A graduated packet for practicing sight singing in the aural skills curriculum. Repertoire is drawn from Medieval and Renaissance favorites, some of which students are likely to encounter in their music history courses. Begins with simple two- and three-voice diatonic homophony and works up to eight-voice highly chromatic music in four clefs…[Read more]

Instructions for a final project for an advanced (chromatic harmony-focused) aural skills course. Students select a film cue and design a transcription and performance project that helps them make progress toward their musicianship goals.

In this book, I explore the connections between music for early movies (1895-1927) involving the supernatural in the context of the culture of the time in regard to supernatural beliefs and entertainments, particularly spiritualism.