NSU Home Page AP Music Theory Institute Home Page 2004 Schedule
Before June 20, please acquaint yourself with the NSU AP Music Theory Institute 2004 web site.
Unless noted, all sessions take place in Johnson Fine Arts Center Room 110.
Sun, June 20
5:00 – 7:30 p.m.

7:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Participants staying in a dorm may check in.
Women stay in McWelsh. Men stay in Kramer.
Fee Payment, Introductions, Materials and Classrooms
Mon, June 21
8:30 – 9:30
9:30 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:15
10:15 – 11:15
11:15 – 12:15
12:15 – 1:15
1:15 – 2:15
2:15 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:15
3:15 – 4:30

Overview of AP Courses and AP Music Theory
Overview of the AP Music Theory Examination
Break
Creating a Lesson Using the Listening Approach
Creating a Lesson Using the Visual Approach
Lunch
Solfege Warm-Up and Foundations
Activities: Singing, Reading, Structured Improvisation and Analysis
Break
Example Lesson: “Propter Magnam Gloriam” from Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi (Vertical Teams Guide, pp. 57-61)
Tues, June 22
8:30 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:15
10:15 – 12:15
12:15 – 1:15
1:15 – 2:15
2:15 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:15
3:15 – 4:30

Teaching Music Fundamentals
Break
Scales, Keys and Key Signatures
Lunch
Selected Activities from the Vertical Teams Guide
Intervals
Break
Triads, Seventh Chords and their Inversions
Wed, June 23
8:30 – 9:30
9:30 – 10:45
10:45 – 11:00
11:00 – 12:15

12:15 – 1:15
1:15 – 2:15
2:15 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:15
3:15 – 4:30

Ear Training Warm-Up
Rhythm and Meter
Break
Exploration: Discovery, Application and Understanding
"Prelude" (Overture) from Carmen by Georges Bizet
Lunch
Chords in a Diatonic Context
A Structured Approach to Listening
Break
Introduction to Part Writing
Thurs, June 24
8:30 – 9:30
9:30 – 10:30
10:30 – 10:45
10:45 – 12:15
12:15 – 1:15
1:15 – 2:15
2:15 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:15
3:15 – 4:30

Music Theory and Technology (Spafford Hall 313)
Part Writing (continued)
Break
Melodic Harmonization and Standard Cadences
Lunch
Strategies for Teaching Melodic and Harmonic Dictation
Techniques for Teaching Sight Singing
Break
Phrases, Cadences and Periodic Structure
Fri, June 25
8:30 – 9:00
9:00 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:30
11:30 – 12:00
12:00 – 1:00

Wrapping Up: Questions and Answers
Taking the AP Music Theory Examination – Tips for Becoming Test Wise
Music Theory Trivia and Challenge Board
Evaluations and Farewells
Lunch
Participants staying in a dorm may check out.
NSU Official Transcripts       Transcript Request Form