20th Century Music Appreciation for High School
36 Lessons to Earn a 1/2 Credit in High School Fine Arts
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The 20th Century Music Appreciation online course contains everything you need to earn a 1/2 credit in Fine Arts! Go through 36 lessons and earn credit by spending a semester or year on the course. Instructions are included, as well as how to adapt it to earn a full credit.
The course is easily adaptable to ages as young as kindergarten and is perfect for the homeschool co-op setting.
See FREE Previews Here:
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Your Instructor
Gena Mayo is a homeschooling mom of 8 who has been teaching music in various forms for 30 years. She has a Bachelors degree in Music Education and a Masters degree in Vocal Pedagogy (teaching voice lessons). It has been her joy to teach elementary and junior high choir, high school voice classes, private voice lessons for teens through adults, early childhood music and movement classes (babies through preschool), elementary general music, and music appreciation for elementary through high school. But, her favorite music teaching experience has been as musical director for stage musicals such as Seussical, Shrek, Singing in the Rain, Newsies, and Beauty and the Beast. It is Gena's desire to help all homeschoolers easily include music in their homeschools!
Course Curriculum
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StartLesson 1: Introduction to 20th Century/ Marches and John Philip Sousa/ Scott Joplin, Ragtime, and Stride Piano
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PreviewLesson 2: Blues and Jazz
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StartLesson 3: Opera: Puccini, Gershwin, Menotti
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StartLesson 4: Gustav Mahler
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StartLesson 5: Claude Debussy
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StartLesson 6: Richard Strauss
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StartLesson 7: George Gershwin & The Big Band Era
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StartLesson 8: Jean Sibelius
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StartLesson 9: Enrique Granados & Manuel de Falla
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StartLesson 10: Charles Ives
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PreviewLesson 11: Aaron Copland
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StartLesson 12: Ralph Vaughan Williams
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StartLesson 13: Sergei Rachmaninoff
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StartLesson 14: Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern
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StartLesson 15: Ferde Grofé
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StartLesson 16: Musical Theater before 1965
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StartLesson 17: Gustav Holst
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StartLesson 18: Maurice Ravel
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StartLesson 19: Béla Bartók
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StartLesson 20: Igor Stravinsky
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StartLesson 21: Zoltán Kodály & Carl Orff
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StartLesson 22: Heitor Villa-Lobos & Alberto Ginastera
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StartLesson 23: Sergei Prokofiev
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PreviewLesson 24: Rock and Roll
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StartLesson 25: Irving Berlin & Cole Porter; Bebop & Cool Jazz
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StartLesson 26: Paul Hindemith
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StartLesson 27: Aram Khachaturian
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StartLesson 28: Dmitri Shostakovich
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StartLesson 29: Olivier Messiaen
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StartLesson 30: Benjamin Britten
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StartLesson 31: Folk Music (Woody Guthrie and others)
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StartLesson 32: Leonard Bernstein
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StartLesson 33: John Williams
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StartLesson 34: John Cage
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StartLesson 35: Philip Glass
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StartLesson 36: Musical Theater and Composers Since 1965
Endorsements:
"Music in Our Homeschool is such a blessing for the busy homeschool mom. The online lessons are quick, informative, and oh-so-easy to implement! Besides pressing print on your computer for optional worksheet pages, the rest is done for you. I love how Gena has included biographical information alongside musical instruction in easy-to-read lessons that children can likely complete on their own. If you're having trouble fitting music appreciation into your schedule, this course just might be your answer." ~Cindy West of Our Journey Westward (Shining Dawn Books) and homeschooling mom of 3
"As a music educator, I appreciate the depth and organization Gena has put into her music curriculum. She provides many interesting facts and resources comparable to my college music history classes for high school students to learn about different composers of 20th Century." ~Kathy Gossen, homeschooling mom of 2, music educator, and blogger at Cornerstone Confessions
"As a mama who isn't musically gifted, but knows the power behind learning the arts-Gena's courses are absolutely perfect! Everything is all laid out for you-no extra work needed. This is a supplement but a full-blown curriculum. It's easy to pace through for older and younger children. Even daddy can take over without missing a beat! I have complete confidence in her courses, and highly recommend them!" ~Dominique Lynn Burleson, homeschooling mom of 4 and blogger at Mama Bear Outpost
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