ASU Music Learning and Teaching Summer Institute
Schedule
The School of Music, Dance and Theatre offers ASU graduate-level courses, Continuing Education Units and Kodály and Orff courses through its Music Learning and Teaching Summer Institute.
Detailed registration information can be found on the Music and Learning Summer Institute homepage.
- For ASU students, search the course subject and number listed below in the ASU Class Search. Make sure to select the correct Term in your search.
- For non-ASU students who are seeking Continue Education Units, visit the CEU registration page
- For Kodály and Orff courses, additional information can be found on the Music and Learning Summer Institute homepage..
Registration for summer 2025 is now open!
Songwriting for Music Educators
- 1 week
- Dates: June 2-6
- Days and time: M-F 9 a.m.-12 p.m. in-person only, Music W222
- Instructor: Alex Adams
- 1 graduate credit or CEUs (15 clock hours)
Educators will engage in multiple text and music-first approaches to writing original songs while also developing practical approaches for a personal pedagogy of songwriting.
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Music Teaching
- 3 week
- Dates: June 2-20,
- Days and time: M-F 9 a.m.-12 p.m, in-person or ASU Sync, Music W117
- Instructor: Joyce McCall
- 3 graduate credits or CEUs (45 clock hours)
For decades, the teaching profession in the United States has consistently flirted with what Gloria Ladson-Billings refers to as “the demographic impairment,” an imbalance between student and teacher populations along the lines of race and culture. As a result of this phenomenon, many inequities have been funded and sustained, including those that continue to marginalize racially minoritized students and their accompanying cultures. Using culturally relevant pedagogy as a guiding framework, participants will acquire in-depth understandings and a variety of skills that will better equip them as they move into the world to engage all students.
Music Creativity and Technology
- 1 week
- Dates: June 9-13
- Days and time: M-F 1 p.m.-4 p.m., in-person or ASU Sync, Music W225
- Instructors: Richard Maxwell
- 1 graduate credit or CEUs (15 clock hours)
In this course participants will develop concrete lesson materials, based on their own specific needs, interests, and prior knowledge, to help students explore and develop their individual, and, as needed, ensemble creative process using various common music technologies. Topics will include recording individuals and ensembles both in rehearsal and performance, common music technology usage to expand student creative potential, and using music technology to reach a wider student demographic. Participants do not need any prior experience with any music technology (Microphones, Mixers, DAWs etc.) though more advanced learners will be able to refine and further advance their existing skills.
Perspectives in Music Teaching and Learning
- 1 week
- Dates: June 16-20
- Days and time: M-F 1 p.m.-4 p.m., in-person or ASU Sync, Music W117
- Instructors: Evan Hoylman
- 1 graduate credit or CEUs (15 clock hours)
Description to be provided.
Mariachi 101: Building Your Own Mariachi Programs
- 1 week
- Dates: June 23-27
- Days and time: M-F 1-4 p.m., in-person only, Gammage 209 and 212
- Instructor: Shawn Kimbrel
- 1 graduate credit or CEUs (15 clock hours)
Are you looking to expand the offerings of your music program and engage more students? Have you been wanting to establish a mariachi program but do not know where to start? Through this course, participants will be provided with resources, insight, and advice on building a school mariachi program from scratch, one that is inclusive of students from all backgrounds.
Music Strategies for Special Learners: A Primer
- 1 week
- Dates: June 23-27
- Days and time: M-F 1-4 p.m., ASU Sync only
- Instructor: Shawn Kimbrel
- 1 graduate credit or CEUs (15 clock hours)
Description to be provided.