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Week - 1 |
What is composition? Clarifying the role of composer. In-class vocal improvisation. |
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Week - 2 |
Text compositions and structured improvisations. |
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Week - 3 |
Texture. Listening: Penderecki and Ligeti
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Week - 4 |
Clusters, stacked intervals. Listening: Cowell and Berio
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Week - 5 |
Dynamics and contrast. Listening: Beethoven, Gorecki
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Week - 6 |
Minimalism. Listening: Glass, Riley, Ince
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Week - 7 |
Maximalism. Listening: Andrew Norman
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Week - 8 |
In-class performances. |
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Week - 9 |
Graphic notation. |
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Week - 10 |
Serial and pitch-centric techniques. Listening: Schoenberg |
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Week - 11 |
Present opening gesture of the final composition and analyze its implications in class. |
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Week - 12 |
Introduction to structural musical functions. |
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Week - 13 |
Present the first half of the final project to the class. |
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Week - 14 |
Present complete final projects in class. Critique and revise. |