IJIEST - Vol. 2 - Issue 2 - July 2020
ISSN 2612-6990
Pages: 6

MuseScore and Project-Based E-Learning: An All-Inclusive Approach to Teach Music History, Theory, Performance, and Technology through Bizet's L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

Authors: Nikita Mamedov
Categories: Journal

Abstract - Educators often divide the curriculum among performative and academic disciplines in K- 12 music pedagogy, and while traditional face-to-face classroom instruction is the most prominent teaching approach, distance learning is slowly becoming an integral part of the 21st-century all-inclusive education. One of the benefits of e-learning is its technological applications in content-specific coursework, particularly accommodating if appropriately adapted in high school music classes. This research will focus on implementing MuseScore, a notation software, to integrate theory, history, technology, choir, and instrumental performance courses in a project-based environment. The use of MuseScore allows for a smooth offline-to-online transition, whereas the project-based learning closely aligns with holistic education and presents an opportunity for students to learn by completing a variety of practical tasks and activities. The implementation of technology merely supports the standards and objectives of the five courses and reflects the student-centered philosophy of all-inclusive music pedagogy. This study will focus on using MuseScore in the context of arrangement, analysis, historical interpretation, and choral and instrumental performance of Bizet's L'amour est un oiseau rebelle from Carmen. This research will focus on using MuseScore to teach performance practices of modern-day artistic interpretational deviances of operatic literature, analyze music through the use of Roman numerals and rudimental Schenkerian theories that tie into analysis-based post-high-school coursework, and arrange repertoire through a series of compositional techniques to create a pedagogically-effective score to fit the educational needs of the students.

Keywords: Carmen, e-learning, Holistic music education, MuseScore, Project-Based Learning


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Mamedov, N.: MuseScore and Project-Based E-Learning: An All-Inclusive Approach to Teach Music History, Theory, Performance, and Technology through Bizet's L'amour est un oiseau rebelle. IJIEST. 2020 August 1; 2 (2): 13-18.