Princeton University, Assistant Instructor, 1998-2003
| MUS 106: Music Theory through Performance and Composition | Second semester theory course. Composition of small pieces for various instrumental ensembles; analysis and discussion of simple pieces; and various exercises involving aspects of music such as phrases, dynamics, articulation, form and development of ideas. Harmonic vocabulary enhanced through further study of modulation and chromaticism. Special emphasis given to the imitative procedures of the Renaissance and Baroque, and the canonical forms of the Classic period and early nineteenth century. Texts: Aldwell and Schacter, Harmony and Voice Leading; Burkhardt, Anthology for Musical Analysis; Cole, Melodia. (Taught with Professor Paul Koonce.) |
| MUS 205: Species Counterpoint | An introduction to the principles of voice leading and linear construction through a series of systematic compositional exercises. Two lectures, two classes, and one session in practical musicianship. Text: Westergaard, An Introduction to Tonal Theory. (Taught with Professor Peter Westergaard.) |
| MUS 206: Tonal Syntax | Objectives: A basic understanding of the syntax of tonal music; the ability to handle moderately complex tonal structures in composition, analysis, and performance. Text: Westergaard, An Introduction to Tonal Theory. (Taught with Professor Peter Westergaard.) |
| Through the McGraw Center for teaching and Learning | |
| Workshops for new Assistants in Instruction | Workshops and a closing teaching practicum for new instructors in the Humanities and the Social Sciences. |