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University of South Florida Now Offering Innovative Young Composer's Program

USF Young Composers Program SUMMER REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday June 7, 2016 INFORMATION:  http://music.arts.usf.edu/content/templates/?a=4675&z=159 REGISTER NOW:   http://goo.gl/forms/UhN0fSbivz Course Coordinator: Tyler Kline Contact:  gtkline@mail.usf.edu High School Students!  Do you have a passion for composing original music? If so, check out the new  Young Composers Program  (YCP) at USF. This program will give you the opportunity to compose for a variety of instruments under the guidance of the YCP instructor Tyler Kline (MM) and USF Composition Professors Paul Reller and Baljinder Sekhon. Hear your original music performed live in the state-of-the-art Barness Recital Hall at the USF School of Music. USF YCP Program _______________________________________________________________ COURSE OVERVIEW The USF Composition Program seeks to fill the need for advanced high school students in the Tampa Bay area to learn the craft, s...

Professor Insights: 5 Tips on How to Ask Your Teacher to Revise Your Grade

5 Tips on How To Ask Teachers to Revise Your Grades After teaching everything from early childhood to college for the last fifteen plus years, I thought it would be helpful to share some tips on asking your teacher to revise your grade.  1. Read the Syllabus If the assignment was writing to write a ten page essay and you submitted a 200 word blurb worthy of Facebook, then realize that your best bet is to read the syllabus carefully next time and submitting the right assignment. If the wording was ambiguous, then ask politely if you could resubmit your assignment with the correct requirements, maybe for partial credit. 2. Don't Plagiarize Believe it or not, your professor will not believe that you "accidentally" copied the entire Wikipedia entry on Napoleon Bonaparte. If it is a formatting issue, then be sure to read the class requirements on proper citation . Some professors are real sticklers for correct citation, checking every comma, and some just want to ...