| AART427 | People's Theory | Co-taught by John Mandel and Michael Fink, Music
School faculty. An interdisciplinary seminar for
Art School students and composers and performers
in the Music School, it includes participants from
other disciplines as well. This critique
aims to cra... |
| AART627 | People's Theory | Co-taught by John Mandel and Michael Fink, Music
School faculty. An interdisciplinary seminar for
Art School students and composers and performers
in the Music School, it includes participants from
other disciplines as well. This critique
aims to cra... |
| ICOM120 | Coding Art Fundamentals | Unlock your creative potential with coding! In this introductory course, learn fundamental coding concepts using p5js, a visual programming language. You'll create interactive visual art pieces, exploring color theory, animation, basic programming pr... |
| ICOM121 | Coding Music Fundamentals | This course extends previous graphics related
programming experience into the audio domain.
ChucK, a strongly-timed computer music language
will be the focal language of the class, with
opportunities to communicate to physical computing platforms lik... |
| MAIC100 | Worlds of Music I: Europe & N. Am. 1900- | An overview of the music of this
centuries-of-changes, and the exploding diversity
in the arts and society as we are facing them
today. The course covers the development of the
most important and influential musical branches
of the 20th and 21st cent... |
| MAIC101 | Music II: Africa, Asia, L. Am. | This survey course is an introduction to music as
a worldwide phenomenon covering folk, popular,
art, tribal, religious, and ritual music of
various geographical and cultural areas.
Emphasis is placed on understanding music as a
component of culture... |
| MAIC240 | Jazz History | A survey of the history of jazz and
African-American musical traditions, emphasizing
critical listening and aural analysis |
| MAIC314 | The Music of Flamenco | A study of the musical aspects (cante-singing and
toque-guitar playing) in Flamenco through
listening, reading and watching documentary
films. We will look at the structure of many
Flamenco forms (ie. Seguiriyas, Solea, Bulerias,
Tangos, etc.), disc... |
| MAIC316 | Blues Before 1960 | A study of the development of the Blues through
listening, watching documentary films and reading
interviews with artists. We will concentrate on
music, lyrics and each artist's individual style
and consider the social and historical
circumstances s... |
| MAIC317 | Bach and Beyond: Rethinking Bach | This course is designed to develop a deep and
meaningful understanding and appreciation of JS
Bach, the man, the myth and the music. There will
be guided listening in and out of class,
as well as reading of materials from Bach's time
along with la... |
| MAIC343 | Ambient and Otherworldly Music | From the moment that music became a recorded medium- a sonic event fixed in time and space- artists have sculpted musical sound into worlds that one can inhabit, wander through and linger in; imaginary landscapes that are unknown and even unknowable.... |
| MAIC370 | DIY | Do-it-yourself - and the related concept of
release-it-yourself - has been the ideological and
practical underpinning of radical music for at
least a half-century. Often identified with the
punk rock movement, the DIY imperative actually
predates pu... |
| MAIC401 | Improvisation: Uses & Lineage | Improvisation: Uses and Cross-Cultural Lineage
This class will explore the nature of
improvisation in all its forms-Indian music,
flamenco, baroque, organ music, rock, jazz,
contemporary, and "free" music. The class
integrates material from a wide v... |
| MAIC403 | Teaching Artistry | Teaching Artistry is a lecture class that will
focus on best practices of teaching. Through a
combination of demo lessons, video clips, field
observations, and discussion, participants will
explore various pedagogical approaches. Each of
these approa... |
| MAIC404 | College Pedagogy:Course&Syllabus Design | This is a lecture class that will focus on best
practices of teaching. Through a combination of
demo lessons, video clips, field observations,
independent research, and discussion,
participants will explore various pedagogical
approaches. Each of the... |
| MAIC412 | Critical Reading | Open to BFA3 and BFA4 students only.
Where does human perception leave off and the
object begin? Can we know the substance of the
artistic object, or are we dealing with mental
representations of it? What can art itself know?
How does it connect with... |
| MAIC420 | Composing for Improvisers | This discussion-based seminar will present a
survey of historical and contemporary musical
idioms in which composers and sound artists have
consciously and actively developed strategies for
engaging performers in the act of improvisation.
The goal of... |
| MAIC454 | Sounding the Voice: Utterance, Phonetics | Sounding the Voice: Utterance, Phonetics, Advanced
Diction, Articulation and Sense.
This course is an intermediate study of language
and phonology for singers and other artists who
work with the voice. It focuses on phonetics and
language-like sound... |
| MAIC455A | Focused Topics in Voice: Dada's Divas | DADA'S DIVAS is a two-semester course (one
historical, one performative) dedicated to the
(re)discovery of the Dada movement's female
pioneers, most of whom have been overshadowed
historically by their male counterparts. These
women, operating indepe... |
| MAIC455B | Focused Topics in Voice: Dada's Divas | DADA'S DIVAS is a two-semester course (one
historical, one performative) dedicated to the
(re)discovery of the Dada movement's female
pioneers, most of whom have been overshadowed
historically by their male counterparts. These
women, operating indepe... |
| MAIC470 | Hip-Hop Theory and Praxis | Hip-Hop music and culture is fundamentally Black
work. Hip Hop is Black work created in response to
a set of conditions. In the words of Lupe Fiasco
the question is always "Did you improve on the
design? Did you do something new?" That's the
question... |
| MAIC654 | Sounding the Voice: Utterance, Phonetics | Sounding the Voice: Utterance, Phonetics, Advanced
Diction, Articulation and Sense.
This course is an intermediate study of language
and phonology for singers and other artists who
work with the voice. It focuses on phonetics and
language-like sound... |
| MBLE104 | Tabla Ensemble | Course available by Permission of Instructor
only.
The CalArts Tabla Ensemble is a performing
ensemble that draws from the vast repertoire of
North Indian tabla, ranging from classical to
folk and traditional to contemporary. |
| MBLE106 | Chamber Music | Course open to Music School students only.
Small ensembles for strings, woodwinds, brass,
percussion, keyboard instruments and voices, in
varying combinations. Individual ensembles are
coached by faculty members. Students may sign up
for more than on... |
| MBLE108 | Beginning World Percussion Ensemble | Beginning section of the World Percussion Ensemble, a contemporary experimental performance based ensemble, which works toward combining instruments and musical structures from various cultures. Improvisation, composition and performance practice are... |
| MBLE109 | World Percussion Ensemble | Course open to Music School students only.
An experimental performance class which works
toward combining instruments and musical
structures from various cultures. Improvisation,
composition and performance practice are
integrated. Emphasis is give... |
| MBLE117 | Jazz Student Ensemble | Course open to Music School students only.
Performance of ensemble works written for small
jazz groups and performed by all-student groups. |
| MBLE118 | Jazz Faculty Ensemble | Course open to Music School students only, by
Permission of Instructor only.
Performance of ensemble works written for small
jazz groups. Faculty members lead groups and play
alongside the students. |
| MBLE120 | Brass Ensemble | Course open to Music School students only, by
Permission of Instructor only.
Performance of ensemble works written for brass
instruments, from quintet to dectet (or more). |
| MBLE121 | Low Brass Studio Class | Course open to trombone and euphonium players
regardless of program focus. Focused work on
specific instrumental needs outside of demands of
performances while also providing space for
students to present works being prepared for
recitals and auditio... |
| MBLE122 | Percussion Ensemble | Course open to Percussion Program students only.
Performance of ensemble works written for
percussion instruments. |
| MBLE201 | Beginning African Ensemble | Instruction in the performance of authentic
traditional music and dances of West Africa.
These performances include singing in the
language and playing percussion instruments
indigenous to the area of origin. |
| MBLE202 | Advanced African Ensemble | Advanced instruction and performance of West
African music and dance. |
| MBLE206 | Beginning Talking Drum Ensemble | Talking Drum Ensemble is a performance-based
class. Students will participate in drumming
traditional music from the Dagbani speaking people
of Ghana, West Africa. We will watch video and
discuss various aspects of Dagomba music, in order
to create c... |
| MBLE207 | Dahomey Women's Ensemble | This is an all-women's ensemble that will
primarily focus on learning how to play
traditional drumming from Ghana, West Africa.
Students will learn the complex layers and
polyrhythms of this music as well as the songs and
dances that accompany it.... |
| MBLE210 | Beginning Javanese Gamelan | Instruction in playing and singing in the central
Javanese classical orchestra, a traditional
Eastern art form that integrates dance, drama and
music. |
| MBLE211 | Advanced Javanese Gamelan | Advanced instruction in playing and singing in
the central Javanese classical orchestra. |
| MBLE216 | Advanced Talking Drum Ensemble | TALKING DRUM ENSEMBLE - MUSIC OF THE DAGOMBA
PEOPLE OF NORTHERN GHANA. This class will be a
performance-based ensemble, with students learning
traditional drumming, singing and dance from the
Dagomba of Northern Ghana. In this musical
tradition, drum... |
| MBLE220 | Beginning Balinese Gamelan | Instruction in the techniques of playing Balinese
instruments, collectively called the Semar
Pelgulingan. |
| MBLE221 | Advanced Balinese Gamelan | Advanced instruction in the techniques of playing
Balinese instruments, collectively called the
Semar Pelgulingan. |
| MBLE222 | Gender Wayang Ensemble | Small ensemble performances by quartet of
metallaphones as accompaniment to Balinese shadow
plays. |
| MBLE223 | Balinese Flute Ensemble | Training in Balinese flute playing sixteen
various-sized bamboo flutes accompanied by
percussion instruments. Students will perform as
an ensemble. |
| MBLE224 | Kecak Ensemble | Balinese Monkey Chant ensemble.
various-sized bamboo flutes accompanied by
percussion instruments. Students will perform as
an ensemble. |
| MBLE225 | Korean Two-Stringed Instrument Workshop | In this course, students will learn basic
performance techniques of the haegeum (a
two-stringed instrument of Korea): bowing,
fingering, jangdan (rhythmic pattern), jo (modes),
and Korean music notation. Repertoire will include
classical pieces, folk... |
| MBLE230 | North Indian Ensemble | Course open to Music students only.
Vocal and instrumental performance using both
Indi
various-sized bamboo flutes accompanied by
percussion instruments. Students will perform as
an ensemble. |
| MBLE235 | Japan Ensemble | In Japan Ensemble we have three sections to teach
students their choice of traditional Japanese
instruments: Strings (Koto/Shamisen), Shakuhachi
(the Japanese bamboo vertical flute), or Taiko
(Japanese drums). Instruction is separated by
instrument,... |
| MBLE240 | Persia Electric Ensemble | This inaugural launch of the intersection between
ancient and new forms is a year-long course. Paths
will be re-traced along the Silk Road hundreds of
years before, works rehearsed and performed on
Persian and Western instruments alongside genres
dev... |
| MBLE250 | African Dance | Instruction in the traditional dances of West
Africa. |
| MBLE252 | Balinese Dance | Instruction in the traditional dances of Bali. |
| MBLE254 | Javanese Dance (women) | Instruction in the traditional dance techniques
of Indonesia. There are separate sections for
women and men. |
| MBLE256 | Javanese Dance (men) | Instruction in the traditional dance techniques
of Indonesia. There are separate sections for
women and men. |
| MBLE260 | The Baltic Voice | The ensemble will study, learn and perform Baltic
folk music, particularly vocal music from the
country of Latvia. Emphasis will be placed on the
aural traditions of regional vocal styles that
include recitation songs, antiphonal singing, and
part so... |
| MBLE300 | Conducted Collective Ensemble | The Conducted Collective Ensemble (formerly known as The Ensemble) is a large ensemble focusing on notated music that has been recently composed. The group's repertoire emphasizes new forms of composition and collaborative directions in concert music... |
| MBLE302 | Contemporary Vocal Ensemble | Contemporary Vocal Ensemble (CVE) is a chamber
choir committed to "exploring and expanding ways
of writing for choir, singing in choir, and
listening to music for choir" (crossingchoir.org).
CVE's programs typically focus on works composed within the... |
| MBLE309 | Period Instrument Ensemble | An Ensemble Dedicated to Historically Informed
Performance Practice on Baroque Instruments
Students will be immersed in weekly rehearsal and
performance of repertoire from the 17th and 18th
centuries on Baroque instruments, gaining
experience with... |
| MBLE310 | Improvisation Ensemble | Course open to Music School students only.
Open to all instrumentalists and vocalists. With
structured and unstructured improvisational
studies, the course is designed to help the
student develop his/her own creative voice.
Concerts are presented r... |
| MBLE312 | Interdisciplinary Improvisation Workshop | This course serves as an interdisciplinary introduction to structured improvisation through Soundpainting, a sign language for spontaneous composition originally developed by Walter Thompson as part of the vibrant downtown improv scene in 1980s New Y... |
| MBLE325 | Creative Electronic Ensemble | Course open to Music School students only.
An ensemble researching the interactive languages
and the improvisational forms of live electronic
music with a major philosophical focus on music
technology and interactive, improvisational music. |
| MBLE327 | Multi-Focus Ensemble | This is a course for ensembles that are entirely
initiated, organized and run by
students. The personnel, repertoire and rehearsal
times and places are decided by
ensemble members. In order for members to receive
credit, the ensemble needs to be coac... |
| MBLE328 | Collaborative Music Ensemble 1 | Students work collectively to develop, rehearse
and record experimental pop music in ensembles of
3-4 students each. Students will explore multiple
approaches to collaboration: from rehearsing and
recording as a live ensemble; to "turn-taking"
overdu... |
| MBLE399 | Independent Study | Under the direction of a specific faculty member,
students complete projects defined in a
contractual agreement made at the beginning of
each semester. |
| MBLE435 | Microtonal Ensemble | The microtonal ensemble will focus on hearing,
playing, composing and improvising microtonally.
We will develop our skills by looking at and
playing contemporary pieces in a range of tuning
systems, by improvising as a group, and by writing
our own w... |
| MBLE450 | Sonic Boom Ensemble | Course open to all CalArts students playing an instrument, but, of course, especially school of music students.
Sonic Boom is an ensemble/band somewhere between avant-garde rock, noise, electronica, ambient, new music, and other things that fall betw... |
| MBLE460 | Golia Large Ensemble | Course open to Music students only.
The Large Ensemble, under the direction of
faculty member Vinny Golia, is a loosely based
chamber orchestra which improvises, and performs
compositions and structured improvisations by
Golia. The Large Ensemble is... |
| MBLE498C | Electroacoustic Ensemble | The electroacoustic ensemble explores
electroacoustic and digital music performance
practices using laptops, tablets, various sensors,
controllers, synths, and multi-channel speakers.
The ensemble will perform improvised and composed
works and explor... |
| MBLE498D | Creative Repertory Ensemble | Students will immerse themselves in historical
aspects of the resistance movement of the 1960s
and 1970s as it relates to folk music and its
intersection with afropunk and other elements of
early rock and roll. The themes are futurism,
androgyny and... |
| MBLE498E | Folk Singing Ensemble | The Folk Singing Ensemble, led by graduate student
Elizabeth Ann Setzer, will delve into folk singing
traditions from the Balkans, the Caucasus, and
beyond. Through weekly rehearsals, virtual and
in-person workshops with guest artists, and
research/p... |
| MBLE500 | Conducted Collective Ensemble | The Conducted Collective Ensemble (formerly known as The Ensemble) is a large ensemble focusing on notated music that has been recently composed. The group's repertoire emphasizes new forms of composition and collaborative directions in concert music... |
| MBLE501 | Beginning African Ensemble | Instruction in the performance of authentic
traditional music and dances of West Africa.
These performances include singing in the
language and playing percussion instruments
indigenous to the area of origin. |
| MBLE502 | Advanced African Ensemble | Open to African Music & Dance Program students
only.
Advanced instruction and performance of West
African music and dance. |
| MBLE506 | Beginning Talking Drum Ensemble | Talking Drum Ensemble is a performance-based
class. Students will participate in drumming
traditional music from the Dagbani speaking people
of Ghana, West Africa. We will watch video and
discuss various aspects of Dagomba music, in order
to create c... |
| MBLE507 | Dahomey Women's Ensemble | This is an all-women's ensemble that will
primarily focus on learning how to play
traditional drumming from Ghana, West Africa.
Students will learn the complex layers and
polyrhythms of this music as well as the songs and
dances that accompany it.... |
| MBLE508 | Beginning World Percussion Ensemble | Beginning section of the World Percussion Ensemble, a contemporary experimental performance based ensemble, which works toward combining instruments and musical structures from various cultures. Improvisation, composition and performance practice are... |
| MBLE509 | Advanced World Percussion Ensemble | Course open to Music School students only.
An experimental performance class which works toward combining instruments and musical structures from various cultures. Improvisation, composition and performance practice are integrated. Emphasis is given... |
| MBLE510 | Beginning Javanese Gamelan | Instruction in playing and singing in the central
Javanese classical orchestra, a traditional
Eastern art form that integrates dance, drama and
music. |
| MBLE511 | Advanced Javanese Gamelan | Open to Balinese and Javanese Program students
only.
Advanced instruction in the techniques of playing
Balinese instruments, collectively called the
Semar Pelgulingan. |
| MBLE516 | Advanced Talking Drum Ensemble | TALKING DRUM ENSEMBLE - MUSIC OF THE DAGOMBA
PEOPLE OF NORTHERN GHANA. This class will be a
performance-based ensemble, with students learning
traditional drumming, singing and dance from the
Dagomba of Northern Ghana. In this musical
tradition, drum... |
| MBLE520 | Beginning Balinese Gamelan | Advanced instruction in the techniques of playing
Balinese instruments, collectively called the
Semar Pelgulingan. |
| MBLE521 | Advanced Balinese Gamelan | Open to Balinese and Javanese Program students
only.
Advanced instruction in the techniques of playing
Balinese instruments, collectively called the
Semar Pelgulingan. |
| MBLE522 | Gender Wayang Ensemble | Small ensemble performances by quartet of
metallaphones as accompaniment to Balinese shadow
plays. |
| MBLE523 | Balinese Flute Ensemble | Training in Balinese flute playing sixteen
various-sized bamboo flutes accompanied by
percussion instruments. Students will perform as
an ensemble. |
| MBLE524 | Kecak Ensemble | Balinese Monkey Chant ensemble. |
| MBLE525 | Korean Two-Stringed Instrument Workshop | In this course, students will learn basic
performance techniques of the haegeum (a
two-stringed instrument of Korea): bowing,
fingering, jangdan (rhythmic pattern), jo (modes),
and Korean music notation. Repertoire will include
classical pieces, folk... |
| MBLE530 | North Indian Ensemble | Course open to Music School students only.
