Catherine L. Comer Professor of Fine Arts
Phone: 478.757.5147
Email: eeikner@wesleyancollege.edu
Office: PFA 103
Address: Wesleyan College, 4760 Forsyth Road Macon, GA 31210
Professor Eikner teaches applied piano and courses in music history and literature. He appears as recitalist, soloist with symphony orchestras, and as chamber musician all around the world, including London, Vienna, Tokyo, Beijing, Moscow, Buenos Aires, and New York. He has completed eleven Italian tours, and six Grecian tours, and has presented several performances in the Czech Republic.
Education: B.M., Texas Technological University; M.M., Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; M.M., Belgrade Music Academy of Yugoslavia
Courses taught include:
MUS 045: Piano Class.
Goal: To introduce students to playing the piano and to develop technical skills and musicianship.
Students are encouraged to take both semesters in order to build and retain skills learned in these courses.
Content: Reading rhythmic and pitch notation, playing melodies with chordal accompaniments and
simple countermelodies. Playing of melodies and accompaniments from vocal literature.
Prerequisite: MUS 045 or permission of instructor is a prerequisite for MUS 046.
MUS 115: Applied Piano Lessons.
Goal: To encourage and further both musical and technical development on the piano.
Content: Repertoire from various genres and periods.
Prerequisites: Audition and permission of instructor.
Gen. Ed. Category: Artistic expression.
MUS 140: Music Monuments of the Western World.
Goal: To study selected outstanding examples of Western music in a seminar setting.
Content: The student encounters material through a series of analytical experiences.
Gen. Ed. Category: Text analysis.
MUS 284: Masterworks for Piano.
Goal: Student will organize and articulate ideas related to music studied. This will include concerto,
chamber works and solo work. Cultural frame of reference will be addressed.
Content: Students will respond to a list of questions appropriate to each masterwork studied. Then a
similar piece will be assigned to the student for performance, and after the necessary research, she will
put the piece into perspective using similar criteria. Technical and musical demands will be researched
as well as attention to form and some harmonic analysis.
MUS 415: Senior Music Project.
Goal: To provide the student an opportunity to complete a comprehensive music project including a
recital and a project that integrates music with another liberal arts discipline.
Content: Recital and accompanying components; must be approved by the music faculty. Part of the
course is a one-hour weekly applied music lesson for which the associated fee will be charged.
MUS 451: Directed Independent Study.
Goal: To permit the student to explore a topic of study not covered in the regular course structure. To
encourage a concentrated course of study for the serious and independent student.
Content: Varies according to interest of student; to be agreed upon by student and professor, with the
approval of the department chair.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chair.
MUS 452: Field Study.
Goal: To offer the student the opportunity for workplace experience related to music.
Content: Practical work in the area of music.
Prerequisites: Permission of the faculty advisor and the faculty sponsor.