Fall 2026

Pedagogy

MUSIC 340 teaches pedagogical methods for applied music across instruments and voice, including a survey of methods and materials.

offering recorded1–2 credits

Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Anthony Disanza Eugene Purdue Matthew Zalkind

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2018: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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MUS PERF 401, 402, 403, 405, 407, 409, 411, 413, 415, 417, 419, 421, 423, 425, 427, 431, 433, 435, 437, 439, or 440

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Professors

Fall 2026

Eugene Purdue

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades).

Matthew Zalkind

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ANTHONY E DISANZA is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2008, Fall 2012, Fall 2014, Fall 2016, Fall 2018, Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

EUGENE PURDUE is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MATTHEW ZALKIND is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. 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

Fall 2026

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity
LAB 084	Classroom Instruction	5 / 8
LAB 003	Classroom Instruction	4 / 7
LAB 085	Classroom Instruction	1 / 1

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2018: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

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Topics

Applied music pedagogy
Music teaching methods and materials

Skills

Teaching applied music instruments and voice
Surveying music teaching methods and materials

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2025— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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Grades over time

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Sources & history

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Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records

MUSIC 340 · Fall 2026

Pedagogy

Recorded 2026-09-07

MUSIC 340 · Fall 2026

Pedagogy: Strings

Recorded 2026-09-07

MUSIC 340 · Fall 2026

Pedagogy: Percussion

Recorded 2026-09-07

Raw records

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4

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