Graduate Summer Session
GRADUATE STUDIES IN MUSIC SUMMER SESSION 2012
MASTER OF MUSIC
The University of Maine School of Performing Arts Division of Music offers graduate studies leading to the Master of Music degree with majors in Music Education with an optional conducting emphasis and Performance. Individualized curricula are designed to meeting students’ interests and needs while offering a balanced program of academic and professional courses.
CURRICULUM PLAN
Course offerings are scheduled so that students who are otherwise employed may meet all degree requirements for any major by enrolling in any four consecutive terms. This plan is recommended for students pursuing majors in Performance and Conducting where course continuity is desirable. For students who pursue full-time graduate studies during the academic year and summers, it is possible to complete all degree requirements in a shorter time span. Core courses offered during fall and spring semesters are scheduled in afternoon time blocks to allow area music teachers to enroll. Students in the Music Education major can complete all degree requirements within four consecutive summers or less.
SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Graduate Teaching Assistantships, Trustee Tuition Waivers, and Undergraduate Scholarships are available at The University of Maine. For information contact: (207) 581-1245.
CONTACTS:
For graduate information for the music program, contact:
Dennis Cox, School of Performing Arts, University of Maine
5788 Class of 1944 Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5788
Call (207) 581-1245
Email: dkcox@maine.edu
For registration materials, contact:
Director of Summer Sessions, The University of Maine
5713 Chadbourne Hall, Orono. ME 04469-5713
(207) 581-3414
Email: CEDSS@me.edu
Classes will be held:
9:15am – 12pm & 1:15pm – 4pm on the dates indicated
All classes will be held in Class of 1944 Hall
SUMMER COURSE
MUY 650.0001
Topics in Music Theory: Jazz Theory
June 25-29, 2012
Room 316
Music Theory as applied to jazz. Competence in jazz includes the application of music theory in “real time,” as well as the development of skills on one’s chosen instrument as well as on the piano keyboard. The course will integrate exercises with a “mechanical” approach to jazz with immersion in jazz style, through the use of composed jazz solos and compositions. Further, recorded examples will be used in class for purposes of illustration. Pitched instruments in “C,” “Bb,” “Eb,” or “C bass clef” only, capable of a full chromatic scale, are essential for participation in the course. Vocalists as well will need to play a pitched musical instrument that meets the criteria outlined above. This is a “hands-on” course: students will be expected to perform a substantial amount in each class. Students will also be expected to compose example solos over chord progressions given by the instructor.
Cr. 3 Instructor: Dr. Karel Lidral, University of Maine
MUS 600.0001
Research in Music
July 9-13, 2012
Room 100
Introduction to processes of descriptive, experimental, and historical research in music, library resources and development of writing skills. Investigations of multiple examples of published research.
Cr. 3 Instructor: Dr. Louis Hall, University of Maine
MUE 650.0001
Topics in Music Education:
Techniques of Band Instrument
Repair and Maintenance for the Music Educator
July 16-20, 2012
Room 107
This course is designed to give both current and future music educators a more technical view of the common school band instruments, and how to perform basic maintenance and repair. The repair focus is on diagnosis and repair of common problems that can be handled with a minimum of specialized equipment in a standard public school setting, and the maintenance techniques to minimize “down time” from malfunctioning instruments. The technical focus is on design and construction of instruments as it relates to maintenance, repair, purchasing and performance/instruction problem solving. The final goals for each class participant will be to complete minor repairs successfully, be a more informed consumer of school band instruments and repair services; and to be a more effective advocate for students and schools with the music industry.
Cr. 3 Instructor: Glen Sargent, University of Maine
MUE 650.0003
Topics in Music Education:
Teaching Music to Students with Disabilities
July 23-28, 2012
Room 107
General music classes and performing ensembles are frequently the first to be considered when school administrators and parents seek inclusive educational services for students with disabilities. While music certainly provides all students, including those with disabilities, with opportunities for rich learning experiences, teaching diverse learners is no less challenging for music educators than for teachers in other disciplines. This course will provide practicing music educators with current, practical strategies for adapting curriculum and instruction, with the goal of providing meaningful learning opportunities for students with disabilities along with their non disabled peers. Emphasis will be given to the needs of students with challenging behaviors, as well as students with autism and Asperger syndrome.
Cr. 3 Instructors: Drs. Laura and James Artesani, University of Maine
MUE 650.0002
Topics in Music Education:
Fascination,Frustration & Fulfillment—All About the Flute
July 30-August 3, 2012
Room 107
This course is designed for a wide range of people interested in learning more about the flute and is intended for all levels of interest and ability, including music students, band and orchestra directors, classroom music teachers, private flute instructors,flutists, other instrumentalists and vocalists, amateur musicians, and those who would just like to learn more about the flute. Topics will include: tuning, performance, literature, breathing, repair, ensemble,teaching styles, relaxation techniques, and flute tips on tone and technique that really work. There will be opportunities to receive personal instruction on finding a good flute tone and technique, to experiment with tuning in groups, to explore the piccolo, alto, and bass flute, to perform in a masterclass situation, to experience ensemble playing at a variety of levels, and to work on performance techniques and styles. All students should bring any music or instruments they have to class.
