John McDonald - Tufts University, Medford, MA

Professor: John McDonald

Department: Music

College: Tufts University, Medford, MA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MUS118
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

It is literally impossible to not like John. He treats you like family and always has time to chat with you about anything, music or non-music related. He has a lot of awesome connections in the contemporary classical music scene. Everyone remotely interested in music should not only take his seminar but stop by his office to just chat some time.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MUS10
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Intro to music theory was a fun and easy class with McDonald. The assignments are all brief compositions based on material learned in class and are very open ended. He's fair based on your musical experience and teaches well to those who have none.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MUS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MUS113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

John was my thesis adviser, and my mentor during my graduate studies in music composition. He is both a phenomenal scholar and an amazingly open-minded and helpful individual.