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Course Detail

Music Appreciation

Time and Location

Times

Term: Spring 2025
Start Date: JAN 13, 2025
End Date: MAY 16, 2025
Meeting Days: TR
Meeting Times: 09:30AM-10:45AM

Location

Campus: Hillsboro
Building: FA
Room: 102D

Registration Information

Credit Hours: 3
Subject Code: MSC
Course Number: 131
Section Number: 02
CRN: 30618
Tier: 2
Instruction TypeLecture

Enrollment Numbers

Remaining Seats: 7
Filled Seats: 15
Maximum Seats: 22
Comments:
Course Description: Prerequisite: Reading proficiency
Music Appreciation is a study of selected composers and representative examples of their music from the medieval period to the present with emphasis on active listening to enable understanding, appreciation, and discussion of music. Music Appreciation is designed for non-music majors. (F,S,Su,O)
Core MOTR MUSC100 Music Appreciation

Faculty Information

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Name: David Smith
Title: Advising Specialist
Classification: Adjunct
Credentials: Bachelor of Science: Southwest Baptist University,Associate of Arts: Cowley County Cc,Education Specialist: Pittsburg State Univ,Master of Science: Pittsburg State Univ
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Phone Extension: 3261
Bio: David has been in higher education for over thirty years, serving as an admissions counselor, music professor, and academic administrator at several community colleges across Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. While teaching in Kansas, he served the Kansas Choral Directors Association as Repertoire & Standards Chair for Two-Year Colleges and Community Choirs. He also held the role of Repertoire & Standards Chair for Community Choirs in the Southwest Division of the American Choral Directors Association. Since March 2021, David has served Jefferson College as an advising specialist, working primarily with STEM and Fine Arts/Humanities transfer students. He currently serves as president of the Missouri Academic Advising Association (MACADA). David holds a Master of Church Music from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Audry have seven grown children and fourteen grandchildren.