Courses

Comprehensive study of double reed-related topics, including repertoire spanning all style periods, sound, phrasing, articulation, technique, and physical setup.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Comprehensive study of double reed-related topics, including repertoire spanning all style periods, sound, phrasing, articulation, technique, and physical setup.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Site visits to cultural houses, educational institutions, & community venues which specialize in drama & youth. Investigation & studies of new global initiatives.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

This course fosters connections between arts-based activities and classroom curriculum. Participants become familiar with artistic strategies for integrating curricula in school and alternative education settings. Exploration focused on, but not limited to: situated learning as a theory for effective lesson planning, drama as a curricular entry point, dramatic investigation of source material, methods of engaging in reflection through drama, and potential adaptations for target populations.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Theories and practices of educational drama and theatre as applied to the secondary classroom in such areas as learning processes, motivation, communication and classroom management. Attention given to the relationship of drama and theatre to speaking, thinking, writing, reading, history and other curricular subjects. An examination of improvisational techniques as well as play production. Student will use drama and theatre to address the human developmental processes that impact on the 7-12 student's readiness to learn, such as culture, nutrition, personal safety and community. Laboratory experience required: 15 hours.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

An overview of current global approaches to approaches to youth theatre, drama in education, and theatre for young audiences.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Relationships of theories of dramatic art to general educational principles; present practices and potential of education drama at all levels of instruction. Uses of theatre and drama in education from the Greeks to present day. The history and philosophy of drama in education as they relate to a variety of classroom strategies, including the use of new technologies. The impact of human developmental processes, such as culture, personal safety, and nutrition on learning through theatre and drama. Individualizing instruction to prepare students with special needs for their highest levels of achievement.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Relationships of theories of dramatic art to general educational principles; present practices and potential of education drama at all levels of instruction. Uses of theatre and drama in education from the Greeks to present day. The history and philosophy of drama in education as they relate to a variety of classroom strategies, including the use of new technologies. The impact of human developmental processes, such as culture, personal safety, and nutrition on learning through theatre and drama. Individualizing instruction to prepare students with special needs for their highest levels of achievement.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

This course provides students with an understanding of drama therapy in the context of aging from midlife to elderhood. It is divided into four modules in which students will be introduced to lifespan development from the lens of positive psychology; examine intersectional perspectives on aging, ageism, and their own narratives about getting older; compare and evaluate examples of drama therapy practice;and bereavement

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

The theory and techniques of drama therapy will be examined in relationship to the needs of individuals treated in clinical facilities such as day treatment centers and inpatient psychiatric clinics. Clinical applications will be discussed and demonstrated in class. Appropriate drama therapy theory will be discussed as it informs clinical treatment. We will visit an acute care facility and shadow a creative arts therapist. Furthermore, we will prepare and implement several workshop sessions with a chronic mentally ill adult population. We will also examine and evaluation as they related to drama therapy with clinical populations.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

This course will examine the ways in which drama therapy is utilized in K-12 school settings within the private and public education system in the US. Students will investigate historical, political, economic, and socio-cultural frameworks that shape educational systems, particularly in NYC. The course will examine differentiated drama therapy interventions that support all students with varied and intersecting differences in ability, age, gender, race and ethnicity, religion, linguistic competencies, sexual orientation, learning styles, and legal status.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

This practical course is designed to introduce drama activities to students and professionals who work with young people with special needs. With increased number of inclusion classrooms and mainstreaming of students with special needs this course is designed for both special and general education educators. Participants will review the current trends and classifications of special education and explore the development and implementation of drama curricula for emotionally disturbed and learning disabled populations. Participants will learn curriculum design and adaptation, effective drama strategies for classroom management, receive an overview of terms and definitions for special education. Appropriate for K-12 educators.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Methods and materials for role-playing, story dramatization, mask, puppetry, and improvisation as applied to the elementary classroom, in such areas as learning processes, motivation, communication and classroom management. Relationship of drama and theatre to the elementary curriculum. Student will use drama and theatre to address the human development processes that impact on the K-6 child's readiness to learn, such as culture, nutrition, personal safety and community. Laboratory experience required: 15 hours.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Methods and materials for role-playing, story dramatization, mask, puppetry, and improvisation for practical training in the elementary classroom, in such areas as learning processes, motivation, communication and classroom management. Relationship of drama and theatre to the elementary curriculum. Use of drama and theatre to address human development processes affecting K-6 child's readiness to learn, such as culture, nutrition, personal safety and community. Allows students enrolled in certification programs to accumulate required pre-student teaching fieldwork hours.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Theories and practices of dramatic art in relation to principles and curriculum of secondary education. Attention given to assembly programs, creative and formal techniques of play production for school, extracurricular club, camp, and playground in a practical training capacity. Allows students enrolled in certification programs to accumulate required pre-student teaching fieldwork hours.

• Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions

Building on previous drawing experience of basic methods of contemporary processes & techniques students continue to develop an awareness of the conflict between customary & aesthetic perception & develop authority over the page. Drawing becomes a tool for further exploration of ideas & enhances skills of observation, articulation, & presentation.

• Department: Art and Art Professions

Basic materials & methods of drawing. It combines perceptual learning with initial conceptual basics for drawing. This includes line usage, shape inventing, size differentiating, brightness contrast, location & overlap. Students will develop the skill to discuss their drawings as well as the drawings of others, & learn to observe & empathize with the genres of landscape, still-life, & figure. Individual & group critiques, slide lectures, & museum & gallery visits support studio activities.

• Department: Art and Art Professions

A process-oriented studio art class that takes place in and around Villa LaPietra. Perception and gaze are the fundamentals for the production and reception of drawings. Students will learn to differentiate between ‘customary perception’ (what one thinks he sees) and aesthetic perception’ (what one actually sees). Students will develop basic drawing skills including the use of line, proportion, contrast and perspective while exploring mark-making with different drawing mediums such as pencil, charcoal and ink. Along with the production of drawings, students will discuss their own work as well as the artworks of fellow students. Readings, slide shows and museum visits support the studio practice and enhance critical reception. Groundwork for the development of an individual drawing style will be set. Regular drawing exercises and attendance are crucial to succeeding in the class.

Assignments, critiques and demonstrations for the more advanced drawing student. Combines perceptual learning with initial conceptual basics for drawing. This includes line usage, shape inventing, size differentiating, brightness contrast, location, and overlap. Students develop the skill to discuss their drawing as well as the drawing of others and learn to observe and empathize with the genres of landscape, still life, and figure. Individual and group critiques, slide lectures, and museum and gallery visits support studio activities.

• Department: Art and Art Professions

Assignments, critiques & demonstrations for the more advanced drawing student. Combines perceptual learning with initial conceptual basics for drawing. This includes line usage, shape inventing, size differentiating, brightness contrast, location, & overlap. Students develop the skill to discuss their drawing as well as the drawing of others & learn to observe & empathize with the genres of landscape, still life, & figure. Individual & group critiques, slide lectures, & museum & gallery visits support studio activities.

• Department: Art and Art Professions