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NWACC MUSIC APPRECIATION SPRING 2025
Important Note
Dear Classes,
As an end-of-semester reminder, I’ve included information and excerpts from the "Course Syllabus" and the “Start Here” message-button posted on the Canvas opening page.
To be clear and to make sure there are no misunderstandings....
Miles Fish
mfish@nwacc.edu
NOTE
Concerning exceptions to the posted expectations for a Canvas course:
NWACC Department policy—whatever is “allowed for one student” should be “allowed for all students.” If an instructor allows a student to retake a quiz or turn in late work upon requesst, the instructor should notify all students in all sections that they have the right to this same. Fair procedure is for all students to be allowed the same special allowances.
Important Note
Dear Classes,
As an end-of-semester reminder, I’ve included information and excerpts from the "Course Syllabus" and the “Start Here” message-button posted on the Canvas opening page.
To be clear and to make sure there are no misunderstandings....
- Submissions are due on the date posted on each assignment. Assignments, quizzes, and exams can't be made three days after a final deadline. Canvas will automatically score non-submitted work as "0" after the final due date.
- Extra credit work for missed assignments is not an option in this Canvas course.
- Extra credit work at the end of the semester to raise a grade is not possible.
- Canvas does not allow “Do-Overs” for exams or assignments.
Miles Fish
mfish@nwacc.edu
NOTE
Concerning exceptions to the posted expectations for a Canvas course:
NWACC Department policy—whatever is “allowed for one student” should be “allowed for all students.” If an instructor allows a student to retake a quiz or turn in late work upon requesst, the instructor should notify all students in all sections that they have the right to this same. Fair procedure is for all students to be allowed the same special allowances.
CLICK photo below to view article and photos
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DISCOVERING THE REDISCOVERY OF ANTONIO VIVALDI
by Miles Fish
THE CHORAL JOURNAL (May, 2015)
Fish's article documents the discovery of approximately 800 Vivaldi manuscripts in a monastery near Turin, Italy in the late 1920s and sheds light on the obstacles that prevented Vivaldi’s music from being heard until the mid-1950s. The article includes many of his personal photographs of Vivaldi handwritten manuscripts from the Italian National Library in Turin as well as his historical document photos from Siena, Italy, and Dresden, Germany.
(click for PDF of the magazine article)
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(cite info for research)
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DISCOVERING THE REDISCOVERY OF ANTONIO VIVALDI
by Miles Fish
THE CHORAL JOURNAL (May, 2015)
Fish's article documents the discovery of approximately 800 Vivaldi manuscripts in a monastery near Turin, Italy in the late 1920s and sheds light on the obstacles that prevented Vivaldi’s music from being heard until the mid-1950s. The article includes many of his personal photographs of Vivaldi handwritten manuscripts from the Italian National Library in Turin as well as his historical document photos from Siena, Italy, and Dresden, Germany.
(click for PDF of the magazine article)
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(cite info for research)
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F2F Music Appreciation Students
Here are a few reminders about this Face to Face NWACC Music Appreciation class.
* Class starts promptly on time. Don't arrive late but if you do, a video may be in progress with lights dimmed so watch your step.
* The restrooms are downstairs. Use the restroom before class. Do not leave the room after class has started.
*Again: Do not leave class once class has started.
* Remember to put your cell phones away (not aside) when class begins.
* It’s OK to get up and stand at the back of the class if you start to doze during a video.
* During music videos I request that students listen to the music and refrain from taking notes or talking.
*Everything you will be tested on is printed at the course outline at MilesFish.com or on Canvas.
* In class, sit in the first two rows.
* NWACC has this class listed on the schedule as a "Lecture Class" therefore it wil be comprimised primarily of "Lecture and Video."
* Grade are determined by Canvas Assignment/Quiz scores and attendance.
* SCHOOL CLOSURES /DUE DATES--IMPORTANT: If the school closes for weather or other reasons, the due date for assignments does not change. For example, if an assignment is due on March 16 and the school is closed March 12-19, the assignment is STILL DUE on March 16.
*Addendance Reward: 100 points (equal to about one letter grade)
ONLY miss 4 (or less classses)--excused or unexcused. In other words, students can't miss 4 classes THEN have an excure for more misses :)
Always email me if you have questions concerning assignments and assignment due dates.
Here are a few reminders about this Face to Face NWACC Music Appreciation class.
* Class starts promptly on time. Don't arrive late but if you do, a video may be in progress with lights dimmed so watch your step.
* The restrooms are downstairs. Use the restroom before class. Do not leave the room after class has started.
*Again: Do not leave class once class has started.
* Remember to put your cell phones away (not aside) when class begins.
* It’s OK to get up and stand at the back of the class if you start to doze during a video.
* During music videos I request that students listen to the music and refrain from taking notes or talking.
*Everything you will be tested on is printed at the course outline at MilesFish.com or on Canvas.
* In class, sit in the first two rows.
* NWACC has this class listed on the schedule as a "Lecture Class" therefore it wil be comprimised primarily of "Lecture and Video."
* Grade are determined by Canvas Assignment/Quiz scores and attendance.
* SCHOOL CLOSURES /DUE DATES--IMPORTANT: If the school closes for weather or other reasons, the due date for assignments does not change. For example, if an assignment is due on March 16 and the school is closed March 12-19, the assignment is STILL DUE on March 16.
*Addendance Reward: 100 points (equal to about one letter grade)
ONLY miss 4 (or less classses)--excused or unexcused. In other words, students can't miss 4 classes THEN have an excure for more misses :)
Always email me if you have questions concerning assignments and assignment due dates.
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Spring 2025 Credit Concerts
for F2F Classes
NWACC Music Department Requirement
Audience Attendance at 2 NWACC Concerts/Recitals
All concert performances are at Walmart Auditorium
(Unless otherwise noted)
Shewmaker Center
Bentonville Campus
IMPORRTANT:
Always check this schedule HERE the DAY OF THE CONCERT.
Times and Dates may change.
The following dates have been updated and confirmed for
Spring 2025 in Walmart Auditorium.
Mar 16, 2025 - Ozark Mountains British Brass Band, 3:00pm
Mar 18, 2025 - Student Recital, 7:00pm
Apr 4, 2025 - Vivaldi Lecture/Recital
featuring Professor Miles Fish and the Music Faculty. 7:00pm
May 1, 2025 - Orchestra and Jazz Band Concerts combined, 7:00pm
May 2, 2025 - Chamber Singers,
as part of the Arkansas Federation of Music Clubs 100thConvention
Spring 2025 Credit Concerts
for F2F Classes
NWACC Music Department Requirement
Audience Attendance at 2 NWACC Concerts/Recitals
All concert performances are at Walmart Auditorium
(Unless otherwise noted)
Shewmaker Center
Bentonville Campus
IMPORRTANT:
Always check this schedule HERE the DAY OF THE CONCERT.
Times and Dates may change.
The following dates have been updated and confirmed for
Spring 2025 in Walmart Auditorium.
Mar 16, 2025 - Ozark Mountains British Brass Band, 3:00pm
Mar 18, 2025 - Student Recital, 7:00pm
Apr 4, 2025 - Vivaldi Lecture/Recital
featuring Professor Miles Fish and the Music Faculty. 7:00pm
May 1, 2025 - Orchestra and Jazz Band Concerts combined, 7:00pm
May 2, 2025 - Chamber Singers,
as part of the Arkansas Federation of Music Clubs 100thConvention
NWACC Music Appreciation (MUSI 1003) Syllabus:
CLICK photo below
CLICK photo below
CLICK on the image above for NWACC Music Appreciation syllabus.
Music Appreciation Spring 2025
Face to Face Classes
Lectures/Assignments/Quizzes/Exams
Your textbook is written and compiled by
Miles D Fish, Professor of Music.
It is provided free in the form of printed online lectures below.
Northwest Arkansas Community College
One College Drive, Bentonville AR 72712
mfish@nwacc.edu MilesFish.com
Check your NWACC Email daily
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School Closures and Assignment Due Dates
IMPORTANT: If the school closes for weather or other reasons, the due date for assignments does not change. For example, if an assignment is due on March 16 and the school is closed March 12-19, the assignment/quiz is STILL DUE on March 16.
Always email me if you have questions concerning assignments and assignment due dates.
Week Beginning
January 13
Lecture #1: Intro Listening / Familiar Classical Tunes
Week Beginning
January 20
MLK Day Jan 20 No F2F class
Lecture #2: Music in Medieval Times (Mid Ages)
Canvas Assignment 1a & 1b due Jan 26
Week Beginning
January 27
Lecture #3: Music during the Renaissance
Canvas Assignment 2a & 2b due Feb 2
Week Beginning
February 3
Lecture #4a: Form/Texture
Lecture #4b: Terms
Week Beginning
February 10
Lecture #6: The Baroque Music Period Part I
Week Beginning
February 17
The Baroque Music Period Part II
Canvas Assignment 3a & 3b due Feb 23
Lecture #7: Music in the Classical Period Part I
Week Beginning
February 24
Music in the Classical Period Part II
Canvas Assignment 4a & 4b due Mar 2
Lecture #8: Music in the Romantic Romantic Period
Lecture #8a: Music in the Post-Romantic and 20th Century Period
Canvas Assignment 5a & 5b due Mar 9
Week Beginning
March 3
Lecture #9: Instruments of the Symphony Orchestra
Week Beginning
March 10
Lecture #10: It's Like A Symphony
Canvas Assignment 6a & 6b due Mar 16
Week Beginning
March 17
Lecture #11: American Music Listening Part I and Part II
Week Beginning
March 24
Spring Break
Week Beginning
March 31
The British Invasion special guest
Canvas Assignment 7a & 7b due Apr 6
Week Beginning
April 7
Lecture #12: The World's a Stage Parts I & II
Canvas Assignment 8a & 8b due Apr 13
Week Beginning
April 14
World's a Stage Part III
Lecture #13 Movies & Music Part I
Canvas Assignment 8a & 8b due Apr 13
Week Beginning
April 21
Lecture #14 Movies & Music Part II
Canvas Assignment 9a & 9b due Apr 27
Week Beginning
April 28
Lecture #15 Amadeus
(Last week of F2F class)
ADDENDUM LECTURES Fall 2023
Misc #1: Vivaldi
Misc #2: Rediscovering Vivaldi (article)
Misc #3: Requiem's Mozart (article)
Misc #4: Ms. Mozart
Misc #5: Beethoven
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Tuscany & Venice 2025
15 Days
CLICK HERE for more information
Breakfast in the Hotel Palazzo Ravizza Garden, Siena
Just Published: "The Extraordinary Ospedale"
(see St. Mark's Cathedral page below)
=> CLICK HERE: New M.Fish Venice/Vivaldi article published
academia.com October, 2024, White Page edition
PS--easier-to-read Online Edition
CLICK HERE
Water taxi entrance to Hotel Metropole, Venice
Drinks at St. Mark's Square, Venie
Summer 2024, Palazzo Ravizza Garden
SUMMER 2024
New York
Florence, Siena, Venice
Dresden
Amsterdam
Follow Miles Dayton Fish
on FaceBook for daily posts
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Click HERE or BELOW for M.Fish's
Requiem's Mozart
Requiem's Mozart
Revised Edition
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Below
Celebrate Magazine's
NWACC in ITALY article by Miles D Fish
Story of the beginning of Northwest Arkansas Community College's
Study Abroad program in Italy
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Click for information on
M.Fish's
Readers' Screenplay
"Music and other Arts of War"
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"20 Summers / No Words"
Book ONE / Book TWO
Book covers shown below
CLICK HERE for order information
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Video of Lucerne Switzerland
and
Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata recorded live
Lyndon Meyer, piano
Miles Fish, video
CLICK BELOW
View MOONLIGHT on YouTube
Beethoven's Moonlight video from Lake Lucerne Switzerland
Lyndon Meyer, piano
Lucerne live video, Miles Fish
View MOONLIGHT on YouTube
Beethoven's Moonlight video from Lake Lucerne Switzerland
Lyndon Meyer, piano
Lucerne live video, Miles Fish
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"Looking for Vivaldi" by Miles D Fish
Click Here to view free
Enlarge image / click to turn a page
Photo-Journal of Cities of Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi
Amsterdam, Vienna, Prague, Dresden, Venice, Florence, Siena
(2008 NWACC Sabbatical, book published 2009)
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"Looking for Vivaldi" by Miles D Fish
Click Here to view free
Enlarge image / click to turn a page
Photo-Journal of Cities of Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi
Amsterdam, Vienna, Prague, Dresden, Venice, Florence, Siena
(2008 NWACC Sabbatical, book published 2009)
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DODICI...
...the First Twelve Italian Summers
by Miles D Fish
DODICI...
...the First Twelve Italian Summers
by Miles D Fish
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Survival Notes for an American in Italy
by Miles D Fish
Survival Notes for an American in Italy
by Miles D Fish
Northwest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville, Arkansas USA
Northwest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville, Arkansas USA
Northwest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville, Arkansas USA
PUBLICATIONS: Fish Links
MilesFish.com (home page)
Music/War http://musicandotherartsofwar.com/index.html
Vivaldi/Rediscovery https://acda-publications.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/choral_journals/FishMay15.pdf
Mozart Requiem https://milesfishmozartrequiem.com/index.html
20 Summers #1 https://photobooks.pro/bookstore/33697-20-Summers-No-Words-Photo-Book #1
20 Summers #2 https://photobooks.pro/bookstore/35829-20-Summers-No-Words-Book #2
Vivaldi Cities https://www.blurb.com/books/798224-looking-for-vivaldi
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* ITALY 2022 Photo Gallery *
(click on the NWACC in Italy / NWACC Foundation Dinner photo below)
NWACC in ITALY click here
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"Contact Me" info reprinted from syllabi
When you email or phone me do the following before you begin your message:
1. In all email subject lines state your name and section number
2. At the beginning of the message, state the name that you are registered under.
3. Then state the course name with the section number and then state the day of the week you meet
Example:
Also important:
THANKS!
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When you email or phone me do the following before you begin your message:
1. In all email subject lines state your name and section number
2. At the beginning of the message, state the name that you are registered under.
3. Then state the course name with the section number and then state the day of the week you meet
Example:
- “This is John Doe, Music Appreciation section 00 that meets Mon/Wed.”
- "This is Jane Doe, Music appreciation section 00 that meets online."
Also important:
- When you email me use complete sentence, correct capitalization, and spell check.
- In your emails, do not use text abbreviations such as LOL, BTW, OMG, etc.
- Sign your email with your first and last name (your NWACC registered name).
THANKS!
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