Spring Break Music, Teaching, Culture and the Puerto Rican Experience
The Music, Teaching, Culture and the Puerto Rican Experience program is strategically designed to enhance core offerings in the music education major. Students will engage in forms of formal and informal music making situated and contextualized within the Puerto Rican culture, including music ensemble pedagogy and practice in schools. The program will be experiential in nature, and students will have the opportunity to observe and participate in music making activities both in educational settings and in cultural musical venues. These experiences include visits to public schools and military-base schools to observe music teaching and learning; workshops with professional music ensembles in Puerto Rican to learn bomba and plena styles; workshops to learn dance in salsa style.
Type of Program: Faculty-Led, UConn Spring Break
Prerequisites: Music Education major declared; completion of at least junior year; completion of at least 2 methods courses in music education. Proficiency in Spanish is preferred, but not required.
Lead Faculty: Joseph Abramo and Cara Bernard
Application Deadline: November 1
Scholarship Support: The Neag School welcomes applications to its global education scholarships each spring. UConn's Office of Experiential Global Learning automatically reviews student eligibility for its scholarships through students' EGL program applications; no additional application is required.
Questions?
Contact Joe Abramo or Cara Bernard with any questions about Spring Break Music, Teaching, Culture and the Puerto Rican Experience:
Joe Abramo
Associate Professor of Music Education
joseph.abramo@uconn.edu
860-486-4579
Gentry 401B
Cara Bernard
Associate Professor of Music Education
cara.bernard@uconn.edu
860-486-5444
Gentry 401C
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