Advanced vocal and instrumental performance using
both Indian and European instruments. |
| MBLE535 | Japan Ensemble | In Japan Ensemble we have three sections to teach
students their choice of traditional Japanese
instruments: Strings (Koto/Shamisen), Shakuhachi
(the Japanese bamboo vertical flute), or Taiko
(Japanese drums). Instruction is separated by
instrument,... |
| MBLE540 | Persia Electric Ensemble | This inaugural launch of the intersection between
ancient and new forms is a year-long course. Paths
will be re-traced along the Silk Road hundreds of
years before, works rehearsed and performed on
Persian and Western instruments alongside genres
dev... |
| MBLE550 | African Dance | Instruction in the traditional dances of West
African Dance |
| MBLE552 | Balinese Dance | Instruction in the traditional dances of Bali. |
| MBLE554 | Javanese Dance (women) | Instruction in the traditional dance techniques
of Indonesia. There are separate sections for
women and men. |
| MBLE556 | Javanese Dance (men) | Instruction in the traditional dance techniques
of Indonesia. There are separate sections for
women and men. |
| MBLE560 | The Baltic Voice | The ensemble will study, learn and perform Baltic
folk music, particularly vocal music from the
country of Latvia. Emphasis will be placed on the
aural traditions of regional vocal styles that
include recitation songs, antiphonal singing, and
part so... |
| MBLE602 | Contemporary Vocal Ensemble | Contemporary Vocal Ensemble (CVE) is a chamber
choir committed to "exploring and expanding ways
of writing for choir, singing in choir, and
listening to music for choir" (crossingchoir.org).
CVE's programs focus on works composed within the
last 50 y... |
| MBLE604 | Tabla Ensemble | Course available by Permission of Instructor
only.
The CalArts Tabla Ensemble is a performing
ensemble that draws from the vast repertoire of
North Indian tabla, ranging from classical to
folk and traditional to contemporary. |
| MBLE606 | Chamber Music | Course open to Music School students only.
Small ensembles for strings, woodwinds, brass,
percussion, keyboard instruments and voices, in
varying combinations. Individual ensembles are
coached by faculty members. |
| MBLE609 | Period Instrument Ensemble | An Ensemble Dedicated to Historically Informed
Performance Practice on Baroque Instruments
Students will be immersed in weekly rehearsal and
performance of repertoire from the 17th and 18th
centuries on Baroque instruments, gaining
experience with... |
| MBLE610 | Improvisation Ensemble | Course open to Music School students only.
Open to all instrumentalists and vocalists. With
structured and unstructured improvisational
studies, the course is designed to help the
student develop his/her own creative voice.
Concerts are presented r... |
| MBLE612 | Interdisciplinary Improvisation Workshop | This course serves as an interdisciplinary introduction to structured improvisation through Soundpainting, a sign language for spontaneous composition originally developed by Walter Thompson as part of the vibrant downtown improv scene in 1980s New Y... |
| MBLE617 | Jazz Student Ensemble | Course open to Music School students only.
Performance of ensemble works written for small
jazz groups and performed by all-student groups. |
| MBLE618 | Jazz Faculty Ensemble | Course open to Music School students only, by
Permission of Instructor only.
Performance of ensemble works written for small
jazz groups. Faculty members lead groups and play
alongside the students. |
| MBLE620 | Brass Ensemble | Course open to Music School students only, by
Permission of Instructor only.
Performance of ensemble works written for brass
instruments, from quintet to dectet (or more). |
| MBLE621 | Low Brass Studio Class | Course open to trombone and euphonium players
regardless of program focus. Focused work on
specific instrumental needs outside of demands of
performances while also providing space for
students to present works being prepared for
recitals and auditio... |
| MBLE622 | Percussion Ensemble | Course open to Percussion Program students only.
Advanced performance of ensemble works written
for percussion instruments. |
| MBLE625 | Creative Electronic Ensemble | Course open to Music School students only.
An ensemble researching the interactive languages
and the improvisational forms of live electronic
music with a major philosophical focus on music
technology and interactive, improvisational music. |
| MBLE627 | Multi-Focus Ensemble | This is a course for ensembles that are entirely
initiated, organized and run by
students. The personnel, repertoire and rehearsal
times and places are decided by
ensemble members. In order for members to receive
credit, the ensemble needs to be coac... |
| MBLE628 | Collaborative Music Ensemble | Students work collectively to develop, rehearse
and record experimental pop music in ensembles of
3-4 students each. Students will explore multiple
approaches to collaboration: from rehearsing and
recording as a live ensemble; to "turn-taking"
overdu... |
| MBLE635 | Microtonal Ensemble | The microtonal ensemble will focus on hearing,
playing, composing and improvising microtonally.
We will develop our skills by looking at and
playing contemporary pieces in a range of tuning
systems, by improvising as a group, and by writing
our own w... |
| MBLE650 | Sonic Boom Ensemble | Course open to all CalArts students, but , of course, especially for School of Music students.
An ensemble/band falling somewhere between
avant-garde rock, noise, electronica, ambient, new music, and other things that fall between the cracks. This co... |
| MBLE660 | Golia Large Ensemble | Course open to Music School students only.
The Large Ensemble, under the direction of
faculty member Vinny Golia, is a loosely based
chamber orchestra which improvises, and performs
compositions and structured improvisations by
Golia. The Large Ensem... |
| MBLE698C | Electroacoustic Ensemble | The electroacoustic ensemble explores
electroacoustic and digital music performance
practices using laptops, tablets, various sensors,
controllers, synths, and multi-channel speakers.
The ensemble will perform improvised and composed
works and explor... |
| MBLE698D | Creative Repertory Ensemble | Students will immerse themselves in historical
aspects of the resistance movement of the 1960s
and 1970s as it relates to folk music and its
intersection with afropunk and other elements of
early rock and roll. The themes are futurism,
androgyny and... |
| MBLE698E | Folk Singing Ensemble | The Folk Singing Ensemble, led by graduate student
Elizabeth Ann Setzer, will delve into folk singing
traditions from the Balkans, the Caucasus, and
beyond. Through weekly rehearsals, virtual and
in-person workshops with guest artists, and
research/p... |
| MBLE699 | Independent Study | Under the direction of a specific faculty member,
students complete projects defined in a
contractual agreement made at the beginning of
each semester. |
| MBLE799 | Independent Proj: Ensemble | Under the direction of a specific faculty member,
students complete projects defined in a
contractual agreement made at the beginning of
the semester. |
| MCMP105 | Music Notation | Open to Music Composition Program students only.
A survey of conventional notation standards used
by the music publishing industry. Guided
remedial study in the use of music notation
software is included on an individual basis as
needed. Additional... |
| MCMP110 | Introduction to Composition | Workshop in which students outside the
Composition Program may acquire some experience
with composing. Topics include aural and visual
analysis, the processes of composition, form,
structure, and methodology. When possible, music
written in the works... |
| MCMP112 | Composing Experimental Pop | This course will analyze the rhythmic, harmonic,
melodic, timbral, and lyrical content of
experimental pop and encourage students to
perceive and describe its organization.
Deconstructing compositions from a diverse range
of artists including David... |
| MCMP120 | Instrumental Composition I | Course open to Composition Program or
Performer/Composer Program students only.
This course comprises foundational studies in the
art of musical composition, complementing private
composition lessons with directed listening and
analysis. Composition... |
| MCMP121 | Instrumental Composition II | Open to Music Composition Program students; open
to other students with permission of instructor.
This course continues foundational studies in the
art of musical composition, complementing private
composition lessons with directed listening and
anal... |
| MCMP130 | Performer-Composer Laboratory | What does it mean to integrate performance and
composition into one creative practice? How can we
make new and relevant work for ourselves and one
another? What might we need to know about each
other's voices, instruments, and practices? This
course... |
| MCMP131 | Performer-Composer Laboratory | What does it mean to integrate performance and
composition into one creative practice? How can we
make new and relevant work for ourselves and one
another? What might we need to know about each
other's voices, instruments, and practices? This
course... |
| MCMP290 | Portfolio Review | The student must prepare and submit for review a
cumulative portfolio of their creative work. This
portfolio will contain work produced at CalArts,
a substantial portion of which should have been
presented in performance or other appropriate
manner.... |
| MCMP306 | Arranging Experimental Pop | Experimental Pop artists who compose in a DAW have
an unlimited arsenal of virtual musicians and
drag-n-drop riffs available at their fingertips,
ready to be deployed with the click of a mouse. No
longer "constrained" by the natural order of
instrume... |
| MCMP307 | Arranging | Arranging is a "secret sauce" between composition and performance. It is a design involving style, sound, technique, and feeling. Arrangers have been somewhat mercurial figures who emerged from the jazz age, and who adapted to the possibilities and t... |
| MCMP308 | The Art of the Mix | What do arranging and mixing look like in a modern
recording studio or home studio? In the era of
self-production (where the lines between composer,
engineer, arranger and producer are blurred) and
recording in a DAW with unlimited tracks and
unlimit... |
| MCMP310 | Jazz Composition | By permission of instructor only. Permission will
be given on Course Advising Day each semester.
During this one semester course, each student
will complete at least seven new original
compositions to be played and recorded in class.
Course content w... |
| MCMP314 | Jazz Arranging | Techniques and tools of arranging for mixed,
small jazz ensembles, combined with advanced
studies in hearing and transcribing the forms and
materials of jazz literature. |
| MCMP317 | Composing for Guitar(s) and ... | For Composer/Guitarists and other Composer/Instrumentalists: This course encourages courageous exploration of composition for guitar(s) with other instruments. The students workshop new original pieces composed specifically for the class to perform.... |
| MCMP325 | Experimental Music Workshop I | This class is a study of experimental music repertoire largely but not exclusively following the tradition of John Cage and onward into the 21st century. We study the music through performance and discussion, sometimes probing in detail theories of e... |
| MCMP326 | Experimental Music Workshop II | When offered this course picks up on the theme of Experimental Music Workshop I in the same academic year. The class will center around compositions made by students in the class, based upon that theme. (Recent themes have included, melody, water, in... |
| MCMP330 | Writing for Strings | Course available by permission of instructor
only.
Techniques of writing for strings in both
individual and ensemble contexts. Course will
include composition and recording projects. |
| MCMP331 | Writing for Woodwinds | Writing for Woodwinds is a workshop in composing
music for wind instruments. Instrumental
techniques from the traditional to the extended
are demonstrated and discussed. In addition to
listening assignments and study of scores of
music, which range f... |
| MCMP332 | Writing for Harp | The course will incorporate a thorough
investigation of the physical and notational
aspects of harp techniques, with opportunities to
apply what the student has learned in several
composition projects. Throughout the course,
students will compose sho... |
| MCMP333 | Writing for Percussion | Learning to write for the vast family of
percussion. Course will include some hands-on
experience in basic percussion techniques.
Students will write for solo and ensembles of
percussion, including some world music traditions. |
| MCMP334 | Writing for Brass | Techniques of writing for brass instruments in
solo or mixed ensemble settings. This course will
include composition and performance projects.
Historical references will be explored alongside
conventional and extended techniques, auxiliary
instrument... |
| MCMP336 | Writing for Voice | This course is geared to students who are
interested in writing solo or ensemble vocal
music and who would like to learn more about how
the voice functions and how best to write for it.
Topics covered may include the functioning of
the voice as an i... |
| MCMP339 | Writing for Everything Else | This course will examine the risks, rewards,
realities, pleasures, pitfalls, and hazards of
composing for instruments indigenous to cultures
other than one's own. Technical and notation
aspects related to writing for instruments played
by performers... |
| MCMP342 | Composition for Film & Television | This course offers the opportunity to develop skills and techniques to compose music for film and video. Participants are expected to score a number of short clips from original films. Class discussion will center on the critiquing of work done by me... |
| MCMP343 | The Art of Sound Design | This course will explore sound design for narrative from both a conceptual and technical perspective. While the main focus of the class is on sound design for the moving image, the strategies explored will be applicable to film, theatre, dance, popul... |
| MCMP367 | Global Studios Ensemble Workshop | Students in this class will form remote collaborative music ensembles with guest artists that will include producers of left-field dance music from across the globe. Past collaborations have involved Bergsonist (Morocco/ NYC), MC Yallah (Uganda), Deb... |
| MCMP368 | Sonic Collage | In Sonic Collage, we will reimagine and recontextualize soundscapes by revisiting the art of the archive. Sonic Collage asks us to compose through the compost, to RE*member the dismembered and forgotten by sighting our sources. We will explore unorth... |
| MCMP369 | The Studio as Instrument | How has the merging of composing, recording, and
production afforded by developments in studio
technology--from the multitrack analog studios of
the 1960's to the DAW-based home studios of
today--opened up new ways of creating music and
new musical f... |
| MCMP399 | Independent Study | Under the direction of a specific faculty member,
students complete projects defined in a
contractual agreement made at the beginning of
each semester. |
| MCMP402 | Orchestration | A study of orchestral instruments and their
combinations from expressive, structural,
historical, pragmatic, and exploratory
perspectives. This course will integrate
composing/arranging exercises for a variety of
instruments and ensembles, directed... |
| MCMP404 | Field Recording Workshop | Course available only by permission of instructor
at Course Advising Day
The Field Recording Workshop is an investigation
into the historical, technical and aesthetic
aspects of field recording as a means of
documentation and as a musical practice. A... |
| MCMP405 | Electroacoustic Seminar | In this seminar we will learn about and explore non-linear creative systems for composition and performance with the Experimental Sound Studio serving as our exploratory vessel. A mixture of group discussion, lecture, and in-class presentations will... |
| MCMP415 | Choreographers & Composers | Course open to BFA4 Music School students only.
This course brings together advanced composition
students and advanced choreographers in projects
combining the two disciplines. |
| MCMP416 | Concert Theater | Performing Landscapes: Music, Text, Space, Body,
& Design investigates contemporary music-based
performance through the lens of alternative
modalities and non-traditional strategies
emerging from music, theater, movement, and
space. Intended for MFA... |
| MCMP421 | Cross-Genre Hybrid Music Composition | In this course students will focus on creating new
compositions that are hybrid in nature. Students
will be tasked with creating new works based on
the blending or juxtaposition of varying sonic
elements, drawn from specific historical eras or
genres... |
| MCMP465 | Composition with Max/MSP | A course designed for qualified music students to
gain facility in using graphical programming
environments. For over twenty years such
environments have been used by composers,
artists, musicians, and scientists to create
truly unique customized pro... |
| MCMP490 | Graduation Portfolio Review | In the semester preceding graduation, the student
must prepare and submit for review a cumulative
portfolio of their creative work. This portfolio
will contain work produced at CalArts, a
substantial portion of which should have been
presented in per... |
| MCMP498O | Music-Photo-Fiction | This course takes music, photography and writing
together as a unified creative process. In fact
this is the combination in which recorded music
typically appears on recorded media or online (eg.
bandcamp) - but what are the ways that these media
can... |
| MCMP498S | Making Music Videos | Students in this class will complete a number of
collaborative music video production projects in
groups that include students from the schools of
music, dance, film/video and experimental
animation.
Music videos can be a wonderful tool for
filmmake... |
| MCMP506 | Arranging Experimental Pop | Experimental Pop artists who compose in a DAW have
an unlimited arsenal of virtual musicians and
drag-n-drop riffs available at their fingertips,
ready to be deployed with the click of a mouse. No
longer "constrained" by the natural order of
instrume... |
| MCMP507 | Arranging | Arranging is a "secret sauce" between composition and performance. It is a design involving style, sound, technique, and feeling. Arrangers have been somewhat mercurial figures who emerged from the jazz age, and who adapted to the possibilities and t... |
| MCMP517 | Composing for Guitar(s) and ... | For Composer/Guitarists and other Composer/Instrumentalists: This course encourages courageous exploration of composition for guitar(s) with other instruments. The students workshop new original pieces composed specifically for the class to perform.... |
| MCMP602 | Orchestration | A study of orchestral instruments and their
combinations from expressive, structural,
historical, pragmatic, and exploratory
perspectives. This course will integrate
composing/arranging exercises for a variety of
instruments and ensembles, directed l... |
| MCMP604 | Field Recording Workshop | The Field Recording Workshop is an investigation
into the historical, technical and aesthetic
aspects of field recording as a means of
documentation and as a musical practice. As a
workshop, we will actively engage in making
recordings, comparing and... |
| MCMP605 | Electroacoustic Seminar | In this seminar we will learn about and explore non-linear creative systems for composition and performance with the Experimental Sound Studio serving as our exploratory vessel. A mixture of group discussion, lecture, and in-class presentations will... |
| MCMP608 | The Art of the Mix | What do arranging and mixing look like in a modern
recording studio or home studio? In the era of
self-production (where the lines between composer,
engineer, arranger and producer are blurred) and
recording in a DAW with unlimited tracks and
unlimit... |
| MCMP610 | Jazz Composition | By permission of instructor only. Permission will
be given on Course Advising Day each semester.
During this one semester course, each student
will complete at least seven new original
compositions to be played and recorded in class.
Course content... |
| MCMP614 | Jazz Arranging | Techniques and tools of arranging for mixed,
small jazz ensembles, combined with advanced
studies in hearing and transcribing the forms and
materials of jazz literature. |
| MCMP615 | Choreographers & Composers | Course open to Music School students only.
This course brings together advanced composition
students and advanced choreographers in projects
combining the two disciplines. |
| MCMP616 | Concert Theater | Performing Landscapes: Music, Text, Space, Body,
& Design investigates contemporary music-based
performance through the lens of alternative
modalities and non-traditional strategies
emerging from music, theater, movement, and
space. Intended for MFA... |
| MCMP620 | Composing for Improvisers | This discussion-based seminar will present a
survey of historical and contemporary musical
idioms in which composers and sound artists have
consciously and actively developed strategies for
engaging performers in the act of improvisation.
