Week 14 (23 Apr 2003): Guest Lecture + Tempo Rubato

Guest lecture by Robert Cutietta

1. Student summaries of the class.
   
   
2. notes on assigned reading
   "Learning Theories Unique to Music".
   from Chapter 17: Learning theories as roots of current musical practice and research.
   by L.Taelte and R.Cutietta (2002). In R.Colwell and C.Richardson (eds)
   The new handbook of research on music teaching and learning:
   A project of the Music Educators National Conference.
   NY: Oxford University Press, pp.286-298.

About Rob Cutietta (Excerpted from USCNews)

For the past three years Cutietta has been professor and director of the School of Music and Dance at the University of Arizona. His areas of expertise include the middle-school learner, choral education, learning theories and the psychology of music. Cutietta joined the University of Arizona as a professor of music education in 1994, following appointments at Kent State and Montana State universities. He earned his Ed.D. in music education at Pennsylvania State University in 1982 and his master's and bachelor's degrees from Cleveland State University in 1978 and 1975, respectively.

Author of the highly readable book "Raising Musical Kids: A Parent's Guide" (Oxford University Press, 2001), Cutietta has published a wide range of articles on music education. These have appeared in such publications as The Music Educators Journal, Psychology Today, Journal of Research in Music Education, and The American Music Teacher, among others. He is also co-author or editor of four books and has contributed chapters to several others.

A popular teacher and speaker, Cutietta has been a presenter at every national meeting of the Music Educators National Conference for the past 20 years and has been a presenter twice at the Conference of the International Society of Music Education. He has also given lectures at universities in Germany, Canada, the Netherlands and throughout the United States. Recent honors include the prestigious Putnam Award for Meritorious Teaching and the Maestro Award, based on the accomplishments of his students, from the University of Arizona. In 2000, Cutietta was named Distinguished Alumnus of the Year by Pennsylvania State University School of Music. Cutietta is a current member of the National Association of Music Executives at State Universities and has been Western region secretary for the National Association of Schools of Music since 2000.

1. "A Model of Expressive Timing in Tonal Music"
   by Neil, T. (1985). Music Perception Vol.3 No.1, pp.33-58.

   ( Presentation by Phillip Wu -- PPT )
   
   

2. "The Influence of musical context on tempo rubato."
   by Timmers, R., Ashley, R., Desain, P. and Heijink, H. (2000).
   Journal of New Music Research pp.131-158.

   ( Presentation by Shivani Yardi -- PPT )

   Listening examples:

   • Brahms' Variations on an original theme, Op.21 No.1
   • Chopin Etudes by Murray Perahia
   • Bach Fugues

Posted 23 Apr 2003.