Summer Music Institute (SMI) provides professional development for music educators and other musicians through a variety of graduate classes. Courses offer hands-on experiences, practical teaching techniques, as well as stimulating discussions among colleagues.

The Summer Music Institute is also the primary venue for its Master’s degree program that offers a unique blend of theory and practice, focus and versatility. Participants may apply to the Masters in Music Education program, and earn a degree in four summers.

Courses:

Choral
• Refining Your Craft: Growing as a Choral Conductor with Chris Shepard
• Repertoire and Rehearsal Techniques for Changing Voice Choirs with Drew Collins
• Holistic Voicework with Adele Paxton
• Singing in the African American Tradition with Ysaye Barnwell

General Music Education
• Technology Integration in the Elementary Music Classroom: A focus on iPads and Chromebooks with Amy Burns
• Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs: A Label-Free Approach with Alice Hammel
• Multicultural Techniques for Teaching Rhythm with Anthony DeQuattro
• Makerspace Music: Nurturing Students' Creativity through Challenge-Based Learning with Janet Cape
• Bringing the Songs and Drumming of West Africa into the Classroom with Jeremy Cohen

Instrumental
• Beginning Jazz Improvisation for Music Educators with Carl Knox
• Conducting, Repertoire, Rehearsal, and Student Learning with Scott Jones

Technology
• Lights, Action, LEARNING! Meaningful Video Scoring Projects for Music Students with Scott Watson
• Technology Integration in the Elementary Music Classroom: A focus on iPads and Chromebooks with Amy Burns
• Popular Music and Technology in the General Music Classroom with Stefani Langol
• Advanced Sequencing and Production - Propellerhead Reason and Ableton Live with Floyd Richmond

Online Courses
• iPad Audio Recording to Enhance Instruction (Garageband for iPad) with Tom Rudolph
• Integrating Chromebooks into the Music Curriculum with Stefani Langol

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Calendar

June 26 - 30, 2017

• MUS 469: Music Theory Review
Instructor: Brian Kershner

June 26 - 30

Online Courses: July 3 - 28
• MUS 5236A OL1: Integrating Chromebooks into the Music Curriculum
50554 MUS 536B, Sec OL1

2 credits, $640 + $50 Online Fee

July 3 - 28

Instructor: Stefani Langol
• MUS 529A OL1: iPad Audio Recording to Enhance Instruction (Garageband for iPad)
50551 MUS 529A, Sec OL1

2 credits, $640 + $50 Online Fee

July 3 - 28

Instructor: Tom Rudolph
Week 1: July 3 - 7
Morning
• MUS 507A: Refining Your Craft: Growing as a Choral Conductor
50550 MUS 507A Sec 01

2 credits, $640

July 3 - 7

8 am - 12:30 pm & Wed 7 - 9:30 pm

Instructor: Chris Shepherd

Location: Welte 021
• MUS 529B: Lights, Action, LEARNING! Meaningful Video Scoring Projects for Music Students
50559 MUS 529B, Sec 02

2 credits, $640

July 3 - 7

8 am - 12:30 pm & Wed 7 - 9:30 pm

Instructor: Scott Watson

Location: Welte 205
Afternoon
• MUS 470: Theory Structure and Style
Instructor: Brian Kershner
• MUS 506: Repertoire and Rehearsal Techniques for Changing Voice Choirs
50549 MUS 506 Sec 01

2 credits, $640

July 3 - 7

1:15 - 5:45 pm & Thurs 7 - 9:30 pm

Instructor: Drew Collins

Location: Welte 021
Week 2: July 10 - 14
Morning
• 536A: Technology Integration in the Elementary Music Classroom: A focus on iPads and Chromebooks with Amy Burns
50553 MUS 536A, Sec 01

2 credits, $640

July 10 - 14

8 am - 12:30 pm & Tues 7 - 9:30 pm

Instructor: Amy Burns

Location: Welte 205
• 570: Holistic Voicework
50557 MUS 570 Sec 01

2 credits, $640

July 10 - 14

8 am - 12:30 pm & Tues 7 - 9:30 pm

Instructor: Adele Paxton

Location: Welte 021
• MUS 557B: Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs: A Label-Free Approach with Alice Hammel
50547 MUS 505A, Sec 01

2 credits, $640

July 10 - 14

8 am - 12:30 pm & Tues 7 - 9:30 pm

Instructor: Alice Hammel

Location:
Afternoon
• MUS 470: Theory Structure and Style
Instructor: Brian Kershner
• MUS 501A: Singing in the African American Tradition
50545 MUS 501A Sec 01

2 credits, $640

July 10 - 14

1:15 - 5:45 pm & Thurs 7 - 9:30 pm

Instructor: Ysaye Barnwell

Location: Welte 021
Week 3: July 17 - 21
Morning
• MUS 505B: Popular Music and Technology in the General Music Classroom
50548 MUS 505B, Sec 02

2 credits, $640

July 17 - 21

8 am - 12:30 pm & Tues 7 - 9:30 pm

Instructor: Stefani Langol

Location: Welte 205
• MUS 507B: Conducting, Repertoire, Rehearsal, and Student Learning
50561 MUS 507B, Sec 02

2 credits, $640

July 17 - 21

8 am - 12:30 pm & Tues 7 - 9:30 pm

Instructor: Scott A. Jones

Location: Welte Stage
• MUS 557B: Multicultural Techniques for Teaching Rhythm with Anthony DeQuattro
50556 MUS 557B, Sec 02

2 credits, $640

July 17 - 21

8 am - 12:30 pm & Tues 7 - 9:30 pm

Instructor: Anthony DeQuattro

Location: Welte Stage
Afternoon
• MUS 502: Makerspace Music Nurturing Students' Creativity through Challenge-Based Learning with Janet Cape
50564 MUS 502 Sec 01

2 credits, $640

July 17 - 21

1:15 - 5:45 pm & Thurs 7 - 9:30 pm

Instructor: Janet Cape

Location: Welte 019
• MUS 598: Research in Music Education
Instructor: N. Carlotta Parr
Week 4: July 24 - 28
Morning
• MUS 501B: Bringing the Songs and Drumming of West Africa into the Classroom with Jeremy Cohen
50546 MUS 501B, Sec 02

2 credits, $640

July 24 - 28

8 am - 12:30 pm & Tues 7 - 9:30 pm

Instructor: Jeremy Cohen

Location: Welte Stage
• MUS 579: Beginning Jazz Improvisation for Music Educators
50560 MUS 579 01

2 credits, $640


July 24 - 28

8 am - 12:30 pm & Tues 7 - 9:30 pm

Instructor: Carl Knox

Location: Welte 019
• MUS 529A: Advanced Sequencing and Production - Propellerhead Reason and Ableton Live
50563 MUS 529C, Sec 03

2 credits, $640

July 24 - 28

8 am - 12:30 pm & Tues 7 - 9:30 pm

Instructor: Floyd Richmond

Location: Welte 205
Afternoon
• MUS 598: Research in Music Education
Instructor: N. Carlotta Parr

Contact

Summer Music Institute
c/o Dr. N. Carlotta Parr
Department of Music
Central Connecticut State University
1615 Stanley Street
New Britain, CT, 06050-4010
Phone: (860) 832-3317
Email: parrc@ccsu.edu