 6 and 7, 8, 9, 10; Professional Primary Grade Certificate—Music
2, 3, 4, and 5.
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