Taught by Dr. Kyle Blaha, Professor at The Juilliard School, and Chair of Ear Training and Music Theory at Juilliard Pre-College, this program offers music educators, music theorists, composers, and performers the unique opportunity to explore in depth the core crafts of music: musicianship, counterpoint, and keyboard harmony.
With a deeper understanding of the various approaches to these topics, students unlock their own inner ear as they continue to perfect their passion to teach others these essential skills at all levels.
Students in this program are often teachers of music, both in the classroom and in performance.
EAMA Pedagogy Session Plan
- Intervals
- Singing Tonal vs. Pantonal Intervals
- Teaching Harmonic vs. Melodic Intervals
- Modus Novus
- Counterpoint
- Fux, Jeppesen, Salzer/Schachter, Lasser
- History of Renaissance Counterpoint
- Counterpoint for Tonal Harmony vs. Counterpoint for Counterpoint
- Harmony with Dr. Philip Lasser
- Vidal and Challan
- Lasser
- Phrase Model-based curricula
- Pitch Dictations
- 1-voice, 2-voice, and 3-voice dictations that follow curricula
- Chord Progressions that follow curricula
- Advanced variations on melodic dictations and chord progressions
- Rhythm
- Basic Pedagogy and Texts: Starer and Hall
- Performance Pedagogy
- Ta & Clap
- Renée Longy’s rhythm system and rhythmic dictations
- Advanced Rhythm: Solomon and Contemporary Repertoire Examples
- Clefs and Transposition
- Historical Usage of Clefs
- Clefs for Transposition
- Score Reading and Score Study with Dr. Mark Shapiro
Core Courses
Every student, regardless of program, take our revolutionary core classes in Counterpoint, Harmony, Musicianship, and Analysis. Chamber Musicians select either Counterpoint or Harmony. EAMA String Quartet members must select one of these as a group. Our courses give you the tools to hone your unique musical language.