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MUE 595: Woodwind & Brass Master Clinic

MUE 612: Philosophy in Music Education (Blended)

MUE 613: Psychology of Music Teaching and Learning

Instructor: Michele Kaschub
MUE 612: Philosophy in Music Education (Blended)
Meeting Information
Summer Session 1 (4 week): May 13 – June 7
May 13, 6 – 8 p.m., Corthell 112

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Overview of Class

In this course, students will apply the principles of philosophical inquiry – clarifying ideas, questioning assumptions, and applying new insights to practice – as we consider historical and contemporary thinking about music, music education, and teaching and learning within an ever-evolving set of beliefs and practices. The course will have a face-to-face introductory meeting and the remainder of the course will feature self-directed projects designed in collaboration with the course instructor. This course is required for students pursuing an MM in Music Education.

3 credits.

CEU Information Sheet for MUE 612

Instructor: Casey Schmidt & OSM Artist Faculty
MUE 595: Woodwind & Brass Master Clinic
Meeting Information
Summer Session: July 15 – July 19, Rooms 112 & 320, Corthell Hall, Gorham, M-F, 9a – 4p

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Overview of Class

This master clinic is designed to be a hands-on workshop on woodwind and brass performance and pedagogy. The aim of the course is to provide music educators with an opportunity to refresh their knowledge about the fundamentals of woodwind and brass teaching and performance while also delving into advanced concepts on each instrument to support students that reach higher levels of instrumental development. Artist faculty at the Osher School of Music will facilitate flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, horn, trombone/euphonium, and tuba clinic sessions. Two sessions will be offered during each day of workshop meetings with each session running for three hours. Participants should bring the instrument for the topic of study to each clinic session. Participants taking this course for graduate credit will generate and submit an electronic resource site that will serve as a portfolio of learning and as a quick reference tool that can be updated easily and used in professional practice. This course will be offered as credit and CEU options.  

3 Credits.

CEU Information Sheet for MUE 595

Class Materials (Required)

Brass and woodwind instruments for each instrumental clinic session (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, horn, trombone/euphonium, tuba). Instruments may be checked out on a limited basis from the Osher School of Music with advanced notice. Please contact Dr. Casey Schmidt (casey.p.schmidt@maine.edu) to make instrument check-out arrangements.

Learning Objectives

This course is designed to enable you to:

  • Review the fundamentals of brass and woodwind performance and pedagogy.
  • Address advanced performance topics and concepts on each instrument.
  • Develop technique on each instrument to support your capacity to model for students.
  • Learn about equipment options including instruments, mouthpieces, reeds, and mutes for students who pursue advanced instrumental study.
  • Compile an electronic portfolio that you can utilize as a quick reference and resource site for you and your students. 

Instructor: Casey Schmidt
MUE 613: Psychology of Music Teaching and Learning
Meeting Information: Summer Session 2: July 1 – July 26
Weekly Synchronous Online Meetings: Mondays 7-8p ET; 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22

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Overview of Class

In this course, we will explore processes and experiences in music making, teaching, and learning that shape the development of musical capacities through the domains of cognitive, social, and developmental psychology. We will examine both typical and atypical developmental trajectories and how musical development is mediated by socio-cultural influences, including formal and informal learning environments. Grappling with these ideas will improve your knowledge and understanding about the human drive to make and learn music. We will confront topics on the origins and functions of music, on development and motivation in music learning, on musical skill acquisition, and on the role of music in human life. This class will help you articulate a vision for the musical experience in learning contexts and the processes through which music influences both personal and interpersonal development. This class will meet weekly for four one-hour synchronous online sessions to engage as a community of learners and share findings from weekly investigative prompts. In addition, students will complete an independent project that investigates a topic of interest in depth. This course is required for students pursuing an MM in Music Education.

3 credits.

CEU Information Sheet for MUE 613

Class Materials (Required)

Woody, R. H. (2021). Psychology for Musicians: Understanding and Acquiring the Skills (Second Edition), Oxford University Press. ISBN-10: 0197546609; ISBN-13: 978-0197546604

Learning Objectives

This course is designed to enable you to:

  • understand and communicate various theoretical assumptions about musical development
  • articulate a theoretical position, empirical approach, or music-making/learning project that extends or utilizes current empirical findings and theoretical assertions on the role of the
  • musical experience in human life and development.