
Online Learning Centre
Welcome to the Learning Centre!
This curriculum is broken into a series of e-courses, grouped by Period/Era of musical history.
Sign-In to your Hub Account to TRACK YOUR PROGRESS as you complete each lesson!
This site is currently considered in the BETA STAGE of development, and far from a finished tool. Some course modules are fully online, while others are still going through a state of revision - YOU WILL ENCOUNTER SOME BUGS AND LINKS THAT LEAD NOWHERE FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. Please know that the site is being developed constantly and will be fully operational as soon as possible.
Renaissance and Baroque modules are 98% completed, with minor edits and revisions still occurring. The Remaining Modules (Classical, Romantic, Modern, Atomic, Millennial) are in varying stages of completion with most repertoire positioned into place, but the remaining lesson plans are still in a state of being created and developed.
A number of smaller Mini-Course Modules are also in development with more announcements coming soon
In Each Lesson you will find:
Title Video/Key Performance - Each lesson begins with a video of a performance by one of the world’s leading singing groups. Watch these video all the way through, they are intended to be “Essential Listening” to help you understand either the general sound of a specific composer OR to highlight an essential work that is constantly performed today
A Biography and Information Section - detailing the important influences on the composer. This section in its current form pulls largely from the Enclyclopedia Britannica, which offers succinct, well-researched, fact-checked information that is freely available to the public
a MORE From This Composer Section including curated publicly available works by the compeers
(NOTE ABOUT CONTENT: We are working to fully match this curriculum to the RCM Syllabus so both tools can work together in tandem)
View Available Courses
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(INTRO) Early Music
-1300
Pre-Renaissance Music-Making: How Music Spreads From One Culture to Another
Gregorian Chant, Hildegard von Bingen, Medieval Music
9 Lessons
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The Renaissance Period
1300-1600
Early Polyphony, Part-Songs, Madrigals, Chansons, and Polychoir. Venice and BEYOND
Highlight Composers: G Gabrieli, C. Monteverdi, T. Tallis, W. Byrd, GP Palestrina
21 Lessons
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The Baroque Period
1600-1750
The Cantata, The Oratorio, The Opera - Music finds form and function!
Highlight Composers: JS. Bach, GF. Händel, A. Vivaldi, MA Charpentier
34 Lessons
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The Classical Period
1750-1820
The Sonata, The Symphony, The Piano
CPE Bach, WA. Mozart, J. Haydn, LV Beethoven
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The Romantic Period
1820-1890
Lieder, Requiems, Poetry and Expression
J Brahms, F Schubert, Robert and Clara Schumann, G Mahler, S Rachmaninoff
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The Modern Era
1890-1945
Modernism in Music
Music of the Soviet Union
B Britten, A Copland, Shostakovich
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The Atomic Era
1945-2000
Post-War Music
Post-Modernism
Eric Ericson and the First Professional Chamber Choir
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The New Millennium
2001-
Choir in the Digital World
Global Musical Movements
Special Topics: History
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Singing Revolutions
The Swedish Choral Miracle (1945-2000)
The Baltic Singing Revolution (1987-1991)
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Indigenous Voices
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COVID-19: Pandemic Music-Making
The Virtual Choir
Car Choir