2008-09 Catalog - Saint Mary's College of California

Curriculum Performing Arts: Dance, Music, and TheatreFacultyDan Cawthon, Ph.D., ProfessorMichael Cook, B.A., Resident Designer, Technical Director, LecturerCatherineMarie Davalos, M.F.A., Associate ProfessorReid Davis, Ph.D., AdjunctRebecca Engle, M.A., AdjunctDana Lawton. M.F.A., AdjunctFrank Murray, Ph.D., Associate ProfessorLino Rivera, D.M.A., Associate Professor, ChairMartin Rokeach, Ph.D., ProfessorLecturersDancePaul Ackah, B.A.Jim Brosnahan, B.A.Amber McCall, M.F.A.Jen Lassiter, B.A.Shaunna Vella, B.S.Megan Opel, B.A.Shazzy Khorsandi, M.F.A.Paco Gomes, M.A.Carlos MorenoRandee Paufve, M.F.A.Walter Holden, M.F.A.MusicMark Tuning, M.M., University of OregonMike Williams, M.A.John Maltester, Masters Degree in Music EducationTony Striplen, Bachelor of Music in ClarinetPatrice HambeltonRenee Witon, M.M.Dawn Foster-Dodson, M.A.Denise Hunter, M.A.Pamela Freund-StriplenMori Achen, M.A.Learning OutcomesWhen they have completed the Performing Arts Program, students willbe able to:• Employ appropriately the basic technical terms generally used inan art form when discussing individual works, and identify specificelements of the aesthetic, historical, and cultural context of a work ofart by comparing it to others from the same context.• Utilize a cross-disciplinary perspective in the arts and a familiaritywith the Great Books/liberal arts tradition to identify the ways performingartists draw inspiration from nature, history, imagination, andthe creative ideas and influences of others.• Recognize similarities in structure (such as elements of phrasing)shared by all three performing arts and be able to articulate thesignificance of structural elements in the analysis of a work’s formand meaning.• Engage in critical discourse that transcends personal opinion andacknowledges, respects, and integrates the insights of other studentsfrom diverse cultural backgrounds.• Demonstrate the capacity for sustained and focused rehearsalefforts and for working collaboratively with different directorsand performers.• PERFORM the works of great choreographers, composers, andplaywrights, as well as original/contemporary works of living artists.• Adapt performance skills both in rehearsal and performance to thetechnical demands of specific masterworks of various styles and eras,as well as to original/contemporary works.• Exhibit performance skills beyond the foundational to professionallevel while effectively negotiating the anxiety/excitement of liveperformance, and be conversant with advanced techniques ofthe discipline.TheatreDominique Lozano, MFARobert Anderson, BA140