Explore the National Core Arts Standards as a guide to provide quality arts education in your classroom! Go beyond the surface of dance and music to teach your students grade-appropriate theory in this non-intimidating class! Utilizing the NCCAS's resources, videos, and lessons, you will know how to gauge proficiency in the Creating, Performing, Responding processes.
Music has a phenomenal power to move, transport, and delight us. Across numerous styles and forms, great music expresses the inexpressible, speaks across time and cultures, and galvanizes audiences across the world. And the more we understand about music, the more we appreciate it, and a knowledge of music theory is the best place to start.
Welcome to a course introducing you to the 'new' field of music and the brain. Learn about the relationship between music and emotion; the different ways music expresses emotion, different ways music can evoke emotion in listeners' brains, and how those relate to music's ability to communicate cross-culturally. The course explores how perception of musical sounds involves complex mental processing, and how implicit learning gives rise to powerful expectations that shape your perception of and your emotional responses to music.
Rock n' Roll originated in the US in the 1950s and is rooted in Blues and Country Western music. This course takes a deep dive into rock n' roll and its effect on social changes. Students will take an intense look at the early artists of rock n' roll, the influences that shaped the music, and how the world was influenced by its sound.
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