The goal of... |
| MCMP621 | Cross-Genre Hybrid Music Composition | In this course students will focus on creating new
compositions that are hybrid in nature. Students
will be tasked with creating new works based on
the blending or juxtaposition of varying sonic
elements, drawn from specific historical eras or
genres... |
| MCMP623 | Modeling Propositional Music in Art-Sci | Propositional music is a point of view about
composing that emerges from a unique philosophy,
framework, and method for compositional practice
in experimental music that proceeds from proposing
models informed by pandisciplinary interests, and
then p... |
| MCMP625 | Experimental Music Workshop I | This class is a study of experimental music repertoire largely but not exclusively following the tradition of John Cage and onward into the 21st century. We study the music through performance and discussion, sometimes probing in detail theories of e... |
| MCMP626 | Experimental Music Workshop II | When offered this course picks up on the theme of Experimental Music Workshop I in the same academic year. The class will center around compositions made by students in the class, based upon that theme. (Recent themes have included, melody, water, in... |
| MCMP630 | Writing for Strings | Course open to Music School students only.
Techniques of writing for strings in both
individual and ensemble contexts. Course will
include composition and recording projects. |
| MCMP631 | Writing for Woodwinds | Writing for Woodwinds is a workshop in composing
music for wind instruments. Instrumental
techniques from the traditional to the extended
are demonstrated and discussed. In addition to
listening assignments and study of scores of
music, which range f... |
| MCMP632 | Writing for Harp | The course will incorporate a thorough
investigation of the physical and notational
aspects of harp techniques, with opportunities to
apply what the student has learned in several
composition projects. Throughout the course,
students will compose sho... |
| MCMP633 | Writing for Percussion | Learning to write for the vast family of
percussion. Course will include some hands-on
experience in basic percussion techniques.
Students will write for solo and ensembles of
percussion, including some world music traditions. |
| MCMP634 | Writing for Brass | Course open to Music School students only.
Techniques of writing for brass instruments in
solo or mixed ensemble settings. This course will
include composition and performance projects.
Historical references will be explored alongside
conventional an... |
| MCMP636 | Writing for Voice | This course is geared to students who are
interested in writing solo or ensemble vocal
music and who would like to learn more about how
the voice functions and how best to write for it.
Topics covered may include the functioning of the
voice as an in... |
| MCMP639 | Writing for Everything Else | This course will examine the risks, rewards,
realities, pleasures, pitfalls, and hazards of
composing for instruments indigenous to cultures
other than one's own. Technical and notation
aspects related to writing for instruments played
by performers... |
| MCMP642 | Composition for Film & Television | Course available by permission of instructor only. This course offers the opportunity to develop skills and techniques to compose music for film and video. Participants are expected to score a number of short clips from original films. Class discussi... |
| MCMP643 | The Art of Sound Design | This course will explore sound design for narrative from both a conceptual and technical perspective. While the main focus of the class is on sound design for the moving image, the strategies explored will be applicable to film, theatre, dance, popul... |
| MCMP665 | Composition with Max/MSP | A course designed for qualified music students to
gain facility in using graphical programming
environments. For over twenty years such
environments have been used by composers,
artists, musicians, and scientists to create
truly unique customized pro... |
| MCMP667 | Global Studios and Audiotopias | Students in this class will form remote collaborative music ensembles with guest artists that will musicians from across the globe. Past collaborations have involved Bergsonist (Morocco/ NYC), MC Yallah (Uganda), Debmaster (Germany), Francis Ayamga/T... |
| MCMP668 | Sonic Collage | In Sonic Collage, we will reimagine and recontextualize soundscapes by revisiting the art of the archive. Sonic Collage asks us to compose through the compost, to RE*member the dismembered and forgotten by sighting our sources. We will explore unorth... |
| MCMP669 | The Studio as Instrument | How has the merging of composing, recording, and
production afforded by developments in studio
technology--from the multitrack analog studios of
the 1960's to the DAW-based home studios of
today--opened up new ways of creating music and
new musical f... |
| MCMP690 | Graduation Portfolio Review | In the semester preceding graduation, students in
certain programs must submit a portfolio of work
for review. This portfolio will contain work
produced at CalArts, a substantial portion of
which should have been presented in performance
or other app... |
| MCMP698M | Video Game Scoring | This course will focus on the unique challenges of
music scoring for game environments. Parallels
and distinctions with regard to concert music,
film, TV, cartoons and other linear media music
will be explored as students analyze and create
music fo... |
| MCMP698O | Music-Photo-Fiction | This course takes music, photography and writing
together as a unified creative process. In fact
this is the combination in which recorded music
typically appears on recorded media or online (eg.
bandcamp) - but what are the ways that these media
can... |
| MCMP699 | Independent Study | Under the direction of a specific faculty member,
students complete projects defined in a
contractual agreement made at the beginning of
each semester. |
| MCMP700 | Doctoral Seminar | Course open to Music School students only.
Functioning as a forum for the work-in-progress
of DMA students, this weekly seminar will allow
students regularly to present and discuss their
work and associated materials, and to receive
feedback from pro... |
| MCMP790 | Doctoral Project | Course open to Music School students only.
The Doctoral Project, beginning with intensive
independent research and experimentation, and
culminating in the creation of several distinct,
yet interconnected components, prepares
candidates for a noticeab... |
| MCMP791 | DMA First-Year Review | Before the end of the first academic year in
residence, each DMA student must engage in a
comprehensive artistic, academic and pedagogical
review with his/her Doctoral Examining
Committee (DEC). The DEC will consider the
following topics, and may req... |
| MCMP792 | DMA Qualifying Examinations | DMA students must pass Written and Oral
Qualifying Examinations before advancing to
degree candidacy. The Qualifying Examinations are
administered by the student's Doctoral Examining
Committee. |
| MCMP794 | DMA Final Review | Before the awarding of the degree each DMA
student must pass a Final Review, conducted by
his/her Doctoral Examining Committee.
This review assesses the student's artistic,
intellectual, academic, professional, and
pedagogical standing in relation... |
| MCMP799 | Independent Project | Under the direction of a specific faculty member,
students complete projects defined in a
contractual agreement made at the beginning of
the semester. |
| MCOM320 | The Nature Of Code in C++ | Explore the fundamentals of C++ programming using OpenFrameworks, focusing on interactive and sensor-driven applications. Develop skills in creative coding, media interaction, and integration with tools like TouchDesigner and Max/MSP. This course lay... |
| MCOM335 | Interactive Algorithmic Sound | This course focuses on interactive, procedural,
generative, and algorithmic methods of sound
creation. We will learn how to create systems of
sound and explore the various ways of interacting
and influencing them. Additionally, we will be
looking at... |
| MCOM421 | Creative Coding for AI Art | This course provides a foundational introduction
to the Python programming language through
hands-on and creative applications. In this
course, we will explore programming in Python with
a focus on machine learning applications for
generative art mak... |
| MCOM440 | Audio Plugin Development | Ever wondered what goes into your favorite music
software? Learn how to build your own and open
doors for both your personal creativity and
career. In this course we'll explore the JUCE
audio plugin framework, and the design software
Figma to see how... |
| MCOM621 | Creative Coding for AI Art | This course provides a foundational introduction
to the Python programming language through
hands-on and creative applications. In this
course, we will explore programming in Python with
a focus on machine learning applications for
generative art mak... |
| MCOM635 | Interactive Algorithmic Sound | This course focuses on interactive, procedural,
generative, and algorithmic methods of sound
creation. We will learn how to create systems of
sound and explore the various ways of interacting
and influencing them. Additionally, we will be
looking at... |
| MCOM640 | Audio Plugin Development | Ever wondered what goes into your favorite music
software? Learn how to build your own and open
doors for both your personal creativity and
career. In this course we'll explore the JUCE
audio plugin framework, and the design software
Figma to see how... |
| MCSE309 | Words for Music | This course will investigate the nature of writing
words for music and setting pre-existing words to
musicj. Students will develop an understanding of
how musical time affects the perception of words
and how words interact with the perception of
musi... |
| MCSE461 | Grant Writing for Artists | Grant Writing for Artists will provide students
with a basic introduction to grant writing,
hands-on experience preparing a grant application
in a workshop setting, and critical discussion
around the history and cultural practices related
to funding... |
| MCSE609 | Words for Music | This course will investigate the nature of writing
words for music and setting pre-existing words to
musicj. Students will develop an understanding of
how musical time affects the perception of words
and how words interact with the perception of
musi... |
| MCSE661 | Grant Writing for Artists | Grant Writing for Artists will provide students
with a basic introduction to grant writing,
hands-on experience preparing a grant application
in a workshop setting, and critical discussion
around the history and cultural practices related
to funding... |
| MFOR100 | Musician's Toolkit | Toolkit is designed as a preparation for a life
in professional music, as well as an orientation
to the college experience. It's especially
helpful for first year undergraduates, but it is
also open to upper division undergraduates and
graduate stude... |
| MFOR101 | Undergraduate Composers' Forum | Course open to Composition Program students only.
Presentation and critique of student compositions
and projects, both finished and in-process.
Selected topics of relevance to composers will be
addressed as time permits, such as notation
standards, p... |
| MFOR102 | Performance Forum | Course open to Music School students only.
Undergraduate Performance Forum will provide an
experiential approach to music-making through a
series of open coachings by faculty and guests of
student chamber music groups, and other
performances by guest... |
| MFOR103 | Voicearts Forum | Course open to Music School students only.
A weekly forum for singers, this course focuses
on developing performance-related skills through
observation, practice and discussion. Sessions
will be devoted to guest artist performances,
master classes, e... |
| MFOR104 | Experimental Pop Collectives | Course open to Experimental Pop students only.
Experimental Pop Collectives is designed as a gathering where Experimental Pop
students form small ensembles that rehearse and perform for class on a weekly basis, culminating in a 2-night showcase perfo... |
| MFOR106 | Creative Technology Forum | Weekly gatherings and presentations on current
directions in the field of music technology.
Occasional workshops by visiting master computer
music artists whenever possible. Critique,
presentation, and performance of student projects
and compositions... |
| MFOR107 | Jazz Forum | Course open to Music School students only.
Weekly presentations on current directions in
jazz, emphasizing workshops by visiting master
jazz artists whenever possible and including
discussion, rehearsal, and performance of their
music. Occasional joi... |
| MFOR110 | First-Year Seminar in Music | Through music, presentations, and activities, this
class provides an orientation to the diversity,
experimental ethos, and vibrant creative community
at CalArts' School of Music. It will also address
resources available to music students and
strategi... |
| MFOR111 | Guitar Forum | Guitar Workshop is intended to be a common
meeting ground for all guitar majors and other
interested guitarists. The objective is to
foster a non-competetive sense of community which
encourages mutual inspiration and cross
fertilization of ideas, pr... |
| MFOR200 | Music Artists-In-Residence Week | Invited artists visit CalArts' campus to give
presentations and workshops, perform, collaborate,
and engage with the student body and the School of
Music's facilities. |
| MFOR305 | Performer-Composer Forum | Course open to Music School students only.
The Performer-Composers Forum features master
classes given by the instructor and special
guests. Topics may include how new music gets
created, music history, performance, composers,
(alive and dead), getti... |
| MFOR500 | Musician's Toolkit | Toolkit is designed as a preparation for a life
in professional music, as well as an orientation
to the college experience. It's especially
helpful for first year undergraduates, but it is
also open to upper division undergraduates and
graduate stude... |
| MFOR501 | Graduate Composers' Forum | Course open to Music School students only.
Presentation and critique of student compositions
and projects, both finished and in process. |
| MFOR502 | Performance Forum | Course open to Music School students only.
Graduate Performance Forum will provide an
experiential approach to music-making through a
series of open coachings by faculty and guests of
student chamber music groups, and other
performances by guests, st... |
| MFOR503 | Voicearts Forum | Course open to Music School students only.
A weekly forum for singers, this course focuses
on developing performance-related skills through
observation, practice and discussion. Sessions
will be devoted to guest artist performances,
master classes, e... |
| MFOR504 | Experimental Pop Collectives | Course open to Experimental Pop students only.
Experimental Pop Collectives is designed as a gathering where Experimental Pop
students form small ensembles that rehearse and perform for class on a weekly basis, culminating in a 2-night showcase perfo... |
| MFOR505 | Performer-Composer Forum | Course open to Music School students only.
The Performer-Composers Forum features master
classes given by the instructor and special
guests. Topics may include how new music gets
created, music history, performance, composers,
(alive and dead), getti... |
| MFOR506 | Creative Technology Forum | Course open to Music School students only.
Weekly gatherings and presentations on current
directions in the field of music technology.
Occasional workshops by visiting master computer
music artists whenever possible. Critique,
presentation, and per... |
| MFOR507 | Jazz Forum | Course open to Music School students only.
Weekly presentations on current directions in
jazz, emphasizing workshops by visiting master
jazz artists whenever possible and including
discussion, rehearsal, and performance of their
music. Occasional jo... |
| MFOR508 | ESP Forum | Course open to Experimental Sound Practices
students only.
This class centers on the presentation and
critique of works by students in the Experimental
Sound Practices specialization. Each student,
during the academic year, is given a one-hour
period... |
| MFOR511 | Guitar Forum | Guitar Workshop is intended to be a common
meeting ground for all guitar majors and other
interested guitarists. The objective is to
foster a non-competetive sense of community which
encourages mutual inspiration and cross
fertilization of ideas, pri... |
| MFOR600 | Music Artists-In-Residence Week | Invited artists visit CalArts' campus to give
presentations and workshops, perform, collaborate,
and engage with the student body and the School of
Music's facilities. |
| MHST205 | Western Music History I | Lectures, reading, and listening covering the
history and literature of Western musical styles
from antiquity through the Baroque period. |
| MHST206 | Western Music History II | Lectures, reading, and listening covering the
history and literature of Western musical styles
from the Classical through Modern periods. |
| MHST230 | Audiovisual Composition | Audiovisual Composition is a 7-week foundation module open to students pursuing the Sound Design and Audiovisual Practice specialization or students wishing to gain an overview of audiovisual practices. It includes explorations of fixed-media audiovi... |
| MHST300 | Music Cultures | In the Roundabout of Troubadours, Revolutions, and
Indigeneity: Music and Social Movements in Latin
America. Centered on social movements, this course
takes music culture as a starting point to explore
political ideology and collective mobilization i... |
| MHST300B | Music Cultures: Middle East | Music Cultures: Middle East.
A survey of the musics of the Middle East will
include vocal and instrumental traditions of
the Middle East; selected minority musics; and
religious,
folk, and popular music traditions (ancient and
contemporary). Histori... |
| MHST300C | Music Cultures: Indonesia | Music Cultures: Indonesia
Music of Indonesia. A survey of the highly
diverse musical forms currently being practiced
in Indonesia's 14,000 populated islands. Reaching
far beyond gamelan, this course will also cover
more recently developed styles suc... |
| MHST300D | Music Cultures: Southeast Asia | Music Cultures of Mainland Southeast Asia
A survey of traditional and modern musical forms
being practiced in Mainland SE Asia. This course
will cover a wide variety of styles found in
Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar.
In addition to d... |
| MHST300F | Music of Korea: From Gugak to K-Pop | In this course, students will explore Korean
traditional and contemporary music cultures and
scenes. Topics will vary from traditional gugak to
recent music genres, including K-pop, indie music,
experimental music scenes, trot, and film music.
Studen... |
| MHST300G | Black Temporalities and Black Time | Black Temporalities and Black Time: To fully
engage with Black music we must understand Black
time. We do this work together. In 'Black
Temporalities & Black Time' we will explore
non-linear storytelling and the elasticity of
(un)time through the fra... |
| MHST300H | Latin Am Music: Traditions and Digital | This course will examine a variety of musical
styles from Latin America, and at the same time
analyze the political and historical context in
which the music developed. The focus will be on
the music of the Caribbean and Central America and
South Ame... |
| MHST304 | Music of Native North America | Course not available to BFA1 students.
This is a survey course introducing the music
cultures of North America; focusing on an
interdisciplinary approach to view the history,
social institutions, culture, literature, arts,
and relationships of North... |
| MHST312 | Ethnology of African Music Culture | Ethnology of African Music-The history of
Ghanaian music, dance and culture.
Talking and reading about the origin of Ghanaian
music, dance and song as well as their culture
and how those affect their everyday life. As
Ghanaian are known for their e... |
| MHST330 | Studies in Experimental Pop | Since the 1960s, pop music has been a zone in
which experimental, avant-garde impulses have
coexisted with commercial and hedonistic
imperatives. In this course, we will look at
artists who have imported ideas and techniques
from the music academy or... |
| MHST331 | Studies in Avant-Rock & Noise | This second module of the two-semester Studies in
Experimental Pop course might be better titled
Studies in Experimental Rock. The focus shifts
away from the mainstream of the pop charts and
radio, towards the alternative and underground;
there is le... |
| MHST342 | Women in Western Music History | This would be a class on women in the history of
Western art music from Ancient Music through the
present day, combining musicology, sociology,
music theory, ethnomusicology, political science,
world history, hermeneutics, feminist theory,
philosophy... |
| MHST344 | Non-Traditional Film Music | This course is an introductory survey to film
music history and analysis. We will primarily
focus on international and experimental cinema,
but will likely draw on certain Hollywood or
independent American filmmakers who don't quite
fit the mold and... |
| MHST345 | Topics in Vocal Literature | Topics in Vocal Literature: The[R]Evolution of
Solo Vocal Literature through the lens of the song
cycle
This course will focus on the evolution of vocal
music-through the lens of the song cycle and its
offspring-over the past few centuries up to the... |
| MHST346 | Opera AND ___: Exploring Intersections | 20th and 21st Century Opera's intersections with
the musical and extra-musical. 20th and 21st
century opera is "Opera AND ________." Opera has a
variety of possible musical and non-musical
intersections which we will explore this semester.
Each week... |
| MHST350 | Stylists & Innovators 1961-NOW | This course focuses on selected individuals and
musical, political, and economic movements that
have helped shaped a genre in jazz or improvised
music and that have mostly been overlooked in
current historical reporting.
(While not a definitive overv... |
| MHST371 | Jazz, Hip-Hop, & Urban Experimentalism | This discussion based seminar will present a
survey of historical and contemporary musical
idioms in which com-posers, producers, and sound
designers associated with the fileds of hip hop,
jazz and contemporary R&B have consciously and
actively deve... |
| MHST399 | Independent Study | Under the direction of a specific faculty member,
students will complete projects defined in a
contractual agreement made at the beginning of
each semester. |
| MHST405 | Focus Rock: Extreme Metal | Death, Black, Doom and Experimental Metal will be
the focus of this class. We will do in-depth
analysis of selected pieces (harmony, melody,
rhythm, form, sound, lyrics) and research the
influence of contemporary classical and
experimental music on m... |
| MHST406 | Focus Rock: Art Music & Rock | Focus Rock: Art Music & Rock - An unwritten
history of cross-pollination
Music is: organized sound - timbre and rhythm.
