音樂研究導論

Our main tasks are professional and academic writings; the skills involved are bibliographical, evaluative, and communicative. The aim is to train ourselves to be a up-to-date musician-scholar-intellectual, able to make music and make sense of music creatively and critically. Our course is designed as a cycle of four stages: 1. REFLECTING: We'll start our intellectual journey by "musing" on who we are and what we do. These will be expressed practically in our CVs and performance portfolio (posters, bios, program lists and notes). 2. RESEARCHING: Then we'll learn the craft of thesis-writing thru evaluating and emulating selected examples. 3. REPORTING: And we'll meet our "audience" by written and oral presentations, considering the aspects of form and style. 4. REVIEWING: Finally, we'll come to full circle with reflecting and rethinking of who we are and how to become who we want to be. The journey has just begun... On the whole, we'll be doing a lot of thinking, reading, talking and writing, in and out of the classroom. Our TAs will arrange with you to hold a weekly group tutorial hour. In addition, please don't hesitate to make an appointment with me at my office hour. Concrete "products" at the end of the semester will be a mini-conference and an anthology of selected written work. (After the more theoretical first semester we'll be getting more practical with the different sources and resources [notational, audio-visual] in the second semester, offered as an elective course.)

【請注意每次上課日期與時間:第一堂與最後一堂是CD,其餘是BCD】 All first year students of our institute are welcome. As musicians, passion, participation, and punctuality are expected. Class will be conducted in Chinese, but teaching materials will be mostly in English.

Weekly Schedule: Class on Tuesday morning from 9-12 (for 12 weeks, please take note of the schedule) Tutorial during the week (TBC with the TAs) Postclasswork due on Friday noon. Preclasswork due on Monday noon.

Grading: Participation (20%): Attendance and contribution to discussion and course work. Presentation (20%): 6-min. video of your thesis proposal -- 4 min. on problem and background (literature), 2 min. on proposal Portfolio-Professional (30%): Artist bio (L/M/S), CV (bi-lingual), program list (bi-lingual), program notes, concert poster Portfolio-Academic (30%): annotated bibliography, thesis proposal, abstract An average of 6 hours of homework per week are to be expected! Assignments turned in late will receive a lower grade. Plagiarism is worst than a bad paper and will get a zero mark without exception.

• 1. Reflecting
• 2. Researching
• 3. Reporting
• 4. Reviewing
• 5. Guest Workshop

Detail bibliography available in class; here's the basic literature: [BSG] Bellman, Jonathan. <i>A Short Guide to Writing about Music</i>. 2nd ed. New York: Pearson, 2007. (ML3797 B 4 2007) [CCM] "Cambridge Companions to Music," in <i>Cambridge Companions Online</i> (via NCTU). [GMO] "Grove Music Online," in <i>Oxford Music Online</i> (via NCTU). [IMS] Harper-Scott, J.P.E., and Jim Samson, eds. <i>An Introduction to Music Studies</i>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. (MT1 I 77 2009) [RILMm] Cowdery, James R. ed. <i>How to Write About Music: The RILM Manual of Style</i>. 2nd ed. New York: Repertoire Internationale de Litterature Musicale, 2006. (ML3797 H 68 2006) [TMW] Turabian, Kate L., Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. <i>A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers</i>. 8th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013.

地點

Tutorial: TBA Office Hour: HC505

時間

Tutorial: TBA Office Hour: Tue 12-13 (early appointment please)

聯絡方式

kam@nctu.edu.tw / ext. 58308