Music Appreciation

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Music Appreciation

• MUSI 115
• Assistant Professor Keith Heimann

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My home page is under construction!

• www.brookdalecc.edu/fac/music/kheimann
• www.brookdalecc.edu
• Search keith
• www.google.com
• keith heimann
• Add to your favorites for the semester.

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How to contact me.

• My office PAC 117
• My office phone [phone]
• My e-mail
• kheimann_at_brookdalecc.edu
• keithheimann_at_aol.com

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How to contact me, part 2

• My office hours (under construction!)
• Monday
• 1-2PM
• Tuesday
• 10 11AM
• Wednesday
• 9-10AM
• If my office hours do not work with your
  schedule, please let me know immediately and we
  will find a better time!

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Additional help..

• Learning Assistant Mike Conklin
• Librarian Shay Delcurla

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Your e-mail address

• You have a unique e-mail address which I will use
  to contact you on a regular basis.
• James Doe jdoe1_at_mail.brookdalecc.edu
• Jane Doe jdoe2_at_mail.brookdalecc.edu
• Double-check your e-mail address with me before
  leaving today!

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What you will receive in e-mail

• My power point presentations
• Test reviews
• Notices for upcoming events
• Fun, unusual, interesting stuff!

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Your text book

• The Enjoyment of Music
• By Kristine Forney and Joseph Machlis
• Essential Listening Edition
• Available at the Brookdale book store.

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ISBN numbers

• ISBN-10 039392887X
• ISBN-13 9780393928877

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Included with the text book

• CD
• StudySpace
• www.norton.com/enjoy

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My Youtube.com account

• www.youtube.com/profkeith
• Or, more specifically
• http//www.youtube.com/view_play_list?pB237A6D566
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• Add to your favorites.
• Listen and watch selections weekly.

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Sorry!

• I am not responsible for vulgar, crude, childish
  comments that sometimes appear on the youtube.com
  clips I assign.
• You do not need to scroll down and read any
  comments.

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Your final grade
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Your final grade, part 1...

• Attendance/Class Participation
• 25 of your final grade
• 15 three-hour classes (except Thursday, November
  20, 2008) or.
• 30 ninety-minute classes
• More class room etiquette rules to follow.

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Class participation Dos.

• Do.
• Observe start and stop times
• Turn OFF all electronics
• Bring water (closed bottle) only!
• Take extensive notes
• Ask many questions!

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The binder.

• Find your tab and place all assignments there.
• Your responsibility!

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Class participation Do nots...

• Do not
• Use your cell phone
• Text message
• Talk during music and/or lectures
• Bring any food or beverage other than closed
  bottle water into this or any other Smart
  Classroom
• Use Wikipedia!

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Your final grade, part 2

• Ten weekly listening assignments
• 25 of your final grade
• 1 is due next week, Thursday, September 11,
  2008.
• The rest are due by Thursday, November 27, 2008.
• An excellent example can be found here.

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Your final grade, part 3

• Concert attendance review
• 25 of your final grade
• Due by Thursday, November 27, 2008
• Disregard all Spring 2008 comments.

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Special tickets at special prices

• Information on ticket deals can be found here.
• New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
• Class Pass
• New!  25 STAR-LEDGER
• Class Pass Unlimited

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Your final grade, part 4

• The average score on three tests
• 25 of your final grade
• Dates
• Test 1 Thursday, October 2, 2008
• Test 2 Thursday, November 13, 2008
• Test 3 Thursday, December 18, 2008

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More information on the tests

• The three tests will .
• be fully covered by an in-class review
• will include three essay questions
• include selections from our listening
• cumulative listening
• non-cumulative written.

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This course is

• A history of classical music
• vs. Classical
• Circa October 31, 1517 October 10, 1935
• Challenging and fun!

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We will listen to and study.

• Major musical compositions from the following
  eras
• Baroque (1650-1750)
• Classical (1750-1800)
• Romantic (1800-1900)
• and 20th Century (1900-present)

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This course does not.

• require that the student can read music
• require that the student has any previous
  experience with classical music
• include jazz, Broadway , Rock or country music

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Favorite links..

• Here are a few links that I use often.
• NOTE I am not responsible for any content found
  on or linked to/from these or any other links I
  might suggest.
• Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss.

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Our class time together.

• will be primarily spent listening to the music in
  your text and on my youtube.com account
• Extensive classroom lectures and demonstrations.

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Notes.

• I dont have any!
• Therefore take extensive notes!

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Your time between classes

• Reading the assigned pages
• Listening to the assigned selections
• Watching and listening to the youtube.com
  selections.

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Help!

• If (and when) you need help, ask!
• I am here to help!
• My door is always open!
• Ask for the good news now!

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Safety first

• This campus and building
• Emergency phones
• BCC police

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