This quote by Edgar Varese not only applies to
(most) so-called new music (20th and 21st century
classical contemporary music), b... |
| MHST407 | Focus Rock: Noise | Make a joyful noise: the development and
importance of noise elements in popular and
experimental music of the 20th and 21st century.
Noise has always been a part of music, if desired
or not. But over time noise elements stopped
being just an add-on... |
| MHST408 | Focus Rock: Post-Punk | Post-Punk is another one of these music
historical terms that were, of course, applied
backwards.
It is not really sure what it means, especially
because it starts around the same time as punk
(1977).
Does it include or exclude simultaneous styles... |
| MHST409 | Focus Rock: Electronica | Focus Rock: Electronica - Body Electric -
Electronic Pop and Dance Music
This class looks at the development of electronic
popular music from its early days to its conquest
of the international dance floors, creating the
international rave community... |
| MHST410 | The Elastic Voice | "Voice is the original instrument." So says Joan
La Barbara, the doyenne of extended vocal
technique. This course explores the extraordinary
panoply of purposes to which the human voice has
been deployed. While the focus is on popular
music genres... |
| MHST412 | What Is a Song? | An international survey of songwriting from
ancient times (classical Greece, the Tang and Song
dynasties, etc.), but with an emphasis on the
repertoire of the last seventy years. The course
examines in detail a wide range of songs: musical
compositio... |
| MHST422 | Experimental Music Post-Cage | Experimental Music of the post-Cage Generation
This class will deal with the explosion of
experimental music in the mid-20th century to the
1990s. Experimental music will be explored as
more a method or set of approaches to creating
music than as a g... |
| MHST423 | Experimental Music Post-Cage II | This class will deal with the explosion of
experimental music in the mid-20th century to the
1990s. Experimental
music will be explored as more a method or set of
approaches to creating music than as a genre. We
will, over the course of two semesters... |
| MHST425 | Survey of Sound Art | Sound Art draws on many fields, among them:
experimental music, experimental theater,
installation, sculpture, architecture, and poetry,
but what all sound art works have as their primary
focus is the experience of sound and listening.
Following an i... |
| MHST440 | Thinking Critically About Pop (& UnPop) | This class will explore a wide range of critical writing about popular music as well as various forms of underground or alternative music. We start with jazz criticism in the mid-20th Century, then proceed through various eras of rock and pop critici... |
| MHST451 | Contemporary Composers | Selected readings from Busoni and beyond.
Critical analysis of current trends in music and
the arts. |
| MHST472 | John Cage: Music and Thought | This is class is designed as a critical inquiry
into the aesthetic, theoretical and political
implications of John Cage's music. In addition to
sustained encounters with several of Cage's
significant pieces it will look at the
implications of those w... |
| MHST498H | Ecomusicalities | Ecomusicalities
This course is an introduction to ecologically
oriented music, sound art, and the study of
ecomusicology in the context of the contemporary
environmental crisis. Ecology is conceived broadly
as relational understandings of human and... |
| MHST498J | The Semiotics of Queerness in Music | This course explores the intersection of popular
and dance music with queerness, examining how the
meanings of queer identities are conveyed through
music and music videos. Over the past 40 years,
popular and dance music have been shaped by and
have... |
| MHST498K | Disco:Emancipatory Dancefloors 1970-1990 | The emergence of contemporary DJ-led dance music
in the 1970's provoked a transformational way of
experiencing music and the body. For many people
who existed on the margins of society, these dance
floors represented an open, deterritorialized,
liber... |
| MHST500 | Music Cultures | In the Roundabout of Troubadours, Revolutions, and
Indigeneity: Music and Social Movements in Latin
America. Centered on social movements, this course
takes music culture as a starting point to explore
political ideology and collective mobilization i... |
| MHST500B | Music Cultures: Middle East | Music Cultures: Middle East.
A survey of the musics of the Middle East will
include vocal and instrumental traditions of
the Middle East; selected minority musics; and
religious,
folk, and popular music traditions (ancient and
contemporary). Histori... |
| MHST500C | Music Cultures: Indonesia | Music Cultures: Indonesia
Music of Indonesia. A survey of the highly
diverse musical forms currently being practiced
in Indonesia's 14,000 populated islands. Reaching
far beyond gamelan, this course will also cover
more recently developed styles such... |
| MHST500D | Music Cultures: Southeast Asia | Music Cultures of Mainland Southeast Asia
A survey of traditional and modern musical forms
being practiced in Mainland SE Asia. This course
will cover a wide variety of styles found in
Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar.
In addition to d... |
| MHST500F | Music of Korea: From Gugak to K-Pop | In this course, students will explore Korean
traditional and contemporary music cultures and
scenes. Topics will vary from traditional gugak to
recent music genres, including K-pop, indie music,
experimental music scenes, trot, and film music.
Studen... |
| MHST500G | Black Temporalities and Black Time | Black Temporalities and Black Time: To fully
engage with Black music we must understand Black
time. We do this work together. In 'Black
Temporalities & Black Time' we will explore
non-linear storytelling and the elasticity of
(un)time through the fra... |
| MHST500H | Latin Am Music: Traditions and Digital | This course will examine a variety of musical
styles from Latin America, and at the same time
analyze the political and historical context in
which the music developed. The focus will be on
the music of the Caribbean and Central America and
South Ame... |
| MHST504 | Music of Native North America | This is a survey course introducing the music
cultures of North America; focusing on an
interdisciplinary approach to view the history,
social institutions, culture, literature, arts,
and relationships of North American Indigenous
peoples and their... |
| MHST512 | Ethnology of African Music Culture | Ethnology of African Music-The history of
Ghanaian music, dance and culture.
Talking and reading about the origin of Ghanaian
music, dance and song as well as their culture
and how those affect their everyday life. As
Ghanaian are known for their e... |
| MHST514 | The Music of Flamenco | A study of the musical aspects (cante-singing and
toque-guitar playing) in Flamenco through
listening, reading and watching documentary
films. We will look at the structure of many
Flamenco forms (ie. Seguiriyas, Solea, Bulerias,
Tangos, etc.), disc... |
| MHST516 | Blues Before 1960 | A study of the development of the Blues through
listening, watching documentary films and reading
interviews with artists. We will concentrate on
music, lyrics and each artist's individual style
and consider the social and historical
circumstances s... |
| MHST517 | Bach and Beyond: Rethinking Bach | This course is designed to develop a deep and
meaningful understanding and appreciation of JS
Bach, the man, the myth and the music. There will
be guided listening in and out of class,
as well as reading of materials from Bach's time
along with la... |
| MHST525 | Survey of Sound Art | Sound Art draws on many fields, among them:
experimental music, experimental theater,
installation, sculpture, architecture, and poetry,
but what all sound art works have as their primary
focus is the experience of sound and listening.
Following an i... |
| MHST530 | Studies in Experimental Pop | Since the 1960s, pop music has been a zone in
which experimental, avant-garde impulses have
coexisted with commercial and hedonistic
imperatives. In this course, we will look at
artists who have imported ideas and techniques
from the music academy or... |
| MHST531 | Studies in Avant-Rock & Noise | This second module of the two-semester Studies in
Experimental Pop course might be better titled
Studies in Experimental Rock. The focus shifts
away from the mainstream of the pop charts and
radio, towards the alternative and underground;
there is le... |
| MHST540 | Jazz History | A survey of the history of jazz and
African-American musical traditions, emphasizing
critical listening and aural analysis. |
| MHST542 | Women in Western Music History | This would be a class on women in the history of
Western art music from Ancient Music through the
present day, combining musicology, sociology,
music theory, ethnomusicology, political science,
world history, hermeneutics, feminist theory,
philosophy... |
| MHST545 | Topics in Vocal Literature | Topics in Vocal Literature: The[R]Evolution of
Solo Vocal Literature through the lens of the song
cycle
This course will focus onthe evolution of vocal
music-through the lens of the song cycle and its
offspring-over the past few centuries up to the... |
| MHST546 | Opera AND ___: Exploring Intersections | 20th and 21st Century Opera's intersections with
the musical and extra-musical. 20th and 21st
century opera is "Opera AND ________." Opera has a
variety of possible musical and non-musical
intersections which we will explore this semester.
Each week... |
| MHST550 | Stylists & Innovators 1961-Now | This course focuses on selected individuals and
musical, political, and economic movements that
have helped shaped a genre in jazz or improvised
music and that have mostly been overlooked in
current historical reporting.
(While not a definitive overv... |
| MHST571 | Jazz, Hip-Hop, & Urban Experimentalism | This discussion based seminar will present a
survey of historical and contemporary musical
idioms in which com-posers, producers, and sound
designers associated with the fileds of hip hop,
jazz and contemporary R&B have consciously and
actively deve... |
| MHST601 | Improvisation: Uses & Lineage | Improvisation: Uses and Cross-Cultural Lineage
This class will explore the nature of
improvisation in all its forms-Indian music,
flamenco, baroque, organ music, rock, jazz,
contemporary, and "free" music. The class
integrates material from a wide v... |
| MHST605 | Focus Rock: Extreme Metal | Death, Black, Doom and Experimental Metal will be
the focus of this class. We will do in-depth
analysis of selected pieces (harmony, melody,
rhythm, form, sound, lyrics) and research the
influence of contemporary classical and
experimental music on m... |
| MHST606 | Focus Rock: Art Music & Rock | Focus Rock: Art Music & Rock - An unwritten
history of cross-pollination
Music is: organized sound - timbre and rhythm.
This quote by Edgar Varese not only applies to
(most) so-called new music (20th and 21st century
classical contemporary music), b... |
| MHST607 | Focus Rock: Noise | Make a joyful noise: the development and
importance of noise elements in popular and
experimental music of the 20th and 21st century.
Noise has always been a part of music, if desired
or not. But over time noise elements stopped
being just an add-on... |
| MHST608 | Focus Rock: Post-Punk | Post-Punk is another one of these music
historical terms that were, of course, applied
backwards.
It is not really sure what it means, especially
because it starts around the same time as punk
(1977).
Does it include or exclude simultaneous styles... |
| MHST609 | Focus Rock: Electronica | Focus Rock: Electronica - Body Electric -
Electronic Pop and Dance Music
This class looks at the development of electronic
popular music from its early days to its conquest
of the international dance floors, creating the
international rave community... |
| MHST610 | The Elastic Voice | "Voice is the original instrument." So says Joan
La Barbara, the doyenne of extended vocal
technique. This course explores the extraordinary
panoply of purposes to which the human voice has
been deployed. While the focus is on popular
music genres... |
| MHST612 | What Is a Song? | An international survey of songwriting from
ancient times (classical Greece, the Tang and Song
dynasties, etc.), but with an emphasis on the
repertoire of the last seventy years. The course
examines in detail a wide range of songs: musical
compositio... |
| MHST622 | Experimental Music Post-Cage | Experimental Music of the post-Cage Generation
This class will deal with the explosion of
experimental music in the mid-20th century to the
1990s. Experimental music will be explored as
more a method or set of approaches to creating
music than as a... |
| MHST623 | Experimental Music Post-Cage II | This class will deal with the explosion of
experimental music in the mid-20th century to the
1990s. Experimental
music will be explored as more a method or set of
approaches to creating music than as a genre. We
will, over the course of two semesters... |
| MHST630 | Audio-Visual Theory & Practice | This course explores the synesthetic potential of music and the moving image as it manifests itself throughout audio-visual practice: music video, film scoring, audio-visual performance and installation.
We'll begin with Michel Chion's seminal text... |
| MHST640 | Thinking Critically About Pop (& UnPop) | This class will explore a wide range of critical writing about popular music as well as various forms of underground or alternative music. We start with jazz criticism in the mid-20th Century, then proceed through various eras of rock and pop critici... |
| MHST643 | Ambient and Otherworldly Music | From the moment that music became a recorded medium- a sonic event fixed in time and space- artists have sculpted musical sound into worlds that one can inhabit, wander through and linger in; imaginary landscapes that are unknown and even unknowable.... |
| MHST644 | Non-Traditional Film Music | This course is an introductory survey to film
music history and analysis. We will primarily
focus on international and experimental cinema,
but will likely draw on certain Hollywood or
independent American filmmakers who don't quite
fit the mold and... |
| MHST651 | Contemporary Composers | Selected readings from Busoni and beyond.
Critical analysis of current trends in music and
the arts. |
| MHST667 | Music of Arnold Schoenberg | During the first part of the past century, Arnold
Schoenberg (1874-1951) revolutionized the
contemporary music scene more profoundly than
anyone else. With his independent, courageous and
radical set of mind and with his extraordinary
ability to unde... |
| MHST672 | John Cage: Music and Thought | This is class is designed as a critical inquiry
into the aesthetic, theoretical and political
implications of John Cage's music. In addition to
sustained encounters with several of Cage's
significant pieces it will look at the
implications of those w... |
| MHST698H | Ecomusicalities | Ecomusicalities
This course is an introduction to ecologically
oriented music, sound art, and the study of
ecomusicology in the context of the contemporary
environmental crisis. Ecology is conceived broadly
as relational understandings of human and... |
| MHST698J | The Semiotics of Queerness in Music | This course explores the intersection of popular
and dance music with queerness, examining how the
meanings of queer identities are conveyed through
music and music videos. Over the past 40 years,
popular and dance music have been shaped by and
have... |
| MHST698K | Disco:Emancipatory Dancefloors 1970-1990 | The emergence of contemporary DJ-led dance music
in the 1970's provoked a transformational way of
experiencing music and the body. For many people
who existed on the margins of society, these dance
floors represented an open, deterritorialized,
liber... |
| MHST699 | Independent Study | Under the direction of a specific faculty member,
students will complete projects defined in a
contractual agreement made at the beginning of
each semester. |
| MHST703 | Performer-Composer: History & Aesthetics | Course open to Music School students only.
This course offers a broad historical, technical
and aesthetic survey of the opportunities and
challenges presented to the musician whose work
integrates performance and composition. These are
illuminated th... |
| MITM201C | Heavy Shit 5000 | Punk, metal, grunge, doom sludge, hardcore,
grindcore, powerviolence, and all their glorious
sub and sub-sub genres. I'll tell you about the
specific genres I know about and love. I invite
everyone to bring a playlist of songs to share.
We're going t... |
| MITM303 | Alexander Technique for Perfomance | This course is designed to give you the tools to
get what you want from your performance and life.
We will cover accurate information about human
design and coordination, flow state/ optimal
performance, sustainability and performance
readiness. We w... |
| MITM324B | Creative Producing Practicum | Creative Producing Practicum: School of Music Showcase at REDCAT is open to students who have been selected as performers and production team members for the School of Music Showcase at REDCAT. Student production team members will work alongside thei... |
| MITM324C | Channeling: Delia Derbyshire | The first in a new Winter Session series of hands-on music production courses, Channeling, where, each year, we will dive deeply into the work of a sonic practitioner, listen to their music and explore in the studio: how did they get those sounds? 20... |
| MITM324D | Hip-Hop As A Verb | We need brave new words to birth a brand-new world. Hip-hop is turning 50 this year and it is clear that it is beyond music and is a unifying cultural vehicle. Hip-Hop is also an embodied practice. In Hip-Hop as a Verb, we will dive into the doing of... |
| MITM324E | Frame Drum Workshops | Frame drum workshop
This course will meet for three, one and a half hour workshops, each focused on a different holding position and thus evocative techniques, specifically freehand, lap, and tar positions.
School instruments can be provided for cla... |
| MITM324F | Global Tambourine Workshops | This course will be a series of individually focused small group lessons/workshops on specific tambourines, their techniques, rhythms and repertoire. Topics include two classes each on Arabic riq, Brazilian pandeiro, and South Indian kanjira. School... |
| MITM324G | Sleep Ensemble | This is an ensemble exploring the notions of live performance sleep therapy music. Open to the institute, the course will move between lecture, practice, and performance and invites all sound making mediums to participate. The course will culminate i... |
| MITM324H | a deeper look, rest & relax, yoga nidra | This is a deeper dive into Yoga for artists. We will explore yoga nidra, deep rest and relaxation, and some simple poses for stress reduction and performance preparation. |
| MITM324J | Mature Sonic Listening | Students will participate on a mature outlook on how to listen to music. Together we will touch on the history of the music of Jazz, Hip Hop, and other genres and discuss the fundamental language of the genres and how it connects to modern day music. |
| MITM324K | Elijah McClain and Music | Elijah McClain was a violinist murdered by Aurora police on the night of Aug 24, 2019. His name was repeated on the streets along with those of others recently killed by police -George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Sandra Bland, and others - during the Blac... |
| MITM324L | Orchestration for concert stage and film | This course offers an introduction to orchestration for concert stage and film music. In the first week, lectures on orchestration basics will be held. In the second week, we will review the orchestration assignments submitted by students. Attendees... |
| MITM324M | Koto Sounds Into Your Art and Music | This course is a lecture and workshop and will explore the ways to integrate koto sounds into your art/music making.
We will be exploring
How the koto works: possibilities and limitations/n Like any instrument, koto has its own physical reality tha... |
| MITM324N | The Full Bodied Breath | Modern life and society have retrained the perfect breath we were born to take. Each breath we take dictates the confidence, connection and effectiveness of the sound we emanate no matter if we sing or speak, in performance or in life. Connecting to... |
| MITM324P | Gustav Mahler: The Last Monumental Symph | Inspiring composers as diverse as Shostakovich, Berg, and Schoenberg, but rooted in the traditions of Beethoven, Brahms, and Weber, Gustav Mahler had his feet planted solidly across two centuries of music. We will explore how and why.
|
| MITM324R | Intro to North Indian Classical Music | This is an introductory course for students interested in learning Indian Classical vocal and instrumental Music. Students will learn the basics of Raag and Taal and be introduced to Swar Gram and Alankar so they may begin their individual practice. |
| MITM324S | Perfecting the Playlist | The playlist has become a steady fixture in our
lives, presented by
professional DJs in clubs and on the radio around
the world. In this short
course we will explore what it means to "perfect
the playlist" - how to
approach pacing, harmonic mixing, a... |
| MITM324T | Building Interactive Audiovisual System | Through this course, we will cover basic visual
programming structures through polyphony, Matrix,
and strengthening understandings of multichannel
sound synthesis. The first week will break down
the fundamentals of jitter and the second week
will cov... |
| MITM324U | Writing for Clarinets | Class 1: B-flat & A Clarinet Intro 1
Class 2: B flat & A Clarinet Intro 2
Class 3: Recording Session-Clarinet Solo piece
Every student has to compose a clarinet solo piece
for B-flat or A clarinet of around 1 minute and
submit it to the instructor... |
| MITM324V | How To: Win a Job! Orchestral Repertoir | An intensive exploration of orchestral excerpts
from standard repertoire found on
excerpt lists for symphony orchestra auditions.
