Mark Davenport/U.S. Folk Pop & Jazz Syllabus

Collegium Musicum/FAM-230/430• Syllabus • Fall, 2009

Tuesdays, 3:45-6:30pm/Berkeley Community Church

Director: Mark Davenport Office Hours: Tue./Thur./1:30-3:00pm

Office: #123C (Main Hall) (other times by appointment)

Office Phone: (303) 964-3609 E-mail: mdavenpo@regis.edu

Website: www.regis.edu/music

Course Objectives:

The Collegium Musicum is designed as a musical forum in which participants are introduced to the study and performance of music before 1750 and contemporary works and arrangements for early instruments. Through a historical survey of the musical literature, its style, structure, and function, ensemble members will discover the rich variety of Western European art music while developing a working understanding of performance practices, vocabulary, and musical terms.

Areas of Study:

This semester we will concentrate on music from the Middle Ages (c1200-1450). We will study some of the monophonic forms of chant repertoire and also some of the earliest notated forms of instrumental music, including the estampie and salterello. We will also examine and perform some of the earliest forms of polyphony, including an organum, a polyphonic genre developed by the composers of the Notre Dame School in the early 13^th century. We will also work on one or two mass movements from Guillaume de Machaut’s Le Messe de Nostre Dame, considered one of the earliest, if not the earliest, polyphonic settings of the Mass ordinary. Other significant composers will include Guillaume Du Fay (ca. 1397-1474) and John Dunstable (ca. 1390-1453).

Required Materials:

Everyone will need a pencil and a black three-ring music folder. Music will be provided and distributed by the director.

Music Policy:

You are responsible for your music. Please feel free to mark (in pencil) in your music any notes or symbols that may better help you perform your part. However, any published music must be returned at the end of the semester.

Practice Requirements: Participants should typically plan on spending at least two to four hours a week (outside of the regularly scheduled rehearsals) practicing individual parts, working on pronunciation, intonation, memorization (for solo pieces), and in sectionals. Registered students and advanced music minors/majors will be asked to schedule and lead weekly sectional rehearsals outside of class.

Attendance Policy:

Since the Collegium meets just once a week, it is crucial that each of you be present for every rehearsal. Please notify the director by phone or email at least 24 hours in advance if there is a problem that prevents you from attending a rehearsal (absences for medical reasons will be excused only by a note from the doctor). Please be on time to rehearsals and allow extra time if needed for getting instruments ready and tuned (singers ready to go at 3:45pm, instrumentalists at 4:45pm).

In addition, we will be holding extra sectional rehearsals for student members of the Collegium days and times TBA. These will be scheduled ad hoc as needed.

Grading System:

Grading is based on active participation, practice time, individual effort and evidence of improving your part, and attendance (two unexcused absences lowers grade a whole letter).

Collegium Musicum/FAM-230/430 • Schedule • Fall, 2009

August:

Week #1 25 4:00-6:30pm Introduction to Collegium (sight-reading)

September:

Week #2 1 3:45-4:00pm Vocal Warmups

4:00-4:45pm Collegium Singers