Learning Objectives

Music

Mission

The Music Program is committed to providing the highest quality musical education in an environment that provides an inclusive and engaging learning experience for all students. The program serves the Bronx and surrounding areas with its diverse and active free admission performance schedule, involving students, alumni, college faculty and personnel, and many members of the community.

The program offers comprehensive undergraduate and graduate degree programs with a variety of opportunities for individual creative and professional development.

The Music BS (64-credit major) provides the foundation for the study of traditional and contemporary musical styles, digital music production, as well as music performance, theory, composition, and music therapy.

The two graduate degrees, the Master of Arts in Teaching and the Advanced Certificate, prepare students to teach music in the public schools with New York State Professional Certification.

Vision

The program strives to be the premier music program in the Bronx and surrounding region by attracting a diverse and talented student population by the quality of its faculty, performing ensembles, academic offerings, and its integration with the many cultural offerings of New York City.

Values

The program believes that the study and performance of music in a serious and consistent manner encourages self-expression and confidence and will result in life-long engagement with the arts.

Music Learning Objectives

Goal I (Musicianship and Performance): Develop understanding, hearing, and performance of music of different styles.

Learning Objectives:

Correlate internal hearing with singing and pitch identification
Identify and perform various rhythmic patterns of increasing complexity
Sing a piece of music at sight based on the tonal, modal, chromatic, and atonal systems
Notate a piece of music in different musical styles
Demonstrate proficiency on a primary instrument (or voice), in solo performance and in large ensembles such as concert band, chorus, and jazz ensemble, and in small chamber groups

Goal II (History): Understand musical styles and genres in relation to the key social, political, economic, philosophical, and aesthetic forces that helped shape them.

Learning Objectives:

Identify genres and styles of various musical traditions and historical periods both in notation and aurally
Analyze and evaluate music in relation to its historical, cultural, and social circumstances
Write effectively about music using precise analytical vocabulary
Conduct research and evaluate research material on music and its performance
Communicate research findings in coherent prose with precise citations following an accepted standard, such as the Chicago Manual of Style

Goal III (Theory and Composition): Demonstrate a functional knowledge of music’s grammar and formal structures.

Learning Objectives:

Be able to analyze music of the Western classical tradition from the 18th-21stcenturies
Write brief exercises using musical materials and concepts from the periods
Compose appropriately for instruments of the standard orchestra for small and large ensembles

Goal IV: Leadership and Professional Skills: Demonstrate the skills and habits of mind expected of those in the music profession.

Learning Objectives:

Demonstrate leadership in rehearsal and performance contexts appropriate to the instrument or ensemble at Lehman and in the community
Pursue independent and collaborative projects in composition, theory, history, or performance and present the results in a formal and professional manner.
Demonstrate an awareness of the mind-body connection in personal artistic development.
Evaluate and assess personal musical achievement; develop personal goals for future musical endeavors.
Demonstrate an ability to use music technology appropriately in a variety of settings.
Consider the musician’s role and responsibility in society.

Multimedia Performing Arts

Mission Statement

We transform students into versatile, self-directed performing artists of the 21stcentury. Our liberal arts BA and multidisciplinary BFA programs challenge our students to develop the knowledge and skills as well as the conceptual, critical and creative perspectives necessary for a professional life in the performing arts.

Values Statement

Self-Directed Artists of the 21st Century

At Lehman College/CUNY, we believe that true artists possess broad-based knowledge and skills in their disciplines as well as vision—a conceptual, critical and creative perspective about themselves, the arts, and the world around them. In addition, we believe that to succeed in the performing arts in the 21st century, theatre and dance artists must collaborate across disciplines and produce their own creative work. That is, theatre and dance artists of the 21st century must perform, write, design, and produce for stage, film, television, and new media. Therefore, the faculty and staff at Lehman provide our students with the academic courses, creative experiences, and mentorship needed to transform our students into such versatile, self-directed artists.

Multimedia Performing Arts Learning Objectives

Program Goal:

Graduates will demonstrate the ability to work as versatile, self-directed performing artists in multimedia performing arts.

