MUAP 110–410 Applied Music-Keyboard Syllabus (continued)

MUAP 110–410 Applied Music-Keyboard

(syllabus continued)

Office Hours: 11:00 or by appointment. Typically, the best time and place to meet is immediately after class in the classroom. You may also leave messages via e-mail, in my box or with Tracy Jurgens at 626-2497. Please see me if you have any questions or problems.

Prerequisite: None, but I assume you have previously taken piano lessons.

Text(s): Determined at lessons. Please bring books you have used in the past to your first lesson.

Materials: Please bring a pencil every time you practice. You will also receive handouts.

Activities: Private practice, exercises, ensemble playing, discussion, lecture and jury. The jury will entail performing a piece from memory for the piano faculty.

Objectives: To learn to play piano at your own fastest pace. Music majors will also prepare for the piano proficiency .

Attendance: If you are absent more than twice, your semester grade will be lowered one letter. 5 minutes late is considered tardy and being tardy twice is equal to one absence. An unexcused absence earns a zero for any goal scheduled that day. Ask Woody.

Practice: According to the NSU Music Major Handbook, "For every applied lesson students are expected to practice five hours per week."

Grades: At every lesson, we will set measurable goals. At the next lesson, I will grade each goal as follows:

Exemplary (E) — substantially exceeded the goal — 1½ points
Satisfactory (S) — met the goal — 1 point
Unsatisfactory (U) — did not meet the goal — ½ point
Zero (0) — utterly failed to meet the goal (includes unexcused absences) — 0 points

Each week I will average your points and create a percentage. (1 = 100%. ½ = 50%.) The weekly percentages will be placed on WebCT and averaged to determine your semester grade as follows:

A — 90% and above
B — 80% to 90%
C — 70% to 80%
D — 60% to 70%
F — Below 60%