WMUS 550 Applied Music

The purpose of this course is to develop technical fluency, expressive musicianship, and professionalism in performance. Private instruction is the most effective way to develop a high level of musical skill.

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The Vocal/Instrumental student will be assigned technical exercises, etudes, and/or repertoire. Technical facility will be demonstrated in all three of the these categories, while expressiveness will be demonstrated in repertoire. Performance should be stylistically appropriate, informed by both stylistic and theoretical analysis.

The Recording Engineering and Producing/Songwriting/Film-Scoring student will be working on individual projects and will be expected to show improvement each week in his/her applied lesson based on instructor feedback. The student will be expected to submit files each week showing steady progression as the student prepares for the final project.

Instructional delivery method is video conferencing through platforms like Zoom, Skype, or MS Teams. Grades are assigned in the learning management system. An accompanist, if required, can be present with the student. When an accompaniment track is appropriate, the track can be played from a phone through a Bluetooth speaker while the student’s laptop is used for the live video conference with the professor. A lesson grade will be assigned by the instructor each week based on completion of the assignments given in the previous lesson. 

The Recording Engineering and Producing/Songwriting/Film-Scoring student will be required to use the appropriate software/technology as necessary for his/her weekly projects. 

Weekly lesson notes should be uploaded to the learning management system. These indicate how the learning from lessons has been implemented each week.

In addition to the lesson notes, the Recording Engineering and Producing/Songwriting/Film-Scoring student will be required to upload the current files associated with his/her project for instructor review and feedback.

Vocal/Instrumental: At the end of the semester, the student will video record a final performance and upload a link to this video to the learning management system. This performance consists of assigned selections prepared during the semester. In this performance, the student should demonstrate technical fluency and expressiveness, give a stylistically appropriate performance, and demonstrate professionalism in performance.

Recording Engineering and Producing/Songwriting/Film-Scoring: The student will be expected to submit his/her project, incorporating the feedback and changes requested throughout the term by the instructor. The final performance should exhibit solid understanding and application of the technology required for his/her final project.

The Jury System for Final Performance Submission Assignment

The student will log in to LU’s Jury System and provide documentation of all of the repertoire or projects studied during his/her semester. Then, the student will upload a screenshot of this completed documentation in Canvas.

In this quiz, the student will communicate his/her schedule availability to the instructor. The student is expected to communicate all available times when a lesson could occur, being clear about the time zone in which he/she lives. The student must indicate his/her top 3 preferred times. The quiz contains 7 short-answer questions and 1 file upload question. There is no time limit and only 1 attempt is allowed.