Dr. William Steven Cratty

COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION:

Instructor’s Name and E-Mail Addresses:

Dr. William Steven Cratty
San Diego Community College E-Mail Address: wcratty@sdccd.edu
MiraCosta Community College E-Mail Address: wcratty@miracosta.edu
Personal E-Mail Address: wcratty@san.rr.com

Web-Page Address: http://www.miracosta.cc.ca.us/home/wcratty/

Education:

AA in Music, College of Marin (1977)
BM in Theory/Composition with Piano Major; San Francisco State University (1980, Magna cum Laude)
MA in Theory/Composition, University of California, Riverside
(1983, Summa cum Laude)
Ph.D. in Theory/Composition, University of California, San Diego
(1988, Summa cum Laude)

Teaching Career:

University of California, Riverside, 1981
University of California, San Diego, 1983
MiraCosta College, 1988
University of California-Extension, San Diego, 1994
Miramar Community College, 1995
Mesa Community College, 2001
Foothill Community College, 2004
Coastline Community College, 2007

Background Highlights:

William Cratty is a Professional Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Orchestrator, Published Writer, and College Instructor for more than twenty years.

First Professional Recording: "Warm Are the Thoughts" Music by William S. Cratty and Lyrics by Juli Kerby. Vocalist by Clara Giovanetti (Mezzo-Soprano from San Francisco Opera). Pianist by William S. Cratty, 1978.
First Orchestral Arrangement and Performance: "To A Water-Lilly" Music Composed by Edward MacDowell, Arranged for Symphonic Orchestra by William S. Cratty. Performed by San Francisco State University Orchestra, 1979.
First Music Publication: "The Role of Vagrant Harmonies in Selected Lieder of Wolf, Strauss, and Schoenberg". Ex Tempore, Volume IV/2, 1987.
First Original Orchestral Composition and Performance: "Three Pieces for Orchestra, No. 1." Performed by the UCR Symphonic Orchestra, University of California, Riverside, 1983.
First Teaching Award: "Most Outstanding Teacher Award", University of California, Riverside, 1983.
First Book: "A Musical Journey with the Beatles: An Annotated Discography", 1992.
First Textbook: "Advanced Theory", 2003.
First Online Course: "Advanced Theory I and II", 2001.
First Online Textbook Consultant Advisor: "Music Appreciation" and "Music Fundamentals" written by Dr. David W. Megill and Donald Megill, MA published by Coast Learning Systems.

Biography:

William S. Cratty graduated summa cum laude with M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Theory/Composition from the University of California at Riverside and San Diego, respectively.  He is also a professional pianist, composer, arranger, orchestrator, published writer, and college instructor for more than twenty years.  He currently teaches at various colleges in California online and face-to-face courses covering a wide variety of disciplines; e.g., Beginning and Intermediate Piano, Beginning and Advanced Music Theory and Musicianship, World Music, Music Appreciation, The Beatles, Rock and Roll History, and Jazz History.

In addition to being an award-winning instructor, Dr. Cratty’s ongoing work with Dr. David Megill and Donald Megill, M.A. on the Music Theory online course series and their companion textbooks is currently utilized by music major students at various community colleges in California.  Dr. Cratty was also a “content advisor” for the Megill’s first online courses and textbooks, respectively:  Music Fundamentals Online and Music Appreciation Online.

Dr. Cratty’s most current project for publication is a commission to create a compilation of intermediate and advanced piano arrangements from the standard pop and classical repertoires where selected pieces are currently being used by his UCSD piano students.

Some other selected works by William Cratty include “The Role of Vagrant Harmonies in Selected Lieder of Strauss, Wolf, and Schoenberg”; “The Concept of ‘Home’ in the Song Cycles of Schubert, Schoenberg, and Berio”; “Tonal Experiments in the Post-Tonal, Pre-Serial Music of Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern”; “The Role of Timbre as a Structural Pillar in Selected Works of the 20th Century”; Symphony No. 1; a Symphonic Poem (“The Second Coming”); A Musical Journey with the Beatles: An Annotated Discography; and Introduction to World Music.

