2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

MUS 293 Music Methods: Secondary Instrumental

Methods and materials used in teaching in secondary school instrumental programs. Topics include history of the wind band, history of jazz band, how to play and teach jazz improvisation, managing all aspects of a band program (including pep band, marching band, jazz band, and concert band), administrative and parental interactions, budget management, assessment, classroom management, resume building and job interviews. Key Assessment 3 will be completed and assessed in this course. 

Credits

3

Prerequisite

MUS 161; MUS 163

Offered

Fall, even years

Outcomes

  1. Field Observation: This course provides a 30-hour field experience. Students will design lesson plans that they will implement in the field with K-12 students. Lessons will be videoed and evaluated, and students will receive feedback from both music faculty and school-based mentors.
  2. Basic elements of reading instruction.