Cr. 3 Instructor: Elizabeth Downing, University of Maine
SUMMER FACULTY
Dr. Louis Hall joined the University of Maine faculty in 1971, following graduation from the Masters in Music Education program at the University of Illinois. He completed his Doctorate there in 1979. Dr. Hall serves as coordinator of music education; supervises student teachers; and teaches oboe, saxophone, woodwind pedagogy, conducting, and music education courses. .
Glen Sargent was born and raised in Bar Harbor, attended MDI High School, and graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston with a Bachelor of Music degree in Applied Performance, gaining extensive performing experience in the lively Boston jazz community. During this time he also apprenticed in repair to Emillio “the Sax Doctor” Lyons in Boston, and began his career in instrument repair.
After a short time with a “ghost” band on the road, Glen returned to Maine to teach in the public schools for 6 years, while freelancing as a repair tech. He left teaching to form the school music division of NK Music, and served NK as product manager, school division manger, and repair shop manager for 26 years. He has left NK and opened his own business from his home; Second Wind Music (www.secondwindmusic.biz) to specialize in “superior repairs” and to allow more time for a return to teaching. He has been appointed adjunct instructor of saxophone at U Maine Orono and teaches privately at Main St. Music Studios in Bangor, Bay Chamber Community Music School in Rockport, and at his home studio.
Glen continues to perform in both jazz and classical venues when not at the repair bench. A member of the clarinet section in the Bangor Symphony Orchestra for 28 years, Glen also has performed with the Maine Grand Opera Orchestra, Maine Pro Musica, Lincoln Arts Festival Orchestra, Longfellow Chorus, Arcady Festival Orchestra, Colby and Bowdoin College ensembles, the Maine Saxophone Quartet, and numerous ensembles large and small. His jazz credits include the Al Corey Big Band, Pat Michaud Big Band, Fire N’Ice Big Band, Jump City Jazz, has also performed with the Temptations, Manhattan Transfer, Northeast Swing, Wayne Bergeron, touring groups such as “Jekyll and Hyde, The Musical”, and leads his own groups for special functions. Glen also can be found providing workshops and classes for teachers and working with young musicians in school clinics, master classes, and private lessons.
Jim Artesani is Associate Professor of Special Education in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine. In addition to his duties at UMaine, he serves as a consultant in the areas of emotional/behavioral disorders and autism in school systems throughout the state.
Laura Artesani is an Assistant Professor in the School of Performing Arts at the University of Maine, where she teaches music education and music history courses and serves as a piano accompanist. She is a member of the Executive Board of the Maine Music Educators Association, and has completed Levels I-III of Orff Schulwerk Training. Articles that she has written or co-authored have appeared in the Journal for Music Teacher Education, The Orff Echo and General Music Today.
Elizabeth Downing is a soloist, chamber musician and a faculty member at The University of Maine where she teaches flute and chamber music. She received a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in German from the University of Maine, and studied at the Mozarteum Conservatory of Performing Arts and the University of Salzburg in Austria. She received a Master of Music degree in Flute Performance at the University of Colorado.
Further studies include work with Claude Monteux and Thomas Nyfenger, and master classes with James Galway, Shaul Ben-Meir, and Geoffrey Gilbert. Elizabeth has been the director of master classes for Julius Baker, Robert Dick and Carol Wincenc. Elizabeth has taught at the Maine Summer Youth Music, the University of Colorado, and The Boulder Center for New Musical Directions. Elizabeth is a member of the Bangor Symphony and has performed with chamber ensembles such as the Trio Camerata, the Pastorale Winds, with Paul Sullivan and with members of the Bangor Symphony at the “Lemonwheel” Concert tour of the band PHISH. She has performed as a soloist with members of the New York Philharmonic in the Arcady Music Festival, with the Leningrad Chamber Orchestra, and with the Haydn Festival Orchestra under Claude Monteux. Elizabeth has appeared on “Morning Pro Musica”, WGBH, and Boston, “Live from Studio B “and” Bed and Breakfast on Maine Public Broadcasting Network. Elizabeth has organized the Arcady Music Youth Competitions, and acts as an adjudicator for the Bangor Symphony Youth Competitions as well as music festivals throughout New England. Memberships include the National Flute Association, Maine Music Teacher Association, National Music Teachers Association, and the Music Educators National Conference.
In addition to her music, Elizabeth Downing is the Senior Associate Director of New Student Programs at The University of Maine. Her responsibilities include the Visitors Center, the Telecounseling Program and enrollment management events such as Open House Programs and New Student Orientation.