The RC Music program educates and empowers students of all levels through process-oriented teaching and music making.
RC Music is led by a team of multi-disciplinary musicians. We offer experiential music education to all students and foster creativity through innovative teaching strategies. Students who join us are equipped with insights and tools for a lifetime of learning and making music.
WE VALUE / WE CREATE
- A community of music makers
- A refuge for creativity
- Individual progress without judgment
- An atmosphere of support
- Room for individual interests and contributions
- Connection to the community
- Small class sizes
- Process as opposed to product
- Play, Experimentation, Hard work
- Transferable skills - Communication, Leadership, Teamwork
- Inclusion of all people, art forms, genres and cultures
- Critical listening
Students from all schools and colleges are welcome to enroll!
The program supports students seeking to fulfill the RC Arts Practicum, students majoring in the RC Arts and Ideas, as well as the those music majors and minors, who may have difficulty in finding fitting classes at the School of Music or do not have the capacity to go between Central and North Campus. Most RC music classes have no prerequisites.
RC Music Course Credits Explained
- 1-2 credit Performance and Theory labs:
- Chamber Music
- Chinese Ensemble
- Voice Class
- Creative Musicianship Theory Lab
- Afro-Cuban Drumming and Styles
- Found Instruments
- All 200 or 300-level RCMUSIC courses
- 4 credit Recitations:
- Foundations of Music
- Songwriting Craft and Practice
- Creative Musicianship
- Electronic Music
- Improvisation
- Some 200- and 300-level RCMUSIC courses
Recitations are interdisciplinary courses mixing performance, history, theory, composition, improvisation, and technology, depending on the skill set of the particular class.
Need another reason to take an RC Creative Arts Class, like music?
Check out this video:
Playing and listening to music uses the whole brain at once. [Alluri et al., University of Jyväskylä, Finland].
Learning to play an instrument raises your IQ. [Schellenberg, University of Toronto Missisauga].
Playing music makes people better readers, and better students. [Kraus, Harmony Project, Northwestern University Auditory Neuroscience Lab].
When people play music together, their brainwaves get synchronized. [Lindenberger, Li, Gruber and Müller, Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin].
Residential College: Music Program
kimreyb@umich.edu
1615 East Quad
stephbea@umich.edu
1610 East Quad
Audrey Becker
Interim Program Head of Drama; Advisor, Drama Major and Drama Minor; Lecturer, First Year Seminar
Interim Program Head of Drama; Advisor, Drama Major and Drama Minor; Lecturer, First Year Seminar
Darcy L. Brandel
Lecturer II, Semester in Detroit, Creative Writing & Literature, and First Year Writing Seminar
Lecturer II, Semester in Detroit, Creative Writing & Literature, and First Year Writing Seminar
branded@umich.edu
EQ 1730
tbraun@umich.edu
B429 East Quad (follow signs toward the Green Room and music practice rooms)
mcbrown@umich.edu
1502 East Quad
mburde@umich.edu
734.647.4371
dtburkam@umich.edu
734.647.4352
dborruat@umich.edu
EQ 1622
scaul@umich.edu
734.763.1862
Emily Chase
PCAP Exhibition and Curatorial Manager; Intermittent Lecturer, Residential College. Limited License Counselor (LLPC) and Provisional Art Therapist (ATR-P)
PCAP Exhibition and Curatorial Manager; Intermittent Lecturer, Residential College. Limited License Counselor (LLPC) and Provisional Art Therapist (ATR-P)
emilpede@umich.edu
734.647.7673
Carla Cribari-Assali
Lecturer II, German Intensive I & II, Humanities in Arts and Ideas, Cultural Anthropology and CBL in Social Theory and Practice
Lecturer II, German Intensive I & II, Humanities in Arts and Ideas, Cultural Anthropology and CBL in Social Theory and Practice
Angela D. Dillard
Professor, Social Theory and Practice, Richard A. Meisler Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, and History
Professor, Social Theory and Practice, Richard A. Meisler Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, and History
kervamaa@umich.edu
734.764.6804
