Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.79 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.21 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Spring 2027
Woodwind Fundamentals
Woodwind Fundamentals prepares music educators to teach flute, clarinet, saxophone, oboe, and bassoon in K-12 settings by covering care, playing proficiency, and pedagogical problem-solving.
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.79 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.21 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Explain and demonstrate basic care and maintenance of woodwind instruments.
Demonstrate basic playing proficiency on flute, clarinet, saxophone, oboe, and bassoon.
Explain and demonstrate the function of the embouchure and proper air support.
Demonstrate knowledge of most common intonation issues and fixes.
Demonstrate the ability to diagnose and solve some of the most common problems of beginning woodwind students.
Demonstrate basic knowledge of method books, etude books, and appropriate solo repertory.
Demonstrate knowledge of recommended manufacturers and models of woodwind instruments and accessories.
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
↗ average GPA
4747 letter grades
A78.7%78.7%
AB4.3%4.3%
B8.5%8.5%
BC4.3%4.3%
C4.3%4.3%
D0.0%0.0%
F0.0%0.0%
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Prerequisites
Course mapDeclared in Music: Education BM
- Declared in Music: Education BM
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Prerequisite text tree
- Declared in Music: Education BM
Professors
Spring 2027CN
Conor Nelson
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.79 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.21 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
EK
Eleni Katz
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.21 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.79 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.21 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.21 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
ALICIA LEE is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
CONOR NELSON is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
ELENI KATZ is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
LINDSAY KOH is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
WALTER PUYEAR 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
Spring 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAB 002 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 12 | 0 |
Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.
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Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.79 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.21 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
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Topics
- Teaching woodwind instruments in K-12 school settings
- Care and maintenance of woodwind instruments
- Embouchure function and air support
- Common intonation issues and fixes
- Diagnosing and solving problems for beginning woodwind students
- Method books, etude books, and solo repertory
Skills
- Basic care and maintenance of woodwind instruments
- Basic playing proficiency on flute, clarinet, saxophone, oboe, and bassoon
- Function of the embouchure and proper air support
- Diagnosing and solving common problems of beginning woodwind students
- Knowledge of method books, etude books, and appropriate solo repertory
- Knowledge of recommended manufacturers and models of woodwind instruments and accessories
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
average GPA
A / AB grades
letter grades
Instructor
Grade distribution · % of letter grades
A33.3%33.3%
AB16.7%16.7%
B25.0%25.0%
BC8.3%8.3%
C16.7%16.7%
D0.0%0.0%
F0.0%0.0%
Grades over time
Through Spring 2026
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Not enough comparable courses for Spring 2027 in UW–Madison.
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UW–Madison
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Selected offering source records
Woodwind Fundamentals
Recorded 2026-10-14Raw records
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