Patricia Gray
Assistant Professor of Music
Rhodes College
2000 North Parkway
Memphis, TN 38112
gray@rhodes.edu
http://gray.music.rhodes.edu/musichtmls/faculty/gray.html

Abstract:
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has made possible a number of Teaching with Technology Fellowships administered through the Associated Colleges of the South. These fellowships have resulted in a music resource archive (http://database.acs.southwestern.edu/faculty/) which includes music appreciation class resources, interactive quizzes, sites on the history and construction of instruments, and animations illustrating concepts in musical form and analysis and other aspects of music history.

The Associated Colleges of the South (acs.colleges.org) has historically encouraged and supported the introduction of new technology into the college classroom. Through the generosity of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the ACS has been able to make available a number of Teaching with Technology Fellowships for qualified faculty and staff members at ACS institutions. These fellowships provide a $2500 stipend for the development of teaching materials or other curricular enhancements in which technology plays a key role and which have potential application for other ACS institutions.

This program has resulted in a body of materials created for use in the music curriculum in member institutions. Among the materials in the archive (http://database.acs.southwestern.edu/faculty/) are:

1. an online music appreciate course with samples of audible scores
2. a collection of animations demonstration concepts in music form and analysis
3. a large site of interactive music history review materials
4. a collection of music class web sites containing a wide variety of teaching resources.
5. a site devoted to the history and construction of the pipe organ

Following is a further introduction to several of these resources:

Knowing the Score: Music and Electronic Media
http://itw.sewanee.edu/Music111/
Professor Stephen Miller
University of the South
Email: smiller@sewanee.edu

In his introduction to Music 111: Knowing the Score: Music and Electronic Media, Professor Miller states, "This course allows students to develop musical literacy and, concurrently, to explore the ways electronic keyboards and computers communicate. Participants use a new technique for learning musical notation that combines the aural experience of music with its visual representation on the computer monitor. Hands-on experience with computers and piano keyboards is important, as students learn the rudiments of music making and notation, composing their own melodies and rhythms. Basics of MIDI -Musical Instrument Digital Interface, the communication protocol between musical instruments and computers - will be covered. This course follows a historical progression, examining a few representative masterpieces of Western classical music. Initially, early music and its relatively simple melodic organization provide students with an entre to notation, but as literacy skills increase, more recent compositions come under analysis, culminating in nineteenth - and twentieth-century works."

The course is centered around a list of representative works in the history of western music (http://itw.sewanee.edu/Music111/Works/works.html). Each work is given a page with historical commentary and an audible score. The students follows the score while hearing it performed in an accompanying MIDI file. The important points of interest are highlighted in red at the time the student hears them played. The result is that students begin to gain score reading skills even if they have no prior sight reading experience. The exercise has provides a clear graphic representation of texture, melodic contour, and rhythm.

Organ History : The Pipe Organ from its Origin Through the Twentieth Century
http://panther.bsc.edu/~jhcook/OrgHist/pageone.htm
Professor James H. Cook
Birmingham-Southern College
Email: jcook@bsc.edu
Home Page: http://panther.bsc.edu/~jhcook/

Professor Cook explains the purpose of the site, "It is meant to fill a need for a multi-media resource on the organ and its history, and is intended for useby undergraduate organ students who have little or no experience with the instrument. There are two primary sections:
1.The Organ and How it Works. This section presents information about the instrument as it is found at the endof the twentieth century. The goal is to include enough technical information to answer most questions about the instrument, without introducing qualitative judgements or historical development.
2.History. This section presents an overview of the history of the instrument. It concentrates on instruments that should be of the most interest and usefulness to the undergraduate organist: organs associated with composers of the music the student will typically encounter during his or her first three or four years of study.

Additionally, there is a searchable glossary of terms associated with the organ."

This site contains numerous photographs, Quicktime movies, animations, and sound files. This is particularly valuable for students because the organ, unlike other musical instruments, is entirely dependent on equipment that is unseen by both the performer and the audience.

Gradus ad Parnassum: Exercises in Music History
http://gray.music.rhodes.edu/gradus/portal.html
Professor Patricia Gray
Rhodes College
Email: gray@rhodes.edu
Home page: http://gray.music.rhodes.edu/musichtmls/faculty/gray.html

This site is designed to help music history students understand basic concepts of the evolution of western music and to prepare students for music history placement tests. The interactive quizzes were constructed by music faculty from Rhodes and Millsaps, two ACS member institutions. Other music faculty are encouraged to add quizzes in their areas of specialty thus insuring that the resource will be enriched by a variety of perspectives.

Flash Animations for Teaching Music History
http://gray.music.rhodes.edu/musichtmls/flash/flash.html
Professor Patricia Gray
Rhodes College
Email: gray@rhodes.edu
Home page: http://gray.music.rhodes.edu/musichtmls/faculty/gray.html

Musical forms continue to evolve over time. Animations were created to show these transformations. The effect is to point out the volatile, ever-changing nature of music. Animations can illustrate these points to students in an engaging and sometimes humorous way.

Conclusion
As part of its ongoing effort to foster the use of technology in the music curriculum, the Associated Colleges of the South will sponsor a four day workshop in the July 5-9, 2000 at the new ACS Technology Center at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. Music faculty and IT staff will be able to explore a variety of software for the creation of class materials. In addition, members will have the opportunity to discuss the challenges of implementation. Ideally, this workshop will result in increased sharing of material and ideas and will also broaden interest in the music departments of member institutions.