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From: Michael L Varner
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 11:02 AM
Subject: Please announce to interested students


        Exciting changes in  summer II course offering:   "Musical
Traditions of the World!"

        World music 2300.001 1:00-3:00 M-R Room 303 Music

        This summer the music department will be offering the course
"Musical Traditions of the World."

        The course has  been very popular for students from all degree
programs. The course features live performers from cultures around the
world, and is an exciting way to learn about the culture and lifestyles
without leaving campus!

        The course offers students an introduction to the many varied and
fascinating forms of music found around the world, with particular emphasis
on music from the Orient, the Middle East, Africa, and Native America.
Through the use of sound recordings, videos, and live native performers,
students will have the opportunity to experience the unique qualities of
each type of music.

        This summer:

        We will be doing something new and exciting focuses with the course.
The course will include more in-depth information on  the Music of Africa
and the Caribbean featuring musical visits to Ghana, Mozambique, South
Africa, Senegal, Mali, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Haiti, Trinidad, Santa Domingo,
Jamaica and many more.  Students will experience Salsa, Rhumba, Soca, Reggae
and the many unique music's from these fascinating regions.
        We are especially searching on our campus for UTA students who are
originally from Latin America and particularly the islands of the Caribbean.
I would like to invite them to speak to the class and bring a little of
their own personal experiences to this summers course.

        Contact Dr. Varner at his office in music: 817-272-2526 or by email
at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>

        The course can be used to satisfy the core requirements for fine
arts and liberal arts electives.
        There are no  prerequisites.  The course has been structured so that
no previous knowledge of music is necessary.

        The course meets summer II, Monday Through Thursday from 1:00-3:00
in Fine Arts Room 303 and should be of particular interest to all students
who wish to include a multi-cultural experience in their education.

        There is also an honors section of the course available for students
in the honors college (2303).

        Music 2300  World Music (3-0) 3 hours credit - Survey of the music
of Asia, Africa, and Oceania and the native traditions of the Americas, with
emphasis on the role of music in the world's societies and nonwestern music
systems.  Open to all students as a fine arts or liberal arts elective.


        Dr. Michael Varner
        UTArlington
        http://www.uta.edu/mvarner/acover
<http://www.uta.edu/mvarner/acover>

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