MUSC 395

Critical Perspectives in Music

A capstone seminar course for the music major designed to nurture Christian reflection on music as an academic discipline and area of cultural practice. Readings challenge students to engage with musical aesthetics, performance, composition, theory and analysis, and history in light of developing trends in scholarship, and to draw upon the insights of Christian theology to inform critical thinking about music. The course contributes to an understanding of vocation in music and a developing commitment to responsible stewardship in the musical world. Students lead class sessions on musical topics of their choice and write a significant essay in an area of vocational interest

Units: 3.0