Dr. Cratty’s most recent published work (by Kendall-Hunt and Coast Learning Systems) is the implementation of his new Introduction to World Music online course with its corresponding textbook and three compact discs.  For several years prior to the publication, Dr. Cratty had implemented a prototype of the World Music online course first used by Mesa, Foothill, Coastline, MiraCosta, and Irvine Community Colleges.  He is the principal author of the Introduction to World Music Online textbook (co-authors Jeffrey Ainis and Shawn Woodyard) which accompanies its respective online course co-developed with Dr. David Megill and Donald Megill, M.A.  The online course and its accompanying textbook and compact discs were completed and implemented in January 2009 at various colleges nationwide.

Dr. Cratty is an aficionado of “world music” and has taught the subject at several colleges for more than twelve years.  His interest in non-Western music cultures and extensive travels were initially inspired by his mother who is half Chinese and Greek, born in Kunming, China .   William has traveled at length assimilating the music, dance, and cultures of many places around the world, including Africa, Asia, Eastern and Western Europe, Polynesia, and more than two dozen cities and islands of Latin America.

Dr. Cratty also continues to perform piano professionally and compose for piano and orchestra as well as arrange selected piano works for orchestra using music notational software.

Dr. Cratty lives with his wife Helga in San Diego, California.

Online Courses (and active links)

MiraCosta College Online Courses:

Advanced Theory I, Music 201
Advanced Theory II, Music 202
Advanced Musicianship I, Music 203
Advanced Musicianship II, Music 204
Introduction to Music, Music 115
World Music, Music 116

Foothill Community College Online Courses:

Beginning Music Theory, Music Theory 3A
Beginning Musicianship, Musicianship 3A

Coastline Community College Online Courses:

Rock and Roll History, Music 105

Mesa College Online Course:

World Music, Music 109

Introduction to Music, Music 100

INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET STARTED ONLINE:

1. Students registered in this online class must have:
   a. An E-mail account
   b. A web browser.
   c. A CD-ROM drive, speakers, and soundcard

EXPLANATION OF URL ADDRESS (Hyperlink to Online Class):

The URL number can be accessed through this web page or from the instructor. If you cannot locate successfully the web page with the URL address, the instructor will be happy to e-mail you the hyperlink to the class. Please bookmark the URL address in favorites or anything comparable for easy future access to the online course. (The URL address is very long and cumbersome; one mistake copying a number or letter will prevent your access to the online course! It is best to always copy the link and paste it into the browser.)

WORLD WIDE WEB:

The online courses will require students to have access to the World Wide Web. You will do all of your work in a virtual classroom environment called Moodle.

STUDENT ID NUMBER AND PASSWORD:

After you enroll in the online class at admissions you can create your Account, User Name and Password in Moodle.  Instructions and enrollment key will be provided to you at the beginning of the class.

If you are not able to log in, you may be trying to access the class before the roster has been activated.  If you cannot log in by the first day of class, be sure to email me to work out the problem.  It is IMPORTANT that you log in by the first day of class or email your instructor so that your position in the class is not given away to other students waiting to fill empty slots. Once in MOODLE complete all the readings and assignments listed.

SERIAL NUMBER:

How to find your software license serial number for test registration:

If any students have any problems logging into the first test, you must first purchase the workbook, which includes a serial number for students to register for access of tests. If you do not know where to find your software license serial number, it is located on the inside front cover of the text. Once you have the serial number, you should register it before your first test. Students will be required to register the serial number ONLY ONCE before taking the first test (it will not be necessary to register it for each consecutive test).

Please note: You have to buy a new textbook, as you will not be able to re-use a serial number from a used book.  (A new textbook can only be purchased at the college bookstore or directly through the publisher).

Please contact:  Help Desk http://coastonline.org/helpdesk

Or you can try:  Lynn M. Dahnke, Director of Marketing

Coast Learning Systems, Coastline Community College

Office:  (800) 547-4748

Direct:  (714) 241-6231

COMPUTER HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:

In order for student’s to listen to some or all of the musical examples, students will need the minimum requirement on their computer a CD-ROM drive with speakers and a soundcard.  Students will have to be connected to the internet with a standard web-browser, such as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc.  Students will also need a minimum of at least 128 megabytes for the short-term memory (RAM) and 450 megahertz for speed.  Since the online music course is web-based, there are no minimum requirements for the hard-drive.

Please contact me at my home email address wcratty@san.rr.com if you have any further questions.