MP 1000 - Music Production Styles + Analysis

Credits: 3
Course Type: Lecture

In this freshman-level foundations course, students learn to listen, think, and write critically about music and shift perspectives away from being music consumers toward being music producers. Through a diverse collection of readings, viewings, musical examples, topical presentations, discussions, written assignments, and creative projects, students develop and practice foundational critical thinking and music analysis skills. These skills empower students to begin navigating the broad range of material, perceptual, and socio-cultural issues relevant to the production and achievement of meaning within the contemporary musical experience. Upon successful completion of this course, students will gain introductory level proficiency in connecting music to extra-musical ideas and acquire meaningful vocabulary to describe what they hear.

Prerequisites: None

Course Learning Outcomes:

Formulate critical listening vocabulary.
Evaluate instrumentation and musical arrangement for different production styles.
Critique the production and reception of the music of diverse styles and traditions using evidential support.
Demonstrate a critical and aural engagement with technologies, the built environment, and music as a cultural practice.

MP1000 Course Learning Outcome Rubric

Required Textbooks:
How Music Works- ISBN-13: 978-1936365531

Audio Culture, Revised Edition: Readings in Modern Music- ISBN-13: 978-1501318368