PROF 171 - Practicing Music Journalism

FC CNDP WADV

4 credits
A continuation of PROF 170, this course is an intensive practicum. The course will involve frequent writing assignments aimed at both challenging students and giving them intensive experience in practice. The prime objective is to develop students’ critical listening and writing skills, enabling them to write lucid and evocative prose about music and its performance. This course would comprise a series of writing assignments–an average of one 500-750 word review or other piece per week–to be discussed in detail in a seminar-style situation, both in large and small groups. In addition to reviews, the writings would include essays, interviews, think pieces, program and liner notes on musical subjects and artists, both historical and current. The course will focus on a variety of musical styles including, but not limited to, Western classical, jazz, world music, electronic music, and musical theater.