Listening: exposure to new work and artists via in-depth analysis and discussion.Approaches to music annotation/scoring/scripting.Orchestration and performance deployment.Creative resourcefulness during lockdown (musicians have a long tradition of this!).Composing for performance featuring objects and DIY instruments.Introduction to creative sound practices incorporating hands-on experience with digital audio workstations (DAW), basic amplification (the mixer as a paradigm for sound manipulation).Making music for diverse contexts: composer as solo performer, composer as part of an ensemble, composer as producer/artistic director.COURSE DETAILS:Ĭreative Sound Studio is a project-based, hands-on sound/music-making workshop. Students with credit for FPA 145 may not take this course for further credit. Students will compose short works within given guidelines that address specific compositional issues. voice-leading, overtone structure, metre) will be studied with particular reference to composition.
The fundamental principles of theory and acoustics (e.g.
This course introduces basic concepts of music composition such as melody and pitch organization, harmony, rhythm and form