Goal I: Demonstrate critical thinking about multimedia, dance, and/or theatre production from historical, global, and diverse perspectives.

Learning Objectives:

Analyze in writing and or in a presentation the development of cinema, television, dance, and/or theatre in human societies and cultures.
Analyze in writing scripts from different periods, genres and styles for production.

Goal II: Demonstrate the ability to perform on stage and/or on multimedia platforms.

Learning Objectives:

Create and believably portray characters using a variety of acting techniques and styles involving the use of the body, voice, and imagination.
Based on recognized vocal training systems develop the voice as an instrument for characterization to become proficient in projection, diction, and/or dialects and accents.
Use the body effectively as an instrument for performance with attention to areas including: range of motion, flexibility, strength, awareness, specificity, qualitative range, and/or engagement with the imagination.

Goal III: Demonstrate the ability to utilize production equipment effectively for multimedia performance.

Learning Objectives:

Operate basic audiovisual equipment for multimedia, dance, and or theatre production, including but not limited to lighting, sound, and or video.
Edit multimedia projects.

Goal IV: Demonstrate the ability to create original multimedia work for public presentation.

Create and perform in a multimedia performance showcase.

Goal V: Demonstrate the ability to produce and present multimedia, dance, and/or theatre in a public context.

Learning Objectives:

Analyze and evaluate various models of performing arts management in order to create a business plan for a performing arts company, a solo artist, or a performing arts event.
Perform essential tasks in producing, including marketing, box office, and house management on a theatrical production.

Theatre

Mission Statement

Values Statement

Self-Directed Artists of the 21st Century

Theatre Learning Objectives

Program Goal: Graduates will demonstrate the ability to work as versatile, self-directed performing artists in theatre.

Goal 1: Demonstrate critical thinking about theatrical text and production from historical, global, and diverse perspectives.

Learning Objectives:

Analyze in writing and or through presentation, the development of drama and theatre in human societies and cultures.
Analysis of scripts from different periods, genres and styles for theatrical production.

Goal 2: Demonstrate the ability to perform on stage.

Learning Objectives:

Create and believably portray characters using a variety of acting techniques and styles involving the use of the body, voice, and imagination.
Based on recognized vocal training systems develop the voice as an instrument for characterization to become proficient in projection, diction, and/or dialects and accents.
Use the body effectively as an instrument for performance with attention to areas including: range of motion, flexibility, strength, awareness, specificity, qualitative range, and/or engagement with the imagination.

Goal 3: Demonstrate the ability to utilize production equipment effectively for performance.

Learning Objective:

Perform essential tasks in technical theatre in the areas of scenery and properties, costumes and wardrobe, lighting and sound, and/or stage management.

Goal 4: Demonstrate the ability to create original theatrical work for public presentation.

Learning Objective:

Write original plays for performance.

Dance

Mission Statement

Values Statement

Self-Directed Artists of the 21st Century

Theatre Learning Objectives

Program Goal: Graduates will demonstrate the ability to work as versatile, self-directed performing artists in theatre.

Goal 1: Demonstrate critical thinking about theatrical text and production from historical, global, and diverse perspectives.

Learning Objectives:

Analyze in writing and or through presentation, the development of drama and theatre in human societies and cultures.
Analysis of scripts from different periods, genres and styles for theatrical production.

Goal 2: Demonstrate the ability to perform on stage.

Learning Objectives:

Create and believably portray characters using a variety of acting techniques and styles involving the use of the body, voice, and imagination.
Based on recognized vocal training systems develop the voice as an instrument for characterization to become proficient in projection, diction, and/or dialects and accents.
Use the body effectively as an instrument for performance with attention to areas including: range of motion, flexibility, strength, awareness, specificity, qualitative range, and/or engagement with the imagination.

Goal 3: Demonstrate the ability to utilize production equipment effectively for performance.

Learning Objective:

Perform essential tasks in technical theatre in the areas of scenery and properties, costumes and wardrobe, lighting and sound, and/or stage management.

Goal 4: Demonstrate the ability to create original theatrical work for public presentation.

Learning Objective:

Write original plays for performance.