What is your favorite kind of music? You can give examples.

What do you like about that kind of music?

How important is it to you? (e.g., very, not very...Explain)

Why is it important to you? What about it matters to you?

With these ideas in mind, write an essay about how the study of jazz has influenced or reshaped your perceptions about the music you listen to, whether you listen to that music differently or think about it differently now.

 

RUBRIC

Each element below is graded out of a possible 5 points, for a total out of 20.

Clarity/ Thoroughness of your description of musical background

and interest. (Does the music you like represent a worldview?)                   /5

Relationship between your musical taste and the study of jazz.               /5     

Has your thinking about music changed at all during the course?         /5

(If so, how?)

Writing (accuracy of language, organization, grammar)                           /5