Any topic (writer’s choice)

Option 1:
Provide examples of further developments in the cultivated tradition and discuss their impact.
Option 2:
Discuss todays Vernacular music.  Consider some of the following questions; Is there other popular music that utilizes music from past composers? Who writes the pop music of today? Do you know any artists who write their own material? Do you think it is important for artists to write their own hits or is it okay to have a behind the scenes composer?
Option 3:
Discuss the history of the wind band. What bands were crucial to the development of this medium? Discuss John Phillips Sousa and his impact on the genre.

Option 1: Response demonstrates familiarity with textbook and lecture content, correctly identifying examples of developments in cultivated tradition.

Option 2: Response demonstrates familiarity with textbook and lecture content, correctly identifies vernacular music and explores the vernacular music of today.

Option 3: Response demonstrates familiarity with textbook and lecture content, correctly identifying examples of developments in the wind band genre.

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