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Music 008 Rudiments of Music
Learning the rudiments of music can be compared to the learning of a language. Students must learn to hear melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic patterns (audiation) before they sing, play or write in notation. In this introductory class, students are...
Darrin Thornton
Darrin Thornton joined the Penn State School of Music faculty in 2010 and serves as an e-Learning Institute Faculty Fellow developing curriculum and administers aspects of the Center for the Study of Learning and Teaching. He teaches music education...
MUSIC 004: Film Music
This course provides an introductory examination of the role of music in narrative film, the premier art form of the twentieth century. The popularity, significance, and value of film art would not be what it is today if music had not become an...
MUSIC 009: Introduction to World Music
MUSIC 009 is a course that explores world cultures through their music. The course begins with an overview of ways to examine world music as a cultural phenomenon. The goal of this section is to help students move beyond their preconceived...
MUSIC 007: The Evolution of Jazz
Evolution of Jazz is a course designed to examine the historical and sociological of the American art form - jazz. This general education course is for non-majors. The material covered in this course begins with the precursors to jazz, emphasizes...
Lisa Jenkins
Lisa Jenkins teaches undergraduate- and graduate-level world music. She
holds a B.A. in Music from Penn State, a M.A. in Musicology from the
University of Michigan and is currently completing her Ph.D. in
Ethnomusicology from the University of...
Stephen Hopkins
Music theorist, composer, and performer, Stephen Hopkins is an Assistant Professor of Music at Penn State University. Before his arrival at Penn State in 2003, Hopkins served as Music Director at North Florida Community College for six years. He...