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First Year Seminar: Intro To The Study Of Song And The Craft Of Songwriting (GEN-110)

Semester:	Fall 2024
Number:	0952-110-011
Instructor:	Paul Moravec
Days:	Tuesday Thursday 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Note:	Traditional In-Person Class
Location:	Garden City - Performing Arts Center 215
Credits:	4
Course Materials:	View Text Books
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Description:	We will examine the literature of song words set to music, in its variety of forms, genres, and uses, as well as how songs are constructed. In addition, we will be composing song lyrics to specific models considered in our survey.
Learning Goals:	This course will encourage students to take their private poetic writings to another level of sharing their feelings in the construct of a song. In musical theatre, song is the highest form of emotion. Characters break into song because words no longer can convey their feelings. We are moved by musical expression. We communicate our emotions through the powerful use of song.A number of General Education learning goals are addressed through this Seminar. While the obvious is Artistic Understanding and Artistic Practice, Communication is a major element of this course. Students will be required to orally address their classmates in defending their song choices, as well as reading their lyrics, discussing their process. This is an implicit, yet essential component of the course. Also awareness of global issues and human diversity will be visited as we look at and analyze songs throughout the world, and write lyrics based on topical events.Students will be given projects throughout the semester, where they will be instructed to make use of information sources in the crafting of their songs, specifically multi-media (newspapers, radio, television, internet), musical CDs, and the library. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here.

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