Schools for Undergraduate Composition Study
Author: Don FreundSubject: Schools for Undergraduate Composition Study About 5 years ago, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music began offering a second track for BM composition that does require a...
View ArticleSchools for Undergraduate Composition Study
Author: Douglas GeersSubject: Schools for Undergraduate Composition Study Dear Sy, Your student might also consider my school, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. We accept...
View ArticleThank you for your advice
Author: Sy BrandonSubject: Thank you for your advice I want to thank all of you who responded to my request for help regarding an undergraduate degree for my composition student. We are meeting on...
View ArticleThank you for your advice
Author: Stephen LiasSubject: Thank you for your advice Straight-up theory/comp searches that I've been involved with (or had some inside information on) recently get between 50 and 130 applicants. That...
View ArticleThank you for your advice
Author: Phillips, MarkSubject: Thank you for your advice It is a very competitive job market these days ... but when in the past 40 years or so has it ever not been. (I have a 3" tall stack of...
View ArticleThank you for your advice
Author: Vivian Adelberg RudowSubject: Thank you for your advice I used to advise my music colleagues to go to night law school, but now it's difficult for lawyers to get jobs! Vivian Vivian Adelberg...
View ArticleThank you for your advice
Author: Kari JuuselaSubject: Thank you for your advice Dear Colleagues, I hire (indirectly as dean) about 12 composer/theorist/technologists every year into my division's faculty and tech staff of...
View ArticleThank you for your advice
Author: Klein, JosephSubject: Thank you for your advice I concur with Mark's excellent comments. (I, too, have a stack of rejection letters from the early '90s, but never thought to use them as a prop...
View ArticleThank you for your advice
Author: Jonathan SantoreSubject: Thank you for your advice It seems that I find an appropriate time to resend this to the list every three years or so! Several years ago on this list, Tina Davidson...
View Articlecoarse load question
Author: Amy DunkerSubject: coarse load question Clarke University wants to give a 2 CREDIT Faculty load for Teaching Theory classes (meets three days a week). Does anyone else have this situation or is...
View Articlecoarse load question
Author: Orlando LegnameSubject: coarse load question Amy Most schools use the "Carnegie unit" which states that 1 credit is given to one 50-minute class for 15 weeks, with 2 hours of student...
View Articlecoarse load question
Author: Linda AntasSubject: coarse load question Hi Amy, Three is standard faculty load everywhere I've ever taught theory that meets three times per week. I've seen some very creative "administrative...
View Articlecoarse load question
Author: lmiracles at aol.comSubject: coarse load question Amy: In recent years, we have changed our Aural Skills classes to 2 credits for 3 classes/wk., though classes may have been changed to 50...
View ArticleRED NOTE New Music Festival - Composition Competition
Author: Carl SchimmelSubject: RED NOTE New Music Festival - Composition Competition Dear fellow SCI members, It is my pleasure to announce the 4th Annual RED NOTE New Music Festival Composition...
View ArticleRED NOTE New Music Festival - Student Composition Workshop
Author: Carl SchimmelSubject: RED NOTE New Music Festival - Student Composition Workshop Dear SCI members, This year, the RED NOTE New Music Festival will be hosting a Composition Workshop for student...
View Articlecoarse load question
Author: dcadamsSubject: coarse load question Our students receive two credit hours for theory three days a week and one credit hour for ear training the other two days. Our load is supposed to include...
View Articlecoarse load question
Author: Williams, Patrick CSubject: coarse load question Good morning, Amy, The 2-credit predicament is not at all unusual. The University of Montana has long used a 2 and 2 for theory and ear training...
View ArticleCall for recent works of electronic music (fixed-media)
Author: Ted MooreSubject: Call for recent works of electronic music (fixed-media) Hello SCI Members, I hope this call finds you all well: The New Horizons Music Festival at Truman State University is...
View Articlecoarse load question
Author: Matthew SaundersSubject: coarse load question Dear Amy, At my school (community college with a faculty union) we teach Music Theory as a combined four-credit course, which meets 4 days/week for...
View Articlecoarse load question
Author: Patrick HoulihanSubject: coarse load question Hello Amy, At Ouachita Baptist University, music theory courses meet 3 hours each week. Students earn 2 credit hours. This is counted as 3 hours...
View Article