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| Students "slave" over the Dreaded Dictation during the Theory Olympics. |
- Occurs during winter quarter
- Finished compositions are due at end of January
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- Held during the spring quarter and features well-known musicians as judges. Past judges have included:
- Carroll Freeman, director of the UT Opera Theater
- Norris Dryer, WUOT Music Director
- Kirk Trevor, Knoxville Symphony Conductor
- Sande MacMorran, Assistant Conductor of Knoxville Symphony and Conductor of Knoxville Youth Symphony
- Kenneth Keeling, Chairman of Music Department of UT
- Eligibility to participate is through nomination of the instructor
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- Students of all ages work in teams and as individuals, participating in games designed to increase their awareness of the "nuts and bolts" of music.
- Some of the more popular of the dozen-plus games played are "Music Jeopardy," "Triad Relay" and "Marching Scales."
- Into every life a little rain must fall, and the annually unpopular "Dictator" game requires students to take musical dictation, since most instructors rarely find time for this during lessons, and since it's one of the best ways to learn to figure out rhythms and note patterns through careful listening.
For more information, see "Do you sponsor contests or competitions?" in the Music Arts Student Guide.