MUS 105: Musical Meaning: How Music Shapes Identity

WEEKS

CONTENT

ASSIGNMENTS


WEEK 12

April 1 & 3

DISCUSSION:

  • Examine geography, history, and cultural identities of Korean immigrants.
    Reading:
    •    World music: a global journey: Chap 7 – East Asia

DUE:
QUIZ 3


WEEK 13

April 8 & 10

DISCUSSION:

  • Recognize the function of music within Korean’s social, ritual, and cultural contexts
    Learn and perform Korean music
  • Reading:
    •    Music cultures in the United States: Chap 9 – Asian American Music

WEEK 14

April 15 & 17

DISCUSSION:

  • Interrelationships among Chinese, Japanese, and Korean music.
  • Differences among Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans in their native lands and in Hawai`i

DUE:
QUIZ 4


WEEK 15

April 22 & 24

Discussion:

  • Examine geography, history, and cultural identities of Filipinos’ migrating from the Philippines.
  • Recognize the function of music within Filipino’s social, ritual, and cultural contexts

 

DUE:
Written Assignment #1

 

 


WEEK 16

April 29 & May 1

DISCUSSION:

  • Western influences on Filipino music
    Learn and perform Filipino music
    VIDEO: Mabuhay with Aloha, The Hawaiian Filipino Experience, 1906-2006

DUE:
Written Assignment #2


WEEK 17

May 6

Discussion:

  • Quiz 5 revision

 

DUE:
Fifth Group Presentation 

 


QUIZ 5

Thursday: 9:45 – 11:45 am