ccespino@umich.edu
734.647.4373
lofilion@umich.edu
EQ 1606
rc-chiefadmin@umich.edu
734.647.4363
Karein Goertz
Teaching Professor and Program Head, German; Arts and Ideas in the Humanities Program; First Year Writing Seminar
Teaching Professor and Program Head, German; Arts and Ideas in the Humanities Program; First Year Writing Seminar
goertz@umich.edu
734.647.4381
rosego@umich.edu
EQ 1730
U-M Detroit Center
U-M Detroit Center
ccbgray@umich.edu
EQ 1615
wtashian@umich.edu
734.647.4382
xdwei@umich.edu
734.763.1863
Laura Kasischke
Theodore Roethke Distinguished University Professor of English Language and Literature, RC Creative Writing and Literature Program
Theodore Roethke Distinguished University Professor of English Language and Literature, RC Creative Writing and Literature Program
laurakk@umich.edu
734.764.7390
kaurt@umich.edu
1813 East Qaud
sungr@umich.edu
7342766615
olcotin@umich.edu
734.647.4372
Ashley Lucas
Professor of Theatre & Drama, Residential College, Prison Creative Arts Project, Latina/o Studies Program, English, and Penny Stamps School of Art & Design
Professor of Theatre & Drama, Residential College, Prison Creative Arts Project, Latina/o Studies Program, English, and Penny Stamps School of Art & Design
lucasash@umich.edu
East Quad B807
Walgreen Drama Center, room 2435
Walgreen Drama Center, room 2435
resco@umich.edu
734.647.4376
cmatt@umich.edu
B526 East Quad
Vanessa Mayesky
RC Community Programs Business Manager; Associate Director, Prison Creative Arts Project
RC Community Programs Business Manager; Associate Director, Prison Creative Arts Project
vmayesky@umich.edu
734.647.6771
candicem@umich.edu
734.936.1998
jacmoo@umich.edu
B835 East Quad
sdnunez@umich.edu
734.763.1863
okuno@umich.edu
1621 East Quad
701 E. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1245
701 E. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1245
ormello@umich.edu
East Quad
701 E. University
Ann Arbor, MI
701 E. University
Ann Arbor, MI
Becca Pickus
Social Theory & Practice Major Program Head and Advisor; General Academic Advisor; RC Living/Learning Advisor; Mental Health Referrals
Social Theory & Practice Major Program Head and Advisor; General Academic Advisor; RC Living/Learning Advisor; Mental Health Referrals
rpickus@umich.edu
B817 East Quad
eian@umich.edu
734.763.1862
Mabel Rodriguez
Lecturer, Spanish Program, Social Theory and Practice; Coordinator Intensive Spanish II
Lecturer, Spanish Program, Social Theory and Practice; Coordinator Intensive Spanish II
mrodri@umich.edu
734.647.4369
Teresa Sanchez-Snell
Lecturer, Social Theory and Practice, and Spanish Language Internship Program Coordinator
Lecturer, Social Theory and Practice, and Spanish Language Internship Program Coordinator
Kristin Stein
Director of Residential College Admissions, Recruitment & MLC Administration; Adjunct Lecturer
Director of Residential College Admissions, Recruitment & MLC Administration; Adjunct Lecturer
lcthomas@umich.edu
734.763.1856
Heather Ann Thompson
Collegiate Professor of History and African American Studies in the History, Afroamerican and African Studies Departments and in the Residential College Social Theory and Practice Program
Collegiate Professor of History and African American Studies in the History, Afroamerican and African Studies Departments and in the Residential College Social Theory and Practice Program
hthompsn@umich.edu
734.615.1466
alexwand@umich.edu
B503 East Quad
Stephen Ward
Director of the Residential College; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Social Theory and Practice Program; Associate Professor, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies
Director of the Residential College; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Social Theory and Practice Program; Associate Professor, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies
smward@umich.edu
734.615.1466
Jon Wells
Professor, Arts and Ideas in the Humanities Program; Professor, Afroamerican and African Studies; Professor, History
Professor, Arts and Ideas in the Humanities Program; Professor, Afroamerican and African Studies; Professor, History
jonwells@umich.edu
B514 East Quad
mzhai@umich.edu
1610 East Quadrangle