This course will cover audition
preparation and rehearsal/performance etiquette.
Students will spend the first week
stud... |
| MITM324W | The Music of Henry Threadgill | By dividing Threadgill's music into four distinct
periods, we will deconstruct its many points of
influence; areas such as military marches,
calypso, ragtime, and European expressionist art
music. This course will aim to demonstrate how
while these s... |
| MITM324X | All-Inclusive Music: a Multi-Pedagogical | All-Inclusive Music: A Multi-Pedagogical Journey
of Composition & Improvisation
This class is aimed at examining non-traditional
methods of music composition & approaches to
improvisation that allow for individuals of any
training or pedagogical bac... |
| MITM324Y | Development, Rehearsal and Performance | The participants will form a chamber ensemble
(5-10 musicians) with open instrumentation. Every
member will play in the ensemble and contribute
with one piece of their own for us to develop,
rehearse and perform. This can be a fixed, notated
score, a... |
| MITM324Z | Subversion as Practice : DIY Design | This course is open to all students interested in
incorporating Sound as an element of their
practice or project.
Students are encouraged to have personal or
collaborative projects in mind prior to attending.
This is NOT a coding class. Computers a... |
| MITM325L | Sleep Ensemble | This is an ensemble exploring the notions of live performance sleep therapy music. Open to the institute, the course will move between lecture, practice, and performance and invites all sound making mediums to participate. The course will culminate i... |
| MITM331 | Knit Stuff! | Knitting is scientifically proven to improve
focus, connect intuitive and abstract thinking,
promote math skills, and reduce stress and manage
anxiety. You also get to play with soft fuzzy yarn
and make nice things. Join Music School faculty
Erika DK... |
| MITM380 | Gamelan Pieces for Dance Accompaniment | In Bali or Java the Gamelan Orchestra, specially
the most modern gamelan, is known for having a
colorful orchestration and for its musical
vitality, complex musical structures, and
rhythmic complexity. The modern gamelan orchestra
in Bali is known as... |
| MITM396 | Winter Session Teaching Assignment | Credit bearing course for students who have been
approved to teach a course during Winter Session
in the School of Music. Credit is earned through
course preparation and teaching. |
| MITM398K | Guitar Anatomy | This course is aimed at guitarists (acoustic,
electric, classical) and bassists (electric)
regardless of their major/specialization at
CalArts. We will take a concise look at how
different types of guitars are made, the function
of their various part... |
| MITM408 | Compositional Form | This course will present a historical survey of
several compositional strategies, used by
composers to effectively structure their music and
the manner in which it unfolds. Music by Bach,
Brahms, Scriabin, Finnissy, and others will be
discussed. |
| MITM419 | Music of Jackie McLean | In a musical career spanning nearly sixty years,
the alto saxophonist and composer Jackie McLean
(1931-2006) developed a model of collaborative and
socially engaged pedagogy that was to prove
enormously fruitful both for his own career and
that of th... |
| MITM426 | Taking Your Music on the Road | Taking Your Music on the Road - Concert Booking
and Tour Planning for the Self-Promoting
Musician?? This class will focus on the details of planning and promoting
a regional tour for any kind of musical ensemble.
It will include information about bo... |
| MITM467 | Collecting Music | Building a Physical Music Collection:
As in any endeavor there are advantages and
disadvantages to building a physical music
collection. We will be discussing the strengths
and challenges of the three main physical forms of
music for sale people hav... |
| MITM495 | Writing Large Ensemble Music | Writing Large Ensemble Music for Improvisors
Meetings which include lecture, discussion,
listening and viewing of composers and large
ensembles which use improvising as a focal point.
An occasional guest may be invited to clarify
events and happening... |
| MITM501C | Heavy Shit 5000 | Punk, metal, grindcore, powerviolence, and all their glorious sub and sub-sub genres. Ulrich
Krieger and I will tell you about the specific genres we know about and love. I invite
everyone to bring a playlist of songs to share. We're going to sit aro... |
| MITM503 | Alexander Technique for Performance | This course is designed to give you the tools to
get what you want from your performance and life.
We will cover accurate information about human
design and coordination, flow state/ optimal
performance, sustainability and performance
readiness. We w... |
| MITM524B | Creative Producing Practicum | Creative Producing Practicum: School of Music Showcase at REDCAT is open to students who have been selected as performers and production team members for the School of Music Showcase at REDCAT. Student production team members will work alongside thei... |
| MITM524C | Channeling: Delia Derbyshire | The first in a new Winter Session series of hands-on music production courses, Channeling, where, each year, we will dive deeply into the work of a sonic practitioner, listen to their music and explore in the studio: how did they get those sounds? 20... |
| MITM524D | Hip-Hop As A Verb | We need brave new words to birth a brand-new
world. Hip-hop is turning 50 this year and it is
clear that it is beyond music and is a unifying
cultural vehicle. Hip-Hop is also an embodied
practice. In Hip-Hop as a Verb, we will dive into
the doing of... |
| MITM524E | Frame Drum Workshops | Frame drum workshop
This course will meet for three, one and a half
hour workshops, each focused on a different
holding position and thus evocative techniques,
specifically freehand, lap, and tar positions.
School instruments can be provided for clas... |
| MITM524F | Global Tambourine Workshops | This course will be a series of individually focused small group lessons/workshops on specific tambourines, their techniques, rhythms and repertoire. Topics include two classes each on Arabic riq, Brazilian pandeiro, and South Indian kanjira. School... |
| MITM524G | Sleep Ensemble | This is an ensemble exploring the notions of live performance sleep therapy music. Open to the institute, the course will move between lecture, practice, and performance and invites all sound making mediums to participate. The course will culminate i... |
| MITM524J | Mature Sonic Listening | Students will participate on a mature outlook on how to listen to music. Together we will touch on the history of the music of Jazz, Hip Hop, and other genres and discuss the fundamental language of the genres and how it connects to modern day music. |
| MITM524K | Elijah McClain and Music | Elijah McClain was a violinist murdered by Aurora police on the night of Aug 24, 2019. His name was repeated on the streets along with those of others recently killed by police -George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Sandra Bland, and others - during the Blac... |
| MITM524L | Orchestration for concert stage and film | This course offers an introduction to orchestration for concert stage and film music. In the first week, lectures on orchestration basics will be held. In the second week, we will review the orchestration assignments submitted by students. Attendees... |
| MITM524M | Koto Sounds Into Your Art and Music | This course is a lecture and workshop and will
explore the ways to integrate koto sounds into
your art/music making.
We will be exploring How the koto works:
possibilities and limitations
Like any instrument, koto has its own physical
reality that al... |
| MITM524N | The Full Bodied Breath | Modern life and society have retrained the perfect breath we were born to take. Each breath we take dictates the confidence, connection and effectiveness of the sound we emanate no matter if we sing or speak, in performance or in life. Connecting to... |
| MITM524P | Gustav Mahler: The Last Monumental Symph | Inspiring composers as diverse as Shostakovich, Berg, and Schoenberg, but rooted in the traditions of Beethoven, Brahms, and Weber, Gustav Mahler had his feet planted solidly across two centuries of music. We will explore how and why.
|
| MITM524R | Intro to North Indian Classical Music | This is an introductory course for students interested in learning Indian Classical vocal and instrumental Music. Students will learn the basics of Raag and Taal and be introduced to Swar Gram and Alankar so they may begin their individual practice. |
| MITM524S | Perfecting the Playlist | The playlist has become a steady fixture in our
lives, presented by
professional DJs in clubs and on the radio around
the world. In this short
course we will explore what it means to "perfect
the playlist" - how to
approach pacing, harmonic mixing, a... |
| MITM524T | Building Interactive Audiovisual System | Through this course, we will cover basic visual
programming structures through polyphony, Matrix,
and strengthening understandings of multichannel
sound synthesis. The first week will break down
the fundamentals of jitter and the second week
will cov... |
| MITM524U | Writing for Clarinets | Class 1: B-flat & A Clarinet Intro 1
Class 2: B flat & A Clarinet Intro 2
Class 3: Recording Session-Clarinet Solo piece
Every student has to compose a clarinet solo piece
for B-flat or A clarinet of around 1 minute and
submit it to the instructor... |
| MITM524V | How To: Win a Job! Orchestral Repertoir | An intensive exploration of orchestral excerpts
from standard repertoire found on
excerpt lists for symphony orchestra auditions.
This course will cover audition
preparation and rehearsal/performance etiquette.
Students will spend the first week
stud... |
| MITM524W | The Music of Henry Threadgill | By dividing Threadgill's music into four distinct
periods, we will deconstruct its many points of
influence; areas such as military marches,
calypso, ragtime, and European expressionist art
music. This course will aim to demonstrate how
while these s... |
| MITM524X | All-Inclusive Music: a Multi-Pedagogical | All-Inclusive Music: A Multi-Pedagogical Journey
of Composition & Improvisation
This class is aimed at examining non-traditional
methods of music composition & approaches to
improvisation that allow for individuals of any
training or pedagogical bac... |
| MITM524Y | Development, Rehearsal and Performance | The participants will form a chamber ensemble
(5-10 musicians) with open instrumentation. Every
member will play in the ensemble and contribute
with one piece of their own for us to develop,
rehearse and perform. This can be a fixed, notated
score, a... |
| MITM524Z | Subversion as Practice : DIY Design | This course is open to all students interested in
incorporating Sound as an element of their
practice or project.
Students are encouraged to have personal or
collaborative projects in mind prior to attending.
This is NOT a coding class. Computers a... |
| MITM525L | Sleep Ensemble | This is an ensemble exploring the notions of live performance sleep therapy music. Open to the institute, the course will move between lecture, practice, and performance and invites all sound making mediums to participate. The course will culminate i... |
| MITM531 | Knit Stuff! | Knitting is scientifically proven to improve
focus, connect intuitive and abstract thinking,
promote math skills, and reduce stress and manage
anxiety. You also get to play with soft fuzzy yarn
and make nice things. Join Music School faculty
Erika DK... |
| MITM580 | Gamelan Pieces for Dance Accompaniment | In Bali or Java the Gamelan Orchestra, specially
the most modern gamelan, is known for having a
colorful orchestration and for its musical
vitality, complex musical structures, and
rhythmic complexity. The modern gamelan orchestra
in Bali is known as... |
| MITM596 | Winter Session Teaching Assignment | Credit bearing course for students who have been
approved to teach a course during Winter Session
in the School of Music. Credit is earned through
course preparation and teaching. |
| MITM598K | Guitar Anatomy | This course is aimed at guitarists (acoustic,
electric, classical) and bassists (electric)
regardless of their major/specialization at
CalArts. We will take a concise look at how
different types of guitars are made, the function
of their various part... |
| MITM608 | Compositional Form | This course will present a historical survey of
several compositional strategies, used by
composers to effectively structure their music and
the manner in which it unfolds. Music by Bach,
Brahms, Scriabin, Finnissy, and others will be
discussed. |
| MITM626 | Taking Your Music on the Road | Taking Your Music on the Road - Concert Booking
and Tour Planning for the Self-Promoting
Musician?? This class will focus on the details of planning and promoting
a regional tour for any kind of musical ensemble.
It will include information about bo... |
| MITM667 | Collecting Music | Building a Physical Music Collection:
As in any endeavor there are advantages and
disadvantages to building a physical music
collection. We will be discussing the strengths
and challenges of the three main physical forms of
music for sale people hav... |
| MITM695 | Writing Large Ensemble Music | Writing Large Ensemble Music for Improvisors
Meetings which include lecture, discussion,
listening and viewing of composers and large
ensembles which use improvising as a focal point.
An occasional guest may be invited to clarify
events and happening... |
| MITM796 | Winter Session Teaching Assignment | Credit bearing course for students who have been
approved to teach a course during Winter Session
in the School of Music. Credit is earned through
course preparation and teaching. |
| MLNG299 | Independent Study | Under the direction of a specific faculty member,
students complete projects defined in a
contractual agreement made at the beginning of
each semester. |
| MLNG699 | Independent Study | Under the direction of a specific faculty member,
students complete projects defined in a
contractual agreement made at the beginning of
each semester. |
| MLSN001 | BFA Half Hour Lesson | Half hour BFA lesson (1 credit) meet 30
minutes weekly or 60 minutes bi-weekly.
Lesson subjects range in styles or practices
(instrumental or vocal performance, composition,
production, etc). The subject of a lesson is
determined in collaboration wi... |
| MLSN101 | BFA Hour Lesson | Hour lessons (3 credits for BFA) meet 60 minutes
weekly.
Lesson subjects range in styles or practices
(instrumental or vocal performance, composition,
production, etc). The subject of a lesson is
determined in collaboration with the lesson
instructo... |
| MLSN501 | MFA Half Hour Lesson | Half hour MFA lesson (1 credit) meet 30 minutes
weekly or 60 minutes bi-weekly.
Lesson subjects range in styles or practices
(instrumental or vocal performance, composition,
production, etc). The subject of a lesson is
determined in collaboration wi... |
| MLSN601 | MFA Hour Lesson | Hour lessons (4 credits for MFA) meet 60 minutes
weekly.
Lesson subjects range in styles or practices
(instrumental or vocal performance, composition,
production, etc). The subject of a lesson is
determined in collaboration with the lesson
instructo... |
| MLSN701 | DMA Lesson | DMA lesson (variable credit from 0.5 to 4)
Lesson subjects range in styles or practices
(instrumental or vocal performance, composition,
production, etc). The subject of a lesson is
determined in collaboration with the lesson
instructor. Instruction... |
| MPCD350 | Career Designs for Musicians | Open to School of Music students only. This course
will provide students with practical skills and
insights into building their careers after
graduation. Topics to be covered include: planning
short- and long-term professional goals; locating
and con... |
| MPCD351 | Creative Producing for Music | This course will provide an overview of creative
production for musicians ranging from small DIY
events to larger, more formal concerts,
fundraisers, festivals, and more. Through
lectures, discussion, hands-on assignments, and
visiting artist present... |
| MPCD352 | Creative Producing Practicum | Creative Producing Practicum will provide instruction and hands-on experience related to the ideation, implementation, production, and marketing of real world events taking place through CalArts School of Music and REDCAT. Students will participate i... |
| MPCD399 | Independent Study | Under the direction of a specific faculty member,
students complete projects defined in a
contractual agreement made at the beginning of
the semester. |
| MPCD420 | Teaching the Voice | The class is a practicum in learning to teach
singing. The hands-on approach will require class
participants to teach novice voice students
rudimentary singing techniques privately and
group settings. Work will center on learning to
hear and diagnose... |
| MPCD460 | Creative Entrepreneurship | This course teaches students how to build their
own startup
business from vision to global brand. The course
will go through case-studies of successful and
unsuccessful
businesses.
Students will be put into groups to create a
business and learn to wo... |
| MPCD461 | Music Creation to Commerce | A comprehensive journey and immersive guide from the genesis of a song to its successful release into the world. Learn how to balance your artistic authenticity with real life demands, and learn the skill sets required to successfully work in, naviga... |
| MPCD603 | Teaching Artistry | Teaching Artistry is a lecture class that will
focus on best practices of teaching. Through a
combination of demo lessons, video clips, field
observations, and discussion, participants will
explore various pedagogical approaches. Each of
these approa... |
| MPCD604 | College Pedagogy: Course&Syllabus Design | This is a lecture class that will focus on best
practices of teaching. Through a combination of
demo lessons, video clips, field observations,
independent research, and discussion,
participants will explore various pedagogical
approaches. Each of the... |
| MPCD620 | Teaching the Voice | The class is a practicum in learning to teach
singing. The hands-on approach will require class
participants to teach novice voice students
rudimentary singing techniques privately and
group settings. Work will center on learning to
hear and diagnose... |
| MPCD650 | Career Designs for Musicians | Open to School of Music students only. This course
will provide students with practical skills and
insights into building their careers after
graduation. Topics to be covered include: planning
short- and long-term professional goals; locating
and con... |
| MPCD651 | Creative Producing for Music | This course will provide an overview of creative
production for musicians ranging from small DIY
events to larger, more formal concerts,
fundraisers, festivals, and more. Through
lectures, discussion, hands-on assignments, and
visiting artist present... |
| MPCD652 | Creative Producing Practicum | Creative Producing Practicum will provide instruction and hands-on experience related to the ideation, implementation, production, and marketing of real world events taking place through CalArts School of Music and REDCAT. Students will participate i... |
| MPCD660 | Creative Entrepreneurship | This course teaches students how to build their
own startup
business from vision to global brand. The course
will go through case-studies of successful and
unsuccessful
businesses.
Students will be put into groups to create a
business and learn to wo... |
| MPCD661 | Music Creation to Commerce | A comprehensive journey and immersive guide from the genesis of a song to its successful release into the world. Learn how to balance your artistic authenticity with real life demands, and learn the skill sets required to successfully work in, naviga... |
| MPCD670 | DIY | Do-it-yourself - and the related concept of
release-it-yourself - has been the ideological and
practical underpinning of radical music for at
least a half-century. Often identified with the
punk rock movement, the DIY imperative actually
predates pu... |
| MPCD704 | Professional Development | Course open to Music School students only.
This course will explore a broad range of tools
and ideas for creating a life in the arts,
including preparation for positions in education,
artistic entrepreneurship, and work in non-profit
and for-profit e... |
| MPCD740 | DMA Teaching Practicum | Course open to Music School students only.
Students complete individual teaching observations with music faculty members in composition and performance. Attendant course assignments, discussions, and workshops support the pedagogical development of... |
| MPRF101 | Jazz Improvisation | Course by permission of instructor only.
Development of fundamental techniques required
for group improvisation with an emphasis on
gaining facility with jazz harmonic language. |
| MPRF102 | Jazz Improvisation (1-On-1) | Course by Permission of Instructor only.
