MUS 715 Personal Project	William Wieland
Options: Journal — If you are worried about your grade, creating a journal is perhaps the best personal project choice. Collect and organize definitions (in your own words) and examples all semester, essentially creating your own textbook (or even a website!) while learning the material. An A will be awarded to students who expand upon class notes with real music examples and information from reputable books and websites outside of class. Paper — Analyze a piece. See Music Analysis Writing Guide. Video Analysis — Analyze a composition and create a video that displays your insight cued to the music, e.g. Schubert Erlkönig Analysis. Research — Investigate a form or analytical technique not examined in depth during class, e.g. blues, variations, concerto, ritornello, passacaglia/chaconne, sonata-rondo, overtures (French & Italian), etc. Lesson Plans — Create lesson plans for a unit about form or analysis. Other — You may propose a different project.
Proposal — Due Week 11 (November 9) Journal — Sketch a table of contents listing forms and analytical techniques you will include in your journal. Paper — Discuss compositions to analyze with Dr. Wieland. He must approve one. Video Analysis — Same requirements as the Paper plus a discussion of the technology you will use. Research — Identify the form or analytical technique you will study and list compositions which serve as models. Lesson Plans — Determine what you will teach (form, rhythm, harmony, melody, etc.?) and to whom (early elementary, late elementary, junior high or high school students?). Other — Write a 2 or 3 paragraph description of your proposed project. Please include requirements, goals, and outcomes.
Rough Draft — Due Week 13 (November 23) All rough drafts must be mostly complete, follow APA style, use complete sentences, and include a bibliography. Journal — Using your table of contents as a guide, submit well-written notes or an essay of the forms and analytical techniques you chose. Paper — Submit 3 to 5 pages of analysis plus diagrams. Include musical examples, figures, and/or diagrams in your paper to show us what you are discussing. These should include measure numbers. Include an arch map of the form. Interpret what you have described. Tell how or why this piece of music works and, by extension, how it might be performed, heard, or taught. Video Analysis — Include music and audio notes in your video as well as an arch map. Research — Turn in a paper, a journal, or an annotated bibliography. Lesson Plans — Complete a unit on your approved topic following your personal or school format. Other — Meet your approved requirements, goals, and outcomes.
Final Draft — Due Finals Week (December 14) Please act upon my recommendations for the rough draft. Though content is most important, I expect succinct writing, proper grammar, and correct spelling. I expect graduate level work. Before making final edits, read your project aloud. Awkward passages are more apparent when spoken. (This advice is from a graduate school professor.) Submit your completed project in Assessments — Dropbox — Personal Project Final Draft. Place this document in your MME Capstone Portfolio as well.
Automatic 10 point Deductions: The proposal was late. The rough draft was late. The final draft was late.