Danielle Simon

This course feels like a missed opportunity - it could compare the musical traditions of a variety of areas across the world. Instead, it follows a very western-centric worldview that does not add much value to my life. The only redeeming quality of the class is listening to some interesting pieces, but honestly not worth taking overall.

I took this class when the topic was opera and I absolutely loved this class. I was able to succeed and learn a lot in the class even with minimal prior knowledge. Professor Simon is so sweet and passionate about music, and I started to appreciate opera in a way that I didn't before.

This course would have been good if there where 20 people in the class not 50. There is not any room to really talk about music because of this. I felt like there wasn't much engagement with the material and days blended into each other. However, I you are looking for an easy class to fill out an art requirement look no further.