Spring 2027

The Symphony

The Symphony surveys orchestral music from Haydn to the present, exploring its relation to other arts through listening and biographical context.

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Summary

1 / 5

Past student reviews · Jeanne Swack

Swack’s exams included multiple-choice and listening sections; one student found random questions and tricky listening, and weekly listening was recommended instead of cramming.

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Prerequisites

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MUSIC 106

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JEANNE SWACK is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Jeanne Swack

A student review of Jeanne Swack described the class as easy, with required music listened to in class and biographical composer details.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.26 GPA, 54.5% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Spring 2020: 3.33 GPA, 70.8% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Spring 2022: 2.86 GPA, 40.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Jeanne Swack

Swack’s exams included multiple-choice and listening sections; one student found random questions and tricky listening, and weekly listening was recommended instead of cramming.

Past student reviews · Jeanne Swack

One student found Swack’s monotone voice unengaging and virtually slept through lectures; another called her voice annoying.

Topics

  • Orchestral music history from Haydn to the present day
  • Relations between symphonic music and other art forms
  • Composer biographies and historical context

Skills

  • Listening to and analyzing orchestral repertoire from Haydn to the present, including biographical context and connections to other art forms.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2022— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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