Teaching Music History Day
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Baldwin Wallace College, Conservatory of Music, Berea, Ohio
Chamber Hall, Kulas Musical Arts Building
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There is no registration fee and no need to pre-register for the conference.
Conference Program
8:30-9:00 Coffee and conversation
9:00-10:30 Welcome
by Peter Landgren, Director, Baldwin-Wallace
College Conservatory of Music
Panel Discussion: What should be the first music history class for majors?
James Briscoe, Butler University, Moderator
Arved Ashby, The Ohio State University
Matthew Balensuela, DePauw University
Mary Macklem, University of Central Florida
Stephen Shearon, Middle Tennessee State University
10:30-12:00 Session I: Courses for Non-Music Majors
Christina Fuhrmann, Ashland University: “The
Central Question”: Mixing Disparate Styles in Music Courses for Non-Majors
Denise Odello, Occidental College: Rethinking Music Appreciation
Mary Natvig and Steven Cornelius, Bowling Green State University: Musical Connections and Meanings in Music Appreciation
12:00-1:45 Lunch and visit to the Riemenschneider Bach Institute
2:00-2:45 Keynote address: Mark Evan Bonds, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3:00-4:30 Session II: Courses for Non-Music
Majors
Michael Strasser, Baldwin-Wallace College, Teaching
Music Appreciation: An Alternative to “Music History Lite”
Alyssum Foltz: Teaching the Teacher: A Proposal for Improving the Non-Major “Appreciation” Course
Pierpaolo Polzonetti, University of Notre Dame: Music Appreciation vs. Music Depreciation: the Challenge of Designing Challenging Classes for Non-Majors
4:30-5:30
Brainstorming
Session and Syllabus Bazaar: Catherine Gordon-Seifert, Providence College,
Moderator
All are invited to bring their questions, observations, and ideas about teaching,
as well as copies of syllabi to discuss and share with others in an open-ended
exchange.
8:30
Optional
Concert by the Cleveland Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra's first concerts of the
season will take place the weekend of our conference. Conference attendees can order discounted
tickets for the Saturday evening performance, which will begin at 8:30 (due to the
Yom Kippur holiday). Music Director Franz Welser-Möst will conduct
Mozart’s Symphony No. 28 (K. 200); Five Orchestral Pieces by Matthias Pintscher
(U.S. premiere), and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6. The orchestra has generously offered
conference attendees a 15% discount on tickets (depending on availability, maximum 2 per person) in
certain sections of the hall. The
discounted tickets will range in price from approximately $27-45. Those wishing to purchase tickets can contact
Michael Strasser (mstrasse@bw.edu),
who will send them the promotional code that will allow them to order their
discounted tickets from the Severance Hall box office either online (www.clevelandorchestra.com) or by phone
(800/686-1141). Severance Hall is
located on the east side of Cleveland
and is about a 45-minute drive from B-W (directions available at the
conference.)
Program Committee:
Catherine Gordon-Seifert, Providence College
James Briscoe, Butler University
Matt Baumer, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
There is a large cluster of hotels near Baldwin-Wallace and the Airport. All of the following are in the same area, approx. 1.5 miles from campus. They are listed according to the best combination of amenities and price (prices do not include tax):
Comfort Inn Cleveland West
17550 Rosbough Drive, Middleburg Heights, OH, (440)-234-3131, (800) 391-1112
B-W rate: any room, $59
Free shuttles to the airport or B-W, continental breakfast
Hampton Inn Cleveland Airport
7074 Engle Road, Middleburg Heights, OH, (440) 234-0206, (800) Hampton
BW rate of $59
Free shuttle to airport, continental breakfast
Ramada Inn Airport South
7233 Engle Road, Middleburg Heights, OH, (800) 804-6835
$69
Free shuttle to airport, continental breakfast
Marriott Courtyard
7345 Engle Road, Middleburg Heights, OH, (440) 243-8785
Ask for BLWE rate code, $85
Free shuttle to airport
Red Roof Inn
17555 East Bagley Road, Middleburg Heights, OH (440) 243-2441
$56
Motel 6
7219 Engle Road, Middleburg Heights, OH (440) 234-0990
$46
Further Questions?
Feel free to contact Michael Strasser (mstrasse@bw.edu)
or Matt Baumer (mbaumer@iup.edu)