Summer Music ProgramsMusic is a language capable of uniting diverse cultures and experiences. Boston University music courses incorporate all aspects of the art form—from historical and cultural to communicative, educational, and therapeutic. Gain valuable tools for teaching music to others in one of our many music education courses. Explore Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training Level 1, and Level 2 courses, featuring renowned faculty and focusing on Orff Schulwerk philosophy, pedagogy, techniques, and theory. Or find yourself transported by the rhythms of West Africa or caught up in the vibrant and influential evolution of jazz and American traditional music. This summer, discover the language of music. MusicCollege of Arts and SciencesAndrew ShentonUtterbackanalia features Shenton playing works by jazz composer Joe Utterback on a very large Mander organ at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in New York. Works are based on English organ voluntaries, brief chorale preludes, and Gospel jazz. Deep River Nativity Song on Greensleeves CAS MU 225 Jazz Music Summer 2 (June 30-August 8):
College of Fine ArtsCFA Music majors interested in taking summer courses to meet their degree requirements should seek advance approval from the School of Music. Applied MusicStudents should make personal arrangements with the School of Music for private lessons. There is an Applied Music fee during Summer Term of $825 for seven one-hour lessons, and $412.50 for seven half-hour lessons per session. Lessons taken for credit will also carry standard undergraduate tuition of $500 per credit. Private study in applied music is offered during both sessions of the Summer Term in the following instruments:
Summer 1 and 2: Voice Summer 1 and 2: Violin Summer 1 and 2: Viola Music EducationCFA MU 391/MU 691 Music for Special Learners Summer 2 (July 7-11)*: CFA MU 416/MU 616 Teaching and Learning of Traditional American Music Summer 2 (July 21-25)*: CFA MU 432/MU 632 Rhythms of the World: West Africa Summer 2 (August 11-15)*: CFA MU 497/MU 682 Advanced Instrumental Conducting Summer 1 (June 23*-27): CFA MU 579 Instructional Software, Internet and Digital Media for Music Educators Summer 2 (July 28-August 1)*: CFA MU 437/MU 637 Digital Media in the Music Classroom Summer 2 (August 4-8)*: CFA MU 583 Musical Directing for Middle School and High School Music Teachers Summer 2 (July 14-18)*: MusicologyCFA MU 246 Popular Music: The Rolling Stones Summer 1 (May 21-June 25): CFA MU 353 Popular Music and Culture: The Punk/Post-Punk Rebellion Summer 2 (July 1 – August 7): CFA MU 639 Music of Mozart Summer 2 (June 30-August 8): Music TheoryCFA MU 111 Elements of Music Theory I Summer 1 (May 20-June 26): CFA MU 601 Analytical Techniques I Summer 1 (May 20-June 26): Orff SchulwerkCarl Orff and Gunild Keetman developed a new approach to music and movement education based on the unity of music, movement, and speech. Orff Schulwerk, as it is known, encourages musical creativity based upon solid pedagogical principles and is structured on a sequential development of knowledge and skills. In Orff Schulwerk, improvisation and composition are important fundamentals. Children explore sound using spoken words, melodies, and accompaniments. Movement and dance are integral to the whole process. Orff Schulwerk is a child-centered approach to music education that makes use of children’s natural affinities for moving, singing, and improvised play. Orff Schulwerk builds musical concepts and skills through speech, poetry, song, games, movement, and use of the Orff instrumentarium. The emphasis is on students as improvisers and performers in this exciting approach to teaching and learning music.
Orff Schulwerk courses are open to music educators, music education students, and to other music students by consent of instructor. On-campus housing is available for an additional charge. CFA MU 433/MU 633 Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training Level I Summer 2 (August 4-15)*: CFA MU 446/MU 646 Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training Level II Summer 2 (August 4-15)*: |
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Summer 1 and 2: Piano
Based on new methodologies for teaching world music through the direct experience of performing the music. Improvisational elements are fundamental. Educational objectives of this course include understanding the music through listening, performing and creating; learning to teach the music in the general music classroom through movement, improvisation, ensemble performance, and percussion; developing an awareness of available resources. 2 cr. Tuition: $1000
Transform teaching by learning how the use of instructional software, the Internet, and digital media in K-12 education can excite and empower music students. This entry level course provides hands-on exploration of a variety of instructional programs, safe websites for students to enhance their musical learning, use of the Internet as a tool for communicating news about programs within the community, and skill development in how to record/edit sound, create MP3s and burn CDs. Participants will create an instructional multimedia project using the skills learned in the course and explore ways to incorporate these tools into their curriculum that will help to address both National Music Standards and State Curriculum Frameworks. The software and skills learned in the course are compatible with both Macintosh and Windows platforms and course content is applicable to all grade levels. (Note: This course fulfills 1/2 of TI:ME level 1 certification.) 2 cr. Tuition: $1000 
This multi-media course provides an in-depth examination of the Rolling Stones
and their role within the evolving history of popular culture, with the major
emphasis placed on understanding their musical styles. Along the way, the relationship
between the group and the major trends in rock music will be highlighted, since
a history of the Stones is, in many ways, a history of rock music in general.
This course is intended for the general university student and neither assumes
nor requires previous training in music. 4 cr. Tuition: $2000
Examines representative
works of artists from 1975 to 1985, including Patti Smith, Sex Pistols, Blondie,
Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division, Police, U2, Jam, and R.E.M., with a focus
on trying to think like artists and producers in order to understand their
aesthetic code, and to gain basic music-analytical skills. The course constructs
a workable historical narrative of an extremely diverse, and poorly understood,
musical culture where new genera and styles developed, co-existed, and merged
with older, revived styles and artists. 4 cr. Tuition: $2000
Our Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training Levels I, II, and III offer intensive and exciting exposure to Orff Schulwerk philosophy, pedagogy, techniques and theory, orchestration, and improvisation. Sessions focus on several areas: ensemble playing, lessons and pedagogy, recorder techniques, dance and movement, improvisation, and special topics. Join world-renowned visiting instructors Rene Boyer, Rossana Cota, Barbara Watson, Baruch Whitehead, and Pam Yanco in a curriculum that follows the guidelines established by the American Orff Schulwerk Association (AOSA). Gain a teaching methodology with innumerable benefits that will enrich your career and your students’ relationship with music. Bring a powerful and inspirational methodology of movement, singing, improvisation, and instrumentation into your classroom—and get on the path to national certification. 
Prereq: Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training Level I. Continuation of the Orff Schulwerk approach including activities in song, percussion, movement, and recorder. This course constitutes the second level of national certification as an Orff Schulwerk teacher. It is open to music education students, and to other music students by approval. CFA MU 446: 2 cr. Tuition $1000; CFA MU 646: 4 cr. Tuition: $2000 