Development of fundamental techniques required
for group improvisation with an emphasis on
gaining facility with jazz harmonic language.
Meeting times outside of the regularly scheduled
class meetings may be a... |
| MPRF103 | Class Piano | Course available by Permission of Instructor
only.
Non-major piano instruction given in small group
lessons.
Access to a musical keyboard spanning at least
four octaves and having full-sized keys is
required." |
| MPRF105 | Yoga for Musicians | An integrated approach to various branches of
yoga, including Hatha Yoga asanas, Pranayama, and
Dhyana. Physical postures, breathing exercises,
and meditation/ visualization techniques will be
explored. Students will learn to increase
efficiency, rel... |
| MPRF106 | Introductory Foundations in Guitar | Fundamentals of plectrum and fingerstyle guitar. Highly recommended for students interested in learning the basics in electric, steel string acoustic and nylon string guitar performance. This class serves as a foundation for the techniques, terminolo... |
| MPRF110 | Vocal Coaching | Course open to Music School students only.
Centered on in-class coaching, discussion and
critique of repertoire and performance, this
course will emphasize the development of skills
necessary for singing-artists. Students will
learn foundational skil... |
| MPRF115 | Your Voice, your Choice | This voice "boot-camp" introduces singers and professional voice users to a range of important skills and knowledge, establishing a foundation for more advanced work. Topics include voice philosophy, physiology & phonation, practice & performance, ph... |
| MPRF116 | Singing Survival | This voice "boot-camp" introduces singers and professional voice users to a range of important skills and knowledge, establishing a foundation for more advanced work. Topics include voice philosophy, physiology & phonation, practice & performance, ph... |
| MPRF126 | Experimental Voice | Open to all levels of artists making work with,
for, or through the voice. This course explores
the voice in many different contexts through
improvisation, experimental voice pieces, vocal
exercises, and the development of voice-related
pieces on a w... |
| MPRF203 | Harmonic Improvisation | Emphasis on increasing facility with intricate
harmonic techniques. |
| MPRF205 | At Practicum and Performance | The goal of this course will be to explore the
Alexander Technique and how
it applies to musicians. The course will focus on
two main topics: learning
about the Technique and discovering how musicians
can use the
Technique to reduce practice and perf... |
| MPRF211 | Bodies and Voice | Course open to Music School students only, by Permission of Instructor only. The course is intended as a laboratory to explore the body in relationship to the voice and the voice in relation to the emotional memory of the body. The laboratory will co... |
| MPRF216 | Singing the Standards | Singing the Standards is a style survey,
repertoire, and performance course introducing the
vocal technique and delivery of jazz singing. The
course will focus on listening and style analysis
of recordings, videos, and assigned student
participation... |
| MPRF217 | Learning to Scream | Course not available to Voice Arts Program
students.
Voice training for band vocalists,
singer/songwriters and other non-classical
singing performers. Focus will be on learning
rudimentary singing skills and exercises that
support healthy and effici... |
| MPRF218 | Institute Voice | Instruction and practice in the fundamentals of
singing. Course includes
basic technical exercises for building and
strengthening the voice -
breathing, range extension, agility etc. Students
will perform in the class
either live, online or with pre-... |
| MPRF221 | African Song | Study of traditional West African songs -
language and their meanings, and singing
techniques. Special attention will be placed on
tone production, melody, harmony and
embellishment. |
| MPRF241 | Fretboard Geography for Guitar | Knowing the notes over the entire guitar fretboard and understanding their relationships within scales, intervals and chords is essential for expanding your playing, composing, improvising and arranging chops in any genre. We'll explore the fingerboa... |
| MPRF242 | Know Your Guitar - Inner Workings | We will take a concise look at how different types of guitars are made, the function of their various parts, how they interact and how they are affected by use, age, weather changes, rough handling, etc. We will learn how parts like woods, electronic... |
| MPRF250 | Mature Listening Techniques | Mature Listening Techniques will focus on listening in depth to recordings while studying the history of different genres of music. Students will have an understanding of how to use these techniques in a professional setting and in everyday life. |
| MPRF260 | Melodic Research | This course is a multileveled primer in melodic
improvisation. Modes, scales and melodic concepts
like Maqam, Dastgah, Raga will be introduced and
compared. New theories like Harmolodics and
Chromolodics will also be explored. At the next
level, each... |
| MPRF290 | Mid-Residence Recital | Successful completion of this course requires
that the student successfully complete a
Mid-Residence Recital as assessed by faculty.
Students may be required to organize and
participate in a Jury Exam at least two weeks in
advance of the recital. |
| MPRF307 | Conducting 1 | Areas to be studied include:
The development of a clear, readable beat in all
patterns and in varying dynamic ranges,
articulation of styles and textures, and
techniques appropriate for both choral and
instrumental conducting. Among difficulties
stud... |
| MPRF310 | Advanced Vocal Coaching | Course open to Music School students only.
Moving on from foundational work, in this course
students will further develop intellectual and
musical skills necessary for singing-artists.
Students will expand their vocal repertoire in
all genres, develo... |
| MPRF322 | Tabla | Course open to Music School students only.
Group instruction in the techniques, theory and
practice of North Indian Tabla. |
| MPRF324 | Perspectives on Hand Drumming | Techniques of performance on hand drums of varied
cultural origins. |
| MPRF328 | Latin Percussion | Course open to Music School students only.
Class instruction in general Latin percussion
music. |
| MPRF330 | TRIG: The Electronic Percussionist | This course is a series of hands-on workshops
exploring the possibilities for percussionists
performing with electronic controllers via
computer music software, processors, sampling and
loop based performance. This course explores the
potential and r... |
| MPRF340 | Contemporary Wind Performance | A workshop in special techniques as they have
evolved in contemporary music. Topics may include
various extended techniques, production of
pitched and non-pitched sound, multi-phonics,
microtonal systems and special tunings, circular
breathing, impro... |
| MPRF399 | Independent Study | Under the direction of a specific faculty member,
students complete projects defined in a
contractual agreement made at the beginning of
each semester. |
| MPRF402 | Experimental Music Theater | An intensive project-based course that serves as an incubator for experimental music theater and the collaborative generation of new work, as well as a space for rehearsing, producing and performing existing opera/music theater presented in innovativ... |
| MPRF406 | Musicians' Injury Prevention | This course is designed to help musicians prevent
and rehabilitate musical instrument-based overuse
injuries. It will also address injuries from
other sources that might affect our ability to
play our instruments. We will look at postural
imbalances,... |
| MPRF408 | Conducting 2 | Course open to Music School students only, by
Permission of Instructor only.
A course for students who have completed theory
and skills requirements and who have a foundation
in the elements of conducting. Refinement of
techniques with particular emp... |
| MPRF420 | Tabla Accompaniment | Course open to Music School students only, by
Permission of Instructor only.
This course will teach students how to accompany
vocal and instrumental music. Students will learn
how to play with different thekas (rhythm cycles). |
| MPRF451 | Singing the Books | Focused Topic in Vocal Performance: This workshop
will focus on facilitating processes of
constructing realizations of various 'songs'
included in the Song Books, along with an
overview of Cage's aesthetics. Students will
engage in substantial discip... |
| MPRF452 | Contemporary Vocal Techniques | Focused Topic in Vocal Performance: This course
focuses on facilitating learning processes and
specific techniques necessary for preparing and
performing standard twentieth-century and
contemporary experimental vocal works, as well as
exposes student... |
| MPRF453 | What Kind of Text Is That? | This course features an historical and contextual study of unconventional and experimental literature, poetry and text in works for voice, as well as the creation and performance of new text-based works. Participants will analyze and perform represen... |
| MPRF456 | Readings in Voice Arts: | Readings in Voice Arts:Odyssey of the Voice
Readings in VoiceArts is dedicated to group study
of a wide array of voice-related writings, with
specific readings chosen each semester from
important writings on the study of the voice,
evolution and dev... |
| MPRF471 | Hip Hop Lab Practicum | Course is open to students who have
previously completed MAIC-470 Hip-Hop Lab or MAIC-470 Hip-Hop Theory and Praxis, or by permission of instructor.
We need brave new words to birth a brand-new world. Hip-hop is turning 52 this year and it is clear... |
| MPRF490 | Graduation Recital | Enrollment in this course is required during the
semester in which students perform their
Graduation Recital, if one is required by
program.
Successful completion of the course requires that
the student successfully complete the recital, as
assesse... |
| MPRF498A | Spc Topics: Jazz Improv for the Vocalist | Topics in Performance Studies: Jazz Improvisation
for the Vocalist
A course designed for beginner and intermediate
vocalists who want to develop skill in jazz
improvisation. This course will emphasize the
fundamentals of improvisation. Specific atte... |
| MPRF498B | Spc Topics: Mic Use for Vocalists | Topics in Performance Studies: Mic Use for
Vocalists
A course for vocalists that focuses on microphone
technique and effective use of
sound-reinforcement equipment. Topics include an
overview of the PA system, types of microphones,
distance and plac... |
| MPRF498D | Spc Topics: Indian Improv Concepts | Topics in Performance Studies: Indian
Improvisation Concepts Improvisation Based on
Ragas and Talas
The class provides a breakdown and general
overview of the Raga and Tala Systems of North
Indian classical music. Through the fliter of
Raga and Tala... |
| MPRF498G | Performance Practice: John Cage | In this class we will examine the profoundly
influential and experimental works of John Cage
through the performance and discussion of pieces
chosen by the class's participants. The often
idiosyncratic elements of Cagean performance
practice will be... |
| MPRF498H | Music in the Oral Tradition | A practice-based examination of the fretboard
theory behind music of the 20th and 21st centuries
including, but not limited to, the origins of the
blues, bluegrass, folk, pop, rock, alternative,
soul and funk as they relate to the electric and
acoust... |
| MPRF498K | To Exist in Sound Improvised Vocality | Improvised music is alive. It connects you to the
now, a sensory moment created together-space,
players, audience-joined in solidarity. This
course is dedicated to investigating the
possibilities of free vocal improvisation as
experienced through/in... |
| MPRF498L | Tuning Outside the Box | The aim of this class is to demystify alternate
guitar tunings by combining hands-on experience
with theoretical analysis and a thorough
understanding of the instrument's history.
'Scordatura' (literally meaning 'mistuning') first
appeared in German... |
| MPRF498M | Touring Musician 101 | Woody Aplanalp has decades of experience touring
with acts such as Lauryn Hill, Thomas Mapfumo,
Aloe Blacc and Quetzal. Thomas Leeb has played
thousands of solo concerts all over the world, the
only continent he has not toured is Antarctica.
Together... |
| MPRF498N | Class Guitar | Fundamentals of plectrum and fingerstyle guitar.
Highly recommended for students interested in
learning the basics in electric, steel string and
nylon string guitar performance. This class serves
as a foundation for the techniques, terminology
and mu... |
| MPRF501 | Jazz Improvisation | Course by permission of instructor only.
Development of fundamental techniques required
for group improvisation with an emphasis on
gaining facility with jazz harmonic language. |
| MPRF502 | Experimental Music Theater | An intensive project-based course that serves as an incubator for experimental music theater and the collaborative generation of new work, as well as a space for rehearsing, producing and performing existing opera/music theater presented in innovativ... |
| MPRF503 | Class Piano | Course available by Permission of Instructor
only.
Non-major piano instruction given in small group
lessons.
Access to a musical keyboard spanning at least
four octaves and having full-sized keys is
required." |
| MPRF505 | At Practicum and Performance | The goal of this course will be to explore the
Alexander Technique and how
it applies to musicians. The course will focus on
two main topics: learning
about the Technique and discovering how musicians
can use the
Technique to reduce practice and perf... |
| MPRF506 | Introductory Foundations in Guitar | Fundamentals of plectrum and fingerstyle guitar. Highly recommended for students interested in learning the basics in electric, steel string acoustic and nylon string guitar performance. This class serves as a foundation for the techniques, terminolo... |
| MPRF510 | Graduate Vocal Coaching | Course open to Music School students only.
Advanced, individual musical coaching sessions
offered, when available, to students preparing
recitals or other major performances, or whose
repertoire demands regular coaching sessions.
Sessions will cover... |
| MPRF512 | Jazz Improvisation (1-On-1) | Course by Permission of Instructor only.
Development of fundamental techniques required
for group improvisation with an emphasis on
gaining facility with jazz harmonic language.
Meeting times outside of the regularly scheduled
class meetings may be a... |
| MPRF516 | Singing the Standards | Singing the Standards is a style survey,
repertoire, and performance course introducing the
vocal technique and delivery of jazz singing. The
course will focus on listening and style analysis
of recordings, videos, and assigned student
participation... |
| MPRF526 | Experimental Voice | Open to all levels of artists making work with,
for, or through the voice. This course explores
the voice in many different contexts through
improvisation, experimental voice pieces, vocal
exercises, and the development of voice-related
pieces on a w... |
| MPRF541 | Fretboard Geography for Guitar | Knowing the notes over the entire guitar fretboard and understanding their relationships within scales, intervals and chords is essential for expanding your playing, composing, improvising and arranging chops in any genre. We'll explore the fingerboa... |
| MPRF542 | Know Your Guitar - Inner Workings | We will take a concise look at how different types of guitars are made, the function of their various parts, how they interact and how they are affected by use, age, weather changes, rough handling, etc. We will learn how parts like woods, electronic... |
| MPRF550 | Mature Listening Techniques | Mature Listening Techniques will focus on listening in depth to recordings while studying the history of different genres of music. Students will have an understanding of how to use these techniques in a professional setting and in everyday life. |
| MPRF560 | Melodic Research | This course is a multileveled primer in melodic
improvisation through a series of structural prompts. Modes, scales and melodic concepts
like Maqam, Dastgah, Raga will be introduced and
compared. New theories like Harmolodics and
Chromolodics will al... |
| MPRF570 | Hip-Hop Theory and Praxis | Hip-Hop music and culture is fundamentally Black
work. Hip Hop is Black work created in response to
a set of conditions. In the words of Lupe Fiasco
the question is always "Did you improve on the
design? Did you do something new?" That's the
question... |
| MPRF571 | Hip Hop Lab Practicum | Course is open only to students who have
previously completed MAIC-570 Hip-Hop Lab, MAIC-570 Hip-Hop Theory and Praxis, or by permission of instructor.
We need brave new words to birth a brand-new world. Hip-hop is turning 52 this year and it is cle... |
| MPRF590 | Mid-Residence Recital | Successful completion of this course requires
that the student successfully complete a
Mid-Residence Recital as assessed by faculty.
Students may be required to organize and
participate in a Jury Exam at least two weeks in
advance of the recital. |
| MPRF603 | Harmonic Improvisation | Open to Jazz Program students only.
Advanced harmonic development with jazz language. |
| MPRF604 | Speial Studies in Collaborative Perform | Course open to Music School students only, by
Permission of Instructor only.
This course serves to develop and hone special
skills required of pianists working with both
singers and instrumentalists in a variety of
repertoire. It will include individ... |
| MPRF605 | Yoga for Musicians | An integrated approach to various branches of
yoga, including Hatha Yoga asanas, Pranayama, and
Dhyana. Physical postures, breathing exercises,
and meditation/ visualization techniques will be
explored. Students will learn to increase
efficiency, rel... |
| MPRF606 | Musicians' Injury Prevention | This course is designed to help musicians prevent
and rehabilitate musical instrument-based overuse
injuries. It will also address injuries from
other sources that might affect our ability to
play our instruments. We will look at postural
imbalances,... |
| MPRF607 | Conducting 1 | Areas to be studied include:
The development of a clear, readable beat in all
patterns and in varying dynamic ranges,
articulation of styles and textures, and
techniques appropriate for both choral and
instrumental conducting. Among difficulties
stud... |
| MPRF608 | Conducting 2 | Course open to Music School students only, by
Permission of Instructor only.
A course for students who have completed theory
and skills requirements and who have a foundation
in the elements of conducting. Refinement of
techniques with particular emp... |
| MPRF610 | Physiology of the Voice | A comprehensive study of the anatomy and function
of the singing mechanism. Emphasis will be
placed on functional pedagogy and learning how to
integrate the understanding of vocal systems with
the practical application of teaching in both
individual... |
| MPRF611 | Bodies and Voice | The course is intended as a laboratory to explore the body in relationship to the voice and the voice in relation to the emotional memory of the body. The laboratory will consist of the physical exploration of voice mechanics within the body and its... |
| MPRF616 | Anatomy for Musicians | The focus of this course is to study the muscular & skeletal systems of the human anatomy. Once the basics are learned, we'll apply this knowledge to how it relates to performing on musical instruments, posture and injury prevention.
Optional suggest... |
| MPRF617 | Learning to Scream | Course not available to Voice Arts Program
students.
Voice training for band vocalists.
singer/songwriters and other non-classical
singing performers. Focus will be on learning
rudimentary singing skills and exercises that
support healthy and effici... |
| MPRF618 | Institute Voice | Instruction and practice in the fundamentals of
singing. Course includes
basic technical exercises for building and
strengthening the voice -
breathing, range extension, agility etc. Students
will perform in the class
either live, online or with pre-... |
| MPRF620 | Tabla Accompaniment | Course open to Music School students only, by
Permission of Instructor only.
This course will teach students how to accompany
vocal and instrumental music. Students will
learn how to play with different thekas (rhythm
cycles). |
| MPRF622 | Tabla | Course open to Music School students only.
Group instruction in the techniques, theory and
practice of North Indian Tabla. |
| MPRF624 | Perspectives on Hand Drumming | Techniques of performance on hand drums of varied
cultural origins. |
| MPRF628 | Latin Percussion | Course open to Music School students only.
