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First Class!
Thursday, March 16, 2006
- Class/Instructor introductions
- Discussion of music as subject for criticism
- Criticism versus reviewing
- Analysis of recordings versus performance
- Introduction to different approaches
- Analysis of Handout 1
- Preface to first performance
Assignment: 500-word review of first performance
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Performance: ICP Orchestra, Tonic 8 pm
107 Norfolk Street between Delancey and Rivington
(212-358-7503) Subway: F to Delancey Street;
J, M, Z to Delancey-Essex Streets www.tonicnyc.com
Thursday, March 23, 2006
- Clinic on note-taking
- Analysis of Handout 2
- Introduction to techniques and benefits of research
- Workshop discussion of first writing assignment
Assignment: Listen to one of your favorite CDs and take notes on it
Read New York Times Tuesday Art Section and write about the different approaches taken by the various music reviewers
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Guest Speaker: Martin Steinberg, Associated Press
- Introduction to basis and advanced music terminology
- Detailed analysis of music criticism across genre
- Discussion of note-taking assignment and reading assignment
- Preface to second performance
Assignment: 500-word review of second performance
250-word essay on pre-concert talk
Friday, March 31, 2006
Performance: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Zankel Hall
6:30 pm: Pre-concert talk
7:30 pm: performance
881 Seventh Avenue at 57th Street (212-247-7800)
Subway: N, Q, R, W to 57th Street www.carnegiehall.org
Thursday, April 6, 2006
- Discussion of opinion versus analysis; use of personal background in criticism
- Workshop discussion of second writing assignment
- Clinic on editing
- Preface to third performance
Assignment: 500-word review of third performance
Submit edited version of first assignment
Performance: Wu Man and Friends, Zankel Hall 7:30 pm
881 Seventh Avenue at 57th Street (212-247-7800)
Subway: N, Q, R, W to 57th Street www.carnegiehall.org
*****NO CLASSES THURSDAY APRIL 13 OR APRIL 20*****
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Guest Speaker: Victoria Tzotzkova, Musicologist
- Workshop discussion of third writing assignment
- Discussion of different outlets and different audiences
- Discussion of influence of audience and venue on performance
- Preface to fourth performance
Assignment: 500-word review of fourth performance
Brief essay on difference between four venues attended
Friday, April 28, 2006
Performance: Djarara, CUNY Graduate Center 8 pm
365 Fifth Avenue, (212-817-8466)
Subway: B, D, F, N, Q, R, V, W train to 34th Street
Thursday, May 4, 2006
- Workshop discussion of fourth writing assignment
- Readings on music criticism theory with in-class writing assignment
- Discussion of style manuals and pitch letters
Assignment: Find a magazine that does music criticism and read examples
Write pitch letter based on any of the previous performances
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Guest Speaker: David Adler, All About Jazz
- Workshop discussion of pitch letters
- Discussion of critic's role: Is the critic more important than the performance? How much should a critic know to be effective? Hierarchy of criticism - Performer to Critic to Reader
- Preface to fifth performance
Assignment: 500-word review on fifth performance
Read New York Times Tuesday Art Section and write about the
impression each critic makes on you as a reader (and budding critic)
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Performance: Jazz Greats of the Upper West Side, Symphony Space 7 pm
Symphony Space 2537 Broadway at 95th Street
(212-864-5400) Subway: 1, 2, 3, 9 to 96th Street www.symphonyspace.org
Thursday, May 18, 2006
- Workshop discussion of fifth writing assignment
- Open question time on any covered or not covered subjects
- Evaluations
- End of class celebration
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