AFRO 498

Spring 2014 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 21-May 7

Spec Topics African Am Studies

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Seminar on selected topics with particular emphasis on current research trends.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours or 8 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Upper level AFRO course (300 or above) or consent of instructor.

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AFRO 498 class schedule data for spring 2014
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	60559	Lecture-Discussion	A	10:30AM -11:50AM	MW	Music Building	Solis, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Section Info: Same as MUS 421-A (American Music), "Black Music in Transnational Perspective." This course looks at the history of Black music in the US, from the nineteenth century to the present. We will survey a range of genres, including spirituals, fife and drum, jazz, blues, r&b, soul, funk, hip hop, and concert music. We will pay particular consideration to music's role in the process of racialization, and to the transnational, cosmopolitan linkages that have suffused African American music over time. For undergraduate and graduate credit.
	59099	Lecture-Discussion	WTS	6:00PM -9:00PM	M	Location Pending	Summerville, W	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Section Info: Title:Harmonizing Select Differences This course will allow participants to explore and experience a variety of the activities that will enhance their personal development in teaching, singing and music enlightenment. The class is also structured to allow students to discover similar musical practices that already exist in all sacred music. Participants will develop communication skills needed to function in our diverse social environment, in addition to learning to read and play simple melodies on the piano. Part I (6 to 7 pm) is a lecture/discussion on refining and expanding classroom management skills with diverse student populations in all subject matters, and skills on observing Afro-centered special holidays, regardless one?s ethnicity. Part II (7 to 8 pm) Discovering and sharing similarities in our varied teaching styles, sharing diverse singing styles, and experiencing select singing choral music from both the African American and Western European Sacred Music genres. Part III (8 to 9 p.m.) We will be exploring hymns, spirituals, anthems, traditional and contemporary gospel music in a choir setting. We will share key insights in teaching young children (ages 3years and up), along with vocal tips on solo improvisation with or without the choir's assistance. There will also be an informal concert opened to the public at the last class session, to display the students? choral and keyboard talents. All educators(non-music or music), students(both grad and undergrad), community persons(professional/non-professional), are welcomed to enroll. Interested persons should contact Willie Summerville (wsummerv@illinois.edu) at 217-244-8182, or the Department of African American Studies, Lou Turner (loturner@illinois.edu): 333-7781. Academic Outreach restrictions and assessments apply; see http://www.outreach.uiuc.edu. Classes will meet in the Main Sanctuary at the Salem Baptist Church, 500 East Park Street, Champaign, IL on Monday evenings from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on the following dates: January 27; February 3, 10, 17, 24; March 3, 10, 17 31; April 7, 14, 21, 28; May 5, 2014.