Music Faculty Guide: OER and DEI

A Survey of Music Theory for the College Classroom is a concise, practical, and readable text and workbook for use in the freshman and sophomore music theory curriculum. SectionsA Survey of Music Theory for the College Classroom: Fundamentals, Diatonic Harmony, Chromatic Harmony I, Chromatic Harmony II and 20th Century Music (access all parts in the Table of Contents)

Victoria Malawey. From the site: The content engages concepts related to tonal harmony, suitable for a two- or three-semester music theory and ear training curriculum in a liberal arts college or other higher education setting. This collection of materials offers multiple modes of engaging content—with text, musical examples, audio examples, video content, application activities, and links to supplemental content—designed for users to learn and reinforce their knowledge according to their learning styles and needs.

Mark Gotham; Kyle Gullings; Chelsey Hamm; Bryn Hughes; Brian Jarvis; Megan Lavengood; and John Peterson. A natively-online open educational resource intended to serve as the primary text and workbook for undergraduate music theory curricula.

Timothy Chenette. A research-based, accessible, relevant, creative, inclusive, empowering textbook for teaching introductory aural skills.

From the site: This webpage houses resources for music by composers of color. It is not intended to be limited to (a) “traditional” music theory topics or (b) notated music in the Western art music tradition. Analytical notes are being made available, while a Google Sheet summarizes music theory topics that can be taught using the repertoire. We welcome submissions of annotated scores and lesson plans that incorporate the music of composers of color. This site will be continually updated with more resources for music theory instructors.