PROF 170 - Introduction to Music Criticism

FC CNDP WINT

4 credits
This team-taught introductory course about music criticism will focus on developing critical professional skills through intensive writing, concert reviews, guest lectures, research, and discussion. Students will learn how to listen critically, how to prepare before reviewing a concert, and how to acquire the vocabulary, writing skills, and accumulated knowledge necessary for informed criticism. Classes will emphasize student collaboration, peer review, and frequent revisions. Online technologies will enable students to read, critique, and edit their own work and others’, as well as enable instructors to offer frequent feedback and critique.