Class instruction in general Latin percussion
music. |
| MPRF630 | TRIG: The Electronic Percussionist | This course is a series of hands-on workshops
exploring the possibilities for percussionists
performing with electronic controllers via
computer music software, processors, sampling and
loop based performance. This course explores the
potential and r... |
| MPRF640 | Contemporary Wind Performance | A workshop in special techniques as they have
evolved in contemporary music. Topics may include
various extended techniques, production of
pitched and non-pitched sound, multi-phonics,
microtonal systems and special tunings, circular
breathing, impro... |
| MPRF651 | Singing the Books | Focused Topic in Vocal Performance: This workshop
will focus on facilitating processes of
constructing realizations of various 'songs'
included in the Song Books, along with an
overview of Cage's aesthetics. Students will
engage in substantial discip... |
| MPRF652 | Contemporary Vocal Techniques | Focused Topic in Vocal Performance: This course
focuses on facilitating learning processes and
specific techniques necessary for preparing and
performing standard twentieth-century and
contemporary experimental vocal works, as well as
exposes student... |
| MPRF653 | What Kind of Text Is That? | Focused Topic in Vocal Performance: Beginning
with an historical and contextual study of vocal
works that utilize unconventional or atypical
texts, students will research and perform
representative works while exploring, creating
and building works a... |
| MPRF655B | Focused Topics in Voice: Dada's Divas | DADA'S DIVAS is a two-semester course (one
historical, one performative) dedicated to the
(re)discovery of the Dada movement's female
pioneers, most of whom have been overshadowed
historically by their male counterparts. These
women, operating indepe... |
| MPRF656 | Readings in Voice Arts: | Readings in Voice Arts:Odyssey of the Voice
Readings in VoiceArts is dedicated to group study
of a wide array of voice-related writings, with
specific readings chosen each semester from
important writings on the study of the voice,
evolution and dev... |
| MPRF690 | Graduation Jury & Recital | Enrollment in this course is required during the
semester in which students perform their
Graduation Recital, if one is required by
program.
Successful completion of the course requires that
the student successfully complete the recital, as
assesse... |
| MPRF698A | Spc Topics: Jazz Improv for the Vocalist | Topics in Performance Studies: Jazz Improvisation
for the Vocalist
A course designed for beginner and intermediate
vocalists who want to develop skill in jazz
improvisation. This course will emphasize the
fundamentals of improvisation. Specific atte... |
| MPRF698B | Spc Topics: Mic Use for Vocalists | Topics in Performance Studies: Mic Use for
Vocalists
A course for vocalists that focuses on microphone
technique and effective use of
sound-reinforcement equipment. Topics include an
overview of the PA system, types of microphones,
distance and plac... |
| MPRF698D | Spc Topics: Indian Improv Concepts | Topics in Performance Studies: Indian
Improvisation Concepts Improvisation Based on
Ragas and Talas
The class provides a breakdown and general
overview of the Raga and Tala Systems of North
Indian classical music. Through the fliter of
Raga and Tala... |
| MPRF698G | Performance Practice: John Cage | In this class we will examine the profoundly
influential and experimental works of John Cage
through the performance and discussion of pieces
chosen by the class's participants. The often
idiosyncratic elements of Cagean performance
practice will be... |
| MPRF698H | Music in the Oral Tradition | A practice-based examination of the fretboard
theory behind music of the 20th and 21st centuries
including, but not limited to, the origins of the
blues, bluegrass, folk, pop, rock, alternative,
soul and funk as they relate to the electric and
acoust... |
| MPRF698K | To Exist in Sound Improvised Vocality | Improvised music is alive. It connects you to the
now, a sensory moment created together-space,
players, audience-joined in solidarity. This
course is dedicated to investigating the
possibilities of free vocal improvisation as
experienced through/in... |
| MPRF698L | Tuning Outside the Box | The aim of this class is to demystify alternate
guitar tunings by combining hands-on experience
with theoretical analysis and a thorough
understanding of the instrument's history.
'Scordatura' (literally meaning 'mistuning') first
appeared in German... |
| MPRF698M | Touring Musician 101 | Woody Aplanalp has decades of experience touring
with acts such as Lauryn Hill, Thomas Mapfumo,
Aloe Blacc and Quetzal. Thomas Leeb has played
thousands of solo concerts all over the world, the
only continent he has not toured is Antarctica.
Together... |
| MPRF698N | Class Guitar | Fundamentals of plectrum and fingerstyle guitar.
Highly recommended for students interested in
learning the basics in electric, steel string and
nylon string guitar performance. This class serves
as a foundation for the techniques, terminology
and mu... |
| MPRF699 | Independent Study | Under the direction of a specific faculty member,
students complete projects defined in a
contractual agreement made at the beginning of
each semester. |
| MPRF790 | Performance Project | Course open to Music School students only.
This guided independent study project will
facilitate the student's creative work and will
be geared towards the preparation and
presentation of a unique event in which the
student displays the integration o... |
| MPRF799 | Independent Proj: Performance | Under the direction of a specific faculty member,
students complete projects defined in a
contractual agreement made at the beginning of
the semester. |
| MSCM150 | Fundamentals of Computer Music | This course is an introduction to the world of
electronic sound (and computer music) using the
Max/MSP software and aims to provide a conceptual
understanding of sound synthesis. We'll be
covering basic digital audio concepts such as the
oscillator,... |
| MSCM155 | Physical Modeling Synthesis | This course builds off of the foundations
presented in Intro to Computer Music. Advanced
synthesis (and analysis) techniques, including
Modal synthesis and Fourier Analysis, Waveguide
Physical Model synthesis of Strings and Winds, and
Formant models... |
| MSCM309 | Perception & Cognition of Sound & Music | The Perception and Cognition of Sound and Music -
Course open to School of Music students only,
with completion of the prerequisite.
This course develops a scientific framework for
understanding how we experience the sonic world.
The science of heari... |
| MSCM310 | Acoustics for Musicians | An introduction into the basics of acoustics, the
natural and scientific foundation of the musical
arts:waveforms, the overtone series, combination
tones, tuning systems, doppler effects,dynamics,
room acoustics, instrumental sounds,
amplification, m... |
| MSCM410 | Physiology of the Voice | This course will examine the anatomy and function
of the vocal mechanism. Emphasis will be placed
on understanding systems needed for the
production of the singing voice. Topics covered
will include, breathing, phonation, registration,
vowel formatio... |
| MSCM416 | Anatomy for Musicians | This course is designed for musicians who have no prior experience with anatomy and physiology. Its purpose is to provide musicians with a fundamental understanding of the skeletal and muscular systems through a lens of performance and music-related... |
| MSCM650 | Fundamentals of Computer Music | This course is an introduction to the world of
electronic sound (and computer music) using the
Max/MSP software and aims to provide a conceptual
understanding of sound synthesis. We'll be
covering basic digital audio concepts such as the
oscillator,... |
| MSCM655 | Physical Modeling Synthesis | This course builds off of the foundations
presented in Intro to Computer Music. Advanced
synthesis (and analysis) techniques, including
Modal synthesis and Fourier Analysis, Waveguide
Physical Model synthesis of Strings and Winds, and
Formant models... |
| MTEC100 | Intro to Concert Production | Course not available to Music Technology Program
students.
An introduction to concert production including
both scheduled class meetings and practical
production assignments at times to be arranged. |
| MTEC101 | Live Sound Production | Concert production concepts and practice
including both scheduled class meetings and
practical production assignments at times to be
arranged. |
| MTEC104 | The Art of Recording | The Art of Recording will provide both a practical
and theoretical introduction to working with sound
as musical material in a recording studio.
Students will learn how to listen critically and
creatively and to use their ears when generating,
mani... |
| MTEC198 | Music Technology Tutorial | This course is open to Music Technology students
in their BFA4 year to schedule
individual tutorials with members of the Music
Technology faculty. Tutorial topics and meeting
times will be determined in collaboration with the
faculty member.
Permiss... |
| MTEC212 | Recording the Voice | In this course students with little or no
recording experience will become familiar with
creative
ways their voice can be recorded in the comfort of
their own home. Together, the class will build
their own home studio to the level of their
choice. Th... |
| MTEC214 | Sound Design for Moving Image | Sound design for moving images is a class to
explore the different sound components needed to
create sound design for different types of
projects, mostly focused on moving images, such as
animation, tv, film and audiovisual art
installations, any env... |
| MTEC215 | Sound for Mixed Reality | This course will be looking at different methods
for working with sound in mixed reality
applications. Topics covered include C#
programming for working with Audio inside Unity,
spatialized audio in Virtual Reality and Augmented
Reality applications,... |
| MTEC270 | History of Electronic Dance Music | In this course we will examine the history of
various styles of electronic dance music from the
'70s to present time. We will learn where these
genres came from, and how they led to the
development of modern day dance music styles.
We'll also explore... |
| MTEC308 | Advanced Production Techniques | Open to BFA3 and BFA4 students only.
This course provides students with advanced
techniques for Audio Production in the studio. We
will discuss microphone recording techniques to
track drums, bass, guitar, winds, brass, vocals,
and world percussion.... |
| MTEC309 | Mastering, an in Depth Look | In this course students will learn how to master
music for digital platforms. We will learn what
mastering is, the history of various mastering
techniques and which modern tools work best for
our individual needs. Through exploring all the
options m... |
| MTEC330 | Intro to Interactive Art | This course provides an introduction on how to
use sensors for human computer interface in a creative projects.
We will discuss basic electronics and teach how
to build a breadboard with a microcontroller and
sensors from scratch using Arduino and Te... |
| MTEC365 | Digital Recording Studio | Course open to BFA3 or BFA4 Music School students
only, by Permission of Instructor only.
A course designed for qualified students to gain
facility in using the School of Music Digital
Recording Studio. Students will learn current
techniques and prin... |
| MTEC367 | Live Multi-Track Recording Session | This course utilizes the ROD, ROD booth, and ROD
reverb chamber as a live multi track recording
space. The course is centered around recording and
mixing in the studio. Students
will produce each project as a team from
preproduction planning, to runn... |
| MTEC399 | Independent Study | Under the direction of a specific faculty member,
students complete projects defined in a
contractual agreement made at the beginning of
the semester. |
| MTEC415 | Intro to Touch Designer | This course provides a comprehensive introduction to TouchDesigner, a leading platform for interactive visual design. Students explore audio reactivity and dynamic visuals, introduction to 3D modeling and rendering, essential TouchDesigner components... |
| MTEC418 | Algorithmic Art & Design | Learn interactive system design in TouchDesigner, exploring algorithmic art, generative visuals, and dynamic simulations. Develop skills in audio reactivity, image processing, data visualization, and the basics of projection mapping to craft immersiv... |
| MTEC420 | Grids, Beats, & Groups | Grids/Beats/Groups will explore techniques for
live electronic performance. Emphasizing
spontaneity and human/machine collaboration, we
will learn to break out of routine and engage
audiences. We will explore classic systems, such
as Roland's "XOX" s... |
| MTEC440 | Machine Orchestra | This ensemble explores a musical paradigm where
each musician has a Laptop controlling sound and
media in an interactive manner. The aesthetic of
each computer having its own sound source
(multi-channel speaker arrays) will lead way to a
new paradig... |
| MTEC450 | Mechatronic Art and Music | This course will explore the use of robotic
systems in artistic environments. It will teach
students how to use the machine to make objects
move. Each student will learn how to make custom
electronics with a variety of actuators.
Solenoids, motors an... |
| MTEC490 | Music Technology BFA Project | Course open to BFA3 or BFA4 Music Technology
Program students only.
This is a project-based course in which students
work with their mentor to create a final project
in which all knowledge learned during the degree
is culminated, helping build the st... |
| MTEC498C | Advanced Electronic Music Production | This course explores advanced electronic musical
production techniques covering sound design,
mixing and mastering. Various electronic based
musical genres and production techniques from
different decades will be explored, taking into
account the tec... |
| MTEC498E | AI. Culture. Creativity. | This course explores the intentional design of
socio-technical systems through the use of AI as a
design material. Students will prototype AI
projects through ethical and sociocultural lenses.
In exploring systems-thinking and artificial
decision-m... |
| MTEC498H | AI Sonic Explorations | This course is a survey and a series of hands-on
workshops exploring the critical, speculative, and
also practical ways of applying Artificial
Intelligence to working with sound and musical
composition. In particular, we will be focusing
on using Mac... |
| MTEC500 | Intro to Concert Production | Course not available to Music Technology Program
students.
An introduction to concert production including
both scheduled class meetings and practical
production assignments at times to be arranged. |
| MTEC501 | Live Sound Production | Concert production concepts and practice
including both scheduled class meetings and
practical production assignments at times to be
arranged. |
| MTEC504 | The Art of Recording | The Art of Recording will provide both a practical
and theoretical introduction to working with sound
as musical material in a recording studio.
Students will learn how to listen critically and
creatively and to use their ears when generating,
mani... |
| MTEC508 | Advanced Production Techniques | This course provides students with advanced
techniques for Audio Production in the studio. We
will discuss microphone recording techniques to
track drums, bass, guitar, winds, brass, vocals,
and world percussion. We will also discuss Mixing
technique... |
| MTEC509 | Mastering, an in Depth Look | In this course students will learn how to master
music for digital platforms. We will learn what
mastering is, the history of various mastering
techniques and which modern tools work best for
our individual needs. Through exploring all the
options mo... |
| MTEC512 | Recording the Voice | In this course students with little or no
recording experience will become familiar with
creative
ways their voice can be recorded in the comfort of
their own home. Together, the class will build
their own home studio to the level of their
choice. Th... |
| MTEC514 | Sound Design for Moving Image | Sound design for moving images is a class to
explore the different sound components needed to
create sound design for different types of
projects, mostly focused on moving images, such as
animation, tv, film and audiovisual art
installations, any env... |
| MTEC515 | Sound for Mixed Reality | This course will be looking at different methods
for working with sound in mixed reality
applications. Topics covered include C#
programming for working with Audio inside Unity,
spatialized audio in Virtual Reality and Augmented
Reality applications,... |
| MTEC520 | Grids, Beats, & Groups | Grids/Beats/Groups will explore techniques for
live electronic performance. Emphasizing
spontaneity and human/machine collaboration, we
will learn to break out of routine and engage
audiences. We will explore classic systems, such
as Roland's "XOX" s... |
| MTEC540 | Machine Orchestra | This ensemble explores a musical paradigm where
each musician has a Laptop controlling sound and
media in an interactive manner. The aesthetic of
each computer having its own sound source
(multi-channel speaker arrays) will lead way to a
new paradig... |
| MTEC550 | Mechatronic Art and Music | This course will explore the use of robotic
systems in artistic environments. It will teach
students how to use the machine to make objects
move. Each student will learn how to make custom
electronics with a variety of actuators.
Solenoids, motors an... |
| MTEC570 | History of Electronic Dance Music | In this course we will examine the history of
various styles of electronic dance music from the
'70s to present time. We will learn where these
genres came from, and how they led to the
development of modern day dance music styles.
We'll also explore... |
| MTEC598 | Music Technology Tutorial | This course is open to Music Technology students
in their MFA2 year to schedule
individual tutorials with members of the Music
Technology faculty. Tutorial topics and meeting
times will be determined in collaboration with the
faculty member.
Permiss... |
| MTEC600 | Topics in Music Technology | Open to Music Technology Program students only.
A venue for formal issues within expertise of
music technology faculty. Topics may include,
advanced interface design, robotic design,
machine learning, music information retrieval,
music and image, Ope... |
| MTEC613 | Coding Art Fundamentals | Unlock your creative potential with coding! In this introductory course, learn fundamental coding concepts using p5js, a visual programming language. You'll create interactive visual art pieces, exploring color theory, animation, basic programming pr... |
| MTEC614 | Coding Music Fundamentals | This course extends previous graphics related
programming experience into the audio domain.
ChucK, a strongly-timed computer music language
will be the focal language of the class, with
opportunities to communicate to physical computing
platforms lik... |
| MTEC615 | Digital Fabrication | This course teaches students modern skills in
digital design. Students will learn how to
express their ideas using CAD software in 2D and
3D forms. Mathematical measurements and scaling
will be addressed throughout the assignments.
Students will also... |
| MTEC616 | Intro to Touch Designer | This course provides a comprehensive introduction to TouchDesigner, a leading platform for interactive visual design. Students explore audio reactivity and dynamic visuals, introduction to 3D modeling and rendering, essential TouchDesigner components... |
| MTEC617 | Media & Web Development | This course provides an introduction to the process of modern web development. Each student will learn the basics of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and how to combine them into a functioning portfolio website. Students will learn how to work with rich med... |
| MTEC618 | Algorithmic Art and Design | Learn interactive system design in TouchDesigner, exploring algorithmic art, generative visuals, and dynamic simulations. Develop skills in audio reactivity, image processing, data visualization, and the basics of projection mapping to craft immersiv... |
| MTEC620 | The Nature Of Code in C++ | Explore the fundamentals of C++ programming using OpenFrameworks, focusing on interactive and sensor-driven applications. Develop skills in creative coding, media interaction, and integration with tools like TouchDesigner and Max/MSP. This course lay... |
| MTEC630 | Interface Design I | This course provides an introduction on how to
use sensors for human computer interface in a creative projects.
We will discuss basic electronics and teach how
to build a breadboard with a microcontroller and
sensors from scratch using Arduino and Te... |
| MTEC655 | Adv Sound Synthesis: Physical Modeling | This course builds off of the foundations
presented in Intro to Computer
Music. Advanced synthesis (and analysis)
techniques, including Modal
synthesis and Fourier Analysis, Waveguide Physical
Model synthesis of
Strings and Winds, and Formant models... |
| MTEC665 | Digital Recording Studio | Course open to Music School students only, by
Permission of Instructor only.
A course designed for qualified students to gain
facility in using the School of Music Digital
Recording Studio. Students will learn current
techniques and principles of sou... |
| MTEC667 | Live Multi-Track Recording Session | This course utilizes the ROD, ROD booth, and ROD
reverb chamber as a live multi track recording
space. The course is centered around capturing and
mixing live performances in the studio. Students
will produce each project as a team from
preproduction... |
| MTEC668 | Intro to Sound Production | This course provides a basic understanding of
working with a digital audio workstation.
Students will learn proper gain staging, where
and how distortion enters recordings, how to set
levels and panning, effective sub group mixing,
and an introductio... |
| MTEC690 | Music Technology MFA Project | Open to Music Technology Program students only.
Course open to Music Technology Program students
only.
The MFA in Music Technology Final Project serves
as the culmination of the degree program,
synthesizing several distinct components into an
integra... |
| MTEC691 | Thesis | Successful completion of this course requires
that the student successfully complete a thesis
requirement as assessed by faculty. |
| MTEC698C | Advanced Electronic Music Production | This course explores advanced electronic musical
production techniques covering sound design,
mixing and mastering. Various electronic based
musical genres and production techniques from
different decades will be explored, taking into
account the tec... |
| MTEC698E | AI. Culture. Creativity. | This course explores the intentional design of
socio-technical systems through the use of AI as a
design material. Students will prototype AI
projects through ethical and sociocultural lenses.
