Thank you for taking my class this quarter and best wishes as you continue on to more classes, transfer, and/or work or other objectives. Have a great summer! [ Discuss]
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Movies and Music: A Lesson If you need convincing that the choice of music has a profound effect on how you experience the visual imagery of movies, take a look at this:
The second-to-last topic assignment is posted Another online discussion topic is posted: "week 10 topic -spring 2008". (This one is intended to help you prepare for some of the questions that could appear on test #3.) [ Discuss]
On Saturday morning I made what will almost certainly be the final update to the Concert List this quarter. Mostly I added events for Sunday, June 8 - e.g. TOMORROW... which is also the very last opportunity to attend a concert before the deadline for turning in concert reports on Monday.
More Concerts I have updated the Concert List once more, this time with new events for Friday and Saturday. I was pleased to see that almost everyone has already attended their concert for the Concert Report assignment, but if you haven't NOW is the time! [ Discuss]
The Rest of the Term... We now enter the last "third" of the term in Music 1, focusing on music from the Romantic era and the 20th/21st centuries. We have a lot of ground to cover over the next three weeks!
Because I'd rather spend today's classes focusing on Romantic era music, the quiz that was scheduled for today has been postponed until tomorrow. [ Discuss]
... but no week 8 discussion topic will be posted. Everyone gets a "freebie" this time. [ Discuss]
Monday, May 26, 2008
A Note About Grading and Progress Reports Although I would have preferred to spend my Memorial Day holiday in the Sierra, I stayed home and have been working on getting up to date on grading Music 1 assignments. I'm making good progress - I have graded the concert reviews and I should finish grading listening assignments by noon today. I'll try to post these grades and the grades for the past few discussion topics later this evening, or before class on Tuesday at the very latest.
Last week I invited students who were concerned about their grades - especially those who might still be considering the upcoming "last day to drop with a "W" - to contact me for information about their progress and prospects. A few of you did contact me by email. I got your messages, but I wanted to wait until I had all of these updated grades available for consideration. If you sent me a message on this topic, look for a reply within the next 12-24 hours. [ Discuss]
Thursday, June 19, 2008
