Course material

1. 1-2 pages music paper
Review and listen to ALL music from Chapter 24 in the genres of Jazz and Musical Theater.
Choose 2 pieces of music FROM THIS CHAPTER to write about in a Listening Journal Entry.
These two, separate entries, should add up to approximately one full, single spaced page,
and be submitted in Blackboard by the start of class (1:25pm) on Friday December 8th.
Listening journals will be available in Blackboard for 5 days after the due date. However,
journals will lose 10% each day they are late. This journal will be worth 40 points. Once
again, I strongly recommend that you write the journal in a standard program such as
Microsoft Word, and upload your journal to this assignment through the link below: Attach
File > Browse My Computer. Do NOT write it in the “comments” section below as it will
appear as a huge jumble of words with no separations or paragraphs.Please choose
2 songs/pieces from the book in Chapter 24, or extra songs discussed by Dr. Scimonelli.
These can be found on the publisher’s website, or in the Youtube playlists through the
provided links. You MUST be specific regarding genre for any piece you choose. Do the
research! Especially in jazz, I want you to be accurate in the sub-genre and time period
of each piece. If you hear an instrument take a solo, accurately note which instrument is
playing. **If you reference, direcectly quote, or even paraphrase background
information from an outside source (such as the textbook), you MUST provide
properly formatted citations to avoid plagiarism. The reference book to use for these
citations is called “A Manual for Writers: of research papers, theses, and dissertations” 8th
edition by Kate L. Turabian. This includes parenthetical/in-text citations at the end of
sentences or paragraphs AND a brief Bibliography listing at the end of the
journal. However, since this is supposed to be YOUR thoughts and observations, it should
not be necessary to use much outside information.**When you begin your discussion of
each piece, please include the TITLE of the larger work, the specific song, or movement, and
the COMPOSER. Imagine your reader knows very little about music. In the journal entry
you should discuss: What do you hear? What is going on in the piece? How does the music
develop compositionally or sound-wise throughout the piece? What are the instruments or
vocal ranges being used? What genre and/or style are they playing/singing? What
distinguishes this piece of music from others you know and have listened to? What do you
like about this music? What do you not like? Do you have an emotional response to the
music? Be specific and describe what you hear. You should use vocabulary words that you
have learned so far, and your own words to describe the music.GOALS for the
Assignment: As always, the goal is for you to demonstrate your ability to talk about music

2. on a deeper level, by properly using music vocabulary terms. I don’t want multiple
paragraphs of background information or the story behind the piece, which you likely
copied or paraphrased from an outside source. This is missing the point of the assignment
and will result in a lower grade. I want to see you talking about the actual music itself.