In exploring systems-thinking and artificial
decision-m... |
| MTEC698H | AI Sonic Explorations | This course is a survey and a series of hands-on
workshops exploring the critical, speculative, and
also practical ways of applying Artificial
Intelligence to working with sound and musical
composition. In particular, we will be focusing
on using Mac... |
| MTEC767 | Live Multi-Track Recording Session | This course utilizes the ROD, ROD booth, and ROD
reverb chamber as a live multi track recording
space. The course is centered around capturing and
mixing live performances in the studio. Students
will produce each project as a team from
preproduction... |
| MTHY001 | Fundamental Musicianship | This course provides an introduction to reading and writing staff notation, and basic musical concepts such as scales, intervals, triads, chord inversions, rhythm, and meter. Concepts are illustrated across various musical styles. Assignments will in... |
| MTHY002 | Theory Performance Lab | In this introductory course, linear/scalar forms
are studied in a wide range of musical styles,
possibly including Hindustani, Persian, African,
Blues, Rock & Roll, Medieval, other Western,
etc., along with hybrid forms. Ear training
exercises are in... |
| MTHY099 | Music Theory/Skills Hold | For incoming undergraduate students, this
placeholder course reserves 8 credit units for
required music theory and/or musicianship skills
coursework determined by placement examination
during Orientation Week. |
| MTHY101 | Musicianship Skills A | A sequence of four courses in ear training and
basic musicianship skills related to the
comprehension of tone and tonal relationships in
music including intervallic, harmonic and melodic
comprehension and fundamental rhythmic skills.
Exercises includ... |
| MTHY102 | Musicianship Skills B | A sequence of four courses in ear training and
basic musicianship skills related to the
comprehension of tone and tonal relationships in
music including intervallic, harmonic and melodic
comprehension and fundamental rhythmic skills.
Exercises includ... |
| MTHY108 | Transcription Skills | A course in furthering critical musicianship
skills through exercises in analysis and
transcription. Music covering a variety of
styles, including jazz, is used to form the basis
of ear training exercises. |
| MTHY111 | Tonal Theory & Applications A | This course provides an introduction to the structure of tonal music, exploring harmonic function, sequences, cadences, modulations, simple forms, and systems of consonance and dissonance. Musical examples are drawn from pop, jazz, Latin, and Western... |
| MTHY112 | Tonal Theory & Applications B | A further exploration of tonal structure,
including harmonic prolongation, chromatic
harmony, tritone substitutions, third relations
and modulations to distantly related keys.
Musical examples are drawn from the Western
classical, jazz and popular tr... |
| MTHY120 | Beginning Svar Graam (vocal) | Exercises in singing scales. |
| MTHY121 | Beginning Svar Graam (instrumental) | Instruction will be provided in basic techniques
of note combination and rhythmic articulation
that form the basis for improvisational skills in
North Indian music. These skills will be
practiced and extended using improvisational
exercises drawn fro... |
| MTHY203 | Musicianship Skills C | This course is the third semester of the Musicianship Skills sequence. Advanced ear training and musicianship skills related to tonal relationships in music are developed. Coursework largely consists of transcription and singing exercises, further de... |
| MTHY204 | Musicianship Skills D | The goal of this course is to help students to not
be afraid of any kind of music they encounter.
Cross-stylistic strategies of identifying musical
material are used towards this end, including
octave equivalence, Jazz hearing, set-theory,
microtonal... |
| MTHY210 | Non-Tonal Techniques | Composition and analysis of music featuring techniques such as neo-modality, symmetrical scales, tertian atonality, polyharmony, intervallic harmony, pitch-class set theory, serialism, extended instrumental techniques, indeterminacy, structured impro... |
| MTHY214 | Counterpoint | The contrapuntal aspect present to some degree in
almost all styles of music will be explored
through listening, reading, analysis, and
composition. Of primary concern will be the
evolution of European counterpoint from is
origins through 16th centur... |
| MTHY215 | Song Writing & Analysis | This class is designed to help students sharpen
critical skills that will help them analyze and
perform songs from a mix of styles ranging from
those found in the medieval era to those of the
present day. These skills will then be linked to
students'... |
| MTHY216 | Different Tonalities | This course will examine different approaches to
finding a sense of tonality after the dissipation
of common practice tonal function. Surveying
examples from Western Art music, Classical Jazz,
and Pop from about 1900 to the present day, the
approache... |
| MTHY217 | Form | The structural and expressive functions of musical
form are explored through listening, analysis, and
composition. General considerations of formal
design accompany a survey of selected formal
structures in classical, avant-garde, and popular
musics. |
| MTHY220 | Rhythm: a Global Perspective | This class is designed to teach rhythm from a
broader, global perspective by examining rhythmic
concepts, devices, structures and approaches found
in music cultures from around the world. In
studying varying facets and approaches (as well as
convergi... |
| MTHY222 | North Indian Theory | Course open to Music School students only.
A study of the raga and tala systems of North
India, formal structures and the practical
application of these in performance and
improvisation. |
| MTHY224 | Java/Bali: Music-Dance-Theory | The history, theory and performance traditions of
Javanese and Balinese gamelan music and the
associated dance forms. |
| MTHY226 | Ghanaian Rhythm Theory | This class will cover various musical concepts
from the Ewe and Dagomba people of Ghana, West
Africa. The class will focus primarily on
rhythmic concepts from these language groups. The
concept will be illustrated through traditional
repertoire, and... |
| MTHY228 | Journey to the Persian Music | An introduction to Traditional Persian Music from
the 1900 to present. The discourse will focus on
the historical development of writings on Persian
Music as a Radif and critical discipline. We will
analyze established theoretical and philosophical
i... |
| MTHY240 | Jazz Keyboard Theory | Fundamentals of jazz harmony, primarily covering
chord symbols, voicings, and voice leading.
Meeting times outside of the regularly scheduled
class meetings may be available by arrangement
with the instructor.
***If students cannot make the 2-4 time... |
| MTHY274 | Fretboard Theory | Course available by Permission of Instructor
only.
Introduction to the practical application of
traditional music theory to composition and
arranging for guitar. |
| MTHY277 | Baroque Accompaniment | Baroque accompaniment studies for basso continuo
realization from figured bass and stylistic
considerations for instrumentalists (keyboard,
cello, gamba, bass, bassoon). |
| MTHY306 | The Experimenting Ear | How can we parse and make sense of the varied
sonic phenomena that comprise our world? Can we
build a vocabulary that helps us recognize and
recall its components, like frequency, duration,
and form, as accurately as we do those described
as music? H... |
| MTHY307 | Advanced Sight-Reading for Singers | This course will focus on analyzing basic elements
of a musical structure and then applying that
analysis in practice through singing. This will be
done through rhythmic and melodic exercises,
listening and dictation. The repertoire will
consist of s... |
| MTHY322 | Advanced Svar Graam (vocal) | Exercises in singing scales.
practices from the Baroque to Contemporary
periods. Individual projects will include
research into contemporaneous literature on
interpretive practices. Classes will include
performances of selected works with discussions... |
| MTHY323 | Advanced Svar Graam (instrumental) | Instruction will be provided in basic techniques
of note combination and rhythmic articulation
that form the basis for improvisational skills in
North Indian music. These skills will be
practiced and extended using improvisational
exercises drawn fro... |
| MTHY341 | Film Music History & Analysis | This class presents an overview of the history of
film music from scores composed for silent films
through contemporary films. A wide variety of
stylistic scoring approaches, effectiveness of
music, and connection of music to the emotion of
the scene... |
| MTHY399 | Independent Study | Under the direction of a specific faculty member, |
| MTHY403 | Intonation Workshop I | Let's make use of the results of acoustical
research concerning the various phenomena
constituting the timbre of tuned compound sounds
(as first described in 1863 by the physicist
Hermann von Helmholtz in his historic book 'On
the Sensations of Tone... |
| MTHY404 | Intonation Workshop II | Course open to Music School students only.
This course is a continuation of Intonation
Workshop A, which is a prerequisite for attending
Workshop B. This second course will be dedicated
to individual and group projects (of both
instrumentalists and c... |
| MTHY406 | Rhythm Cognition Seminar | This course will serve as an introduction to
various concepts of musical time and rhythm, as
viewed from the perspective of music theory and
music psychology. Computer science research on the
nature of rhythm perception will also be
discussed. Partic... |
| MTHY411 | Electroacoustic Music Analysis | Course open to Music students only.
Analysis of electroacoustic music and discussion
of associated compositional techniques. |
| MTHY425 | Tala Systems | Course open to Music School students only.
This class will cover the concepts of Tala -
organizing time into units, both duple and triple
meters. The North Indian tala system will be
explored, ranging from 3 beats to 128 beats.
Students will learn th... |
| MTHY450 | Chamber Thought | Focused Topics Course: In-depth analysis of
selected chamber compositions with an emphasis on
20th century works. |
| MTHY451 | Orchestral Thought | Focused Topics Course: In-depth analysis of
selected orchestral compositions with an emphasis
on 20th century works. |
| MTHY498 | Topics in Music Theory | Special Topics courses offer in-depth treatments
of topics in their subject area, and are offered
on a one-time or trial basis. |
| MTHY500 | Fundamental Musicianship | This course provides an introduction to reading and writing staff notation, and basic musical concepts such as scales, intervals, triads, chord inversions, rhythm, and meter. Concepts are illustrated across various musical styles. Assignments will in... |
| MTHY501 | Graduate Theory Review | Course open to Music School students only.
This class is a review of basic to intermediate
concepts and skills in music reading, music
theory and music analysis (covering material from
a typical undergraduate theory sequence). It is
meant for incomin... |
| MTHY503 | Graduate Post-Tonal Review | This module-length class is a review of basic to
intermediate concepts and skills in the theory
and analysis of Western music after 1900. It is
meant for incoming graduate students who do not
pass the post-tonal section of the theory
diagnostic test... |
| MTHY506 | The Experimenting Ear | How can we parse and make sense of the varied
sonic phenomena that comprise our world? Can we
build a vocabulary that helps us recognize and
recall its components, like frequency, duration,
and form, as accurately as we do those described
as music? H... |
| MTHY507 | Advanced Sight-Reading for Singers | This course will focus on analyzing basic elements
of a musical structure and then applying that
analysis in practice through singing. This will be
done through rhythmic and melodic exercises,
listening and dictation. The repertoire will
consist of s... |
| MTHY508 | Transcription Skills | Course by permission of instructor only.
A course in furthering critical musicianship
skills through exercises in analysis and
transcription. Music covering a variety of
styles, including jazz, is used to form the basis
of ear training exercises. |
| MTHY509 | Perception & Cognition of Sound & Music | The Perception and Cognition of Sound and Music -
Course open to School of Music students only.
This course develops a scientific framework for
understanding how we experience the sonic world.
The science of hearing is broadly surveyed, with
course t... |
| MTHY510 | Acoustics for Musicians | Course open to Music School students only.
An introduction into the basics of acoustics, the
natural and scientific foundation of the musical
arts:waveforms, the overtone series, combination
tones, tuning systems, doppler effects,dynamics,
room acous... |
| MTHY511 | Non-Tonal Techniques | Composition and analysis of music featuring techniques such as neo-modality, symmetrical scales, tertian atonality, polyharmony, intervallic harmony, pitch-class set theory, serialism, extended instrumental techniques, indeterminacy, structured impro... |
| MTHY512 | Tonal Theory & Applications A | An introduction to the structure of tonal music, exploring melodic construction, systems of consonance and dissonance, cadences, harmonic
function, sequences, modulations and simple forms. Musical examples are drawn from Western classical, jazz and p... |
| MTHY513 | Tonal Theory & Applications B | A further exploration of tonal structure,
including harmonic prolongation, chromatic
harmony, tritone substitutions, third relations
and modulations to distantly related keys.
Musical examples are drawn from the Western
classical, jazz and popular tr... |
| MTHY514 | Counterpoint | The contrapuntal aspect present to some degree in
almost all styles of music will be explored
through listening, reading, analysis, and
composition. Of primary concern will be the
evolution of European counterpoint from is
origins through 16th centur... |
| MTHY515 | Song Writing & Analysis | This class is designed to help students sharpen
critical skills that will help them analyze and
perform songs from a mix of styles ranging from
those found in the medieval era to those of the
present day. These skills will then be linked to
students'... |
| MTHY516 | Different Tonalities | This course will examine different approaches to
finding a sense of tonality after the dissipation
of common practice tonal function. Surveying
examples from Western Art music, Classical Jazz,
and Pop from about 1900 to the present day, the
approache... |
| MTHY517 | Form | The structural and expressive functions of musical
form are explored through listening, analysis, and
composition. General considerations of formal
design accompany a survey of selected formal
structures in classical, avant-garde, and popular
musics. |
| MTHY520 | Beginning Svar Graam (vocal) | Exercises in singing scales. |
| MTHY521 | Beginning Svar Graam (instr) | Instruction will be provided in basic techniques
of note combination and rhythmic articulation
that form the basis for improvisational skills in
North Indian music. These skills will be
practiced and extended using improvisational
exercises drawn fro... |
| MTHY522 | Advanced Svar Graam (vocal) | Exercises in singing scales. |
| MTHY523 | Adv Svar Graam (instrumental) | Instruction will be provided in basic techniques
of note combination and rhythmic articulation
that form the basis for improvisational skills in
North Indian music. These skills will be
practiced and extended using improvisational
exercises drawn fro... |
| MTHY540 | Jazz Keyboard Theory | Course open to Music School students only.
Fundamentals of jazz harmony, primarily covering
chord symbols, voicings, and voice leading.
Meeting times outside of the regularly scheduled
class meetings may be available by arrangement
with the instructo... |
| MTHY541 | Musicianship Skills A | A sequence of four courses in ear training and
basic musicianship skills related to the
comprehension of tone and tonal relationships in
music including intervallic, harmonic and melodic
comprehension and fundamental rhythmic skills.
Exercises includ... |
| MTHY542 | Musicianship Skills B | A sequence of four courses in ear training and
basic musicianship skills related to the
comprehension of tone and tonal relationships in
music including intervallic, harmonic and melodic
comprehension and fundamental rhythmic skills.
Exercises includ... |
| MTHY543 | Musicianship Skills C | This course is the third semester of the Musicianship Skills sequence. Advanced ear training and musicianship skills related to tonal relationships in music are developed. Coursework largely consists of transcription and singing exercises, further de... |
| MTHY544 | Musicianship Skills D | The goal of this course is to help students to not
be afraid of any kind of music they encounter.
Cross-stylistic strategies of identifying musical
material are used towards this end, including
octave equivalence, Jazz hearing, set-theory,
microtonal... |
| MTHY574 | Fretboard Theory | Course available by Permission of Instructor
only.
Introduction to the practical application of
traditional music theory to composition and
arranging for guitar. |
| MTHY577 | Baroque Accompaniment | Baroque accompaniment studies for basso continuo
realization from figured bass and stylistic
considerations for instrumentalists (keyboard,
cello, gamba, bass, bassoon). |
| MTHY603 | Intonation Workshop I | Course open to Music School students only.
Let's make use of the results of acoustical
research concerning the various phenomena
constituting the timbre of tuned compound sounds
(as first described in 1863 by the physicist
Hermann von Helmholtz in hi... |
| MTHY604 | Intonation Workshop II | Course open to Music School students only.
This course is a continuation of Intonation
Workshop A, which is a prerequisite for attending
Workshop B. This second course will be dedicated
to individual and group projects (of both
instrumentalists and c... |
| MTHY606 | Rhythm Cognition Seminar | This course will serve as an introduction to
various concepts of musical time and rhythm, as
viewed from the perspective of music theory and
music psychology. Computer science research on the
nature of rhythm perception will also be
discussed. Partic... |
| MTHY611 | Electroacoustic Music Analysis | Course open to Music students only.
Analysis of electroacoustic music and discussion
of associated compositional techniques. |
| MTHY612 | Critical Reading | A course designed to improve listening,
understanding and appreciation of electroacoustic
music.
Through an integrated curriculum of listening,
analyzing, reading, and vocalizing, course
participants will gain greater facility in their
ability to pe... |
| MTHY620 | Rhythm: a Global Perspective | This class is designed to teach rhythm from a
broader, global perspective by examining rhythmic
concepts, devices, structures and approaches found
in music cultures from around the world. In
studying varying facets and approaches (as well as
convergi... |
| MTHY622 | North Indian Theory | Course open to Music School students only.
A study of the raga and tala systems of North
India, formal structures and the practical
application of these in performance and
improvisation. |
| MTHY624 | Java/Bali: Music-Dance-Theory | The history, theory and performance traditions of
Javanese and Balinese gamelan music and the
associated dance forms. |
| MTHY625 | Tala Systems | Course open to Music School students only.
This class will cover the concepts of Tala - organ |
| MTHY626 | Ghanaian Rhythm Theory | This class will cover various musical concepts
from the Ewe and Dagomba people of Ghana, West
Africa. The class will focus primarily on
rhythmic concepts from these language groups. The
concept will be illustrated through traditional
repertoire, and... |
| MTHY628 | Journey to the Persian Music | An introduction to Traditional Persian Music from
the 1900 to present. The discourse will focus on
the historical development of writings on Persian
Music as a Radif and critical discipline. We will
analyze established theoretical and philosophical
i... |
| MTHY641 | Film Music History & Analysis | This class presents an overview of the history of
film music from scores composed for silent films
through contemporary films. A wide variety of
stylistic scoring approaches, effectiveness of
music, and connection of music to the emotion of
the scene... |
| MTHY650 | Chamber Thought | Focused Topics Course: In-depth analysis of
selected chamber compositions with an emphasis on
20th century works. |
| MTHY651 | Orchestral Thought | Focused Topics Course: In-depth analysis of
selected orchestral compositions with an emphasis
on 20th century works. |
| MTHY698 | Topics in Music Theory | Special Topics courses offer in-depth treatments
of topics in their subject area, and are offered
on a one-time or trial basis. |
| MTHY699 | Independent Study | Under the direction of a specific faculty member,
students complete projects defined in a
contractual agreement made at the beginning of
each semester. |
| MTHY750 | Topic-Driven Research | Course open to DMA students only.
Topic-Driven Research is an independent-study
project that will provide the basis for the
material tested during the written and oral qualifying
examinations, while simultaneously laying the
foundation for the Doctor... |