Global Music Courses taught by Professor Maisie Sum

Music 232: Music as a Global Phenomenon
Music 233: Musical Rhythm in Global Perspective
Music 334: Women & Music
Music 335: Perspectives in Music and Peace
Music 390: Music, Health & Healing

Professor Maisie Sum

Music 232: A survey of music studied in cross-cultural perspective with regard to its sound, performance practices, meanings, and functions from selected world traditions found in the diverse cultures of Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

Music 233 :A multidisciplinary survey of rhythm in selected musics examined in terms of scientific, symbolic, and experiential knowledge that connects it to the concepts of time, history, biology, evolution, anthropology, philosophy, psychology, and contemporary globalized culture.

Music 334:An examination of women's roles in music from a cross-cultural perspective. Topics include women's music as a genre, historical accounts of women's music-making, the effects of gender ideology on women's musical activities, and music behaviour and performance in inter-gender relations.

Music 335:This course examines music's role in peace and conflict from a variety of perspectives through listening, reading, discussion, and using examples from around the world. Topics include the use of music in dissent and resistance, and as an instrument of propaganda, conflict, and peacebuilding.

Music 390:From everyday listening to clinical music therapy, music is good for your health.
What role does it play in health? Delve into the latest discoveries and applications, engage in conversations with guest speakers, and explore pathways for music and public health.

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