The Pedagogy of the Pedagogy of Music Appreciation

Abstract

he Music Appreciation course represents one of the few sustained opportunities for a School or Department of Music to cultivate the audiences essential to the survival of our profession, yet these courses are often staffed by talented performers with comparatively little training and experience in classroom teaching. The initial shift from the studio to the classroom can seem intimidating to those who are assigned courses to supplement their applied loads. In order to ease this transition, I created a Pedagogy of Music Appreciation seminar for graduate students at the University of Southern Mississippi who are preparing to teach at the college level.1 This essay addresses the history and development of the course, suggests ways to organize its goals and content, and proposes learning outcomes for Music Appreciation that can be attained regardless of one’s choice of musical content. By the end of the seminar, students will feel encouraged to develop creative, personalized curricula to suit their own strengths and interests while meeting the needs of their students and the learning objectives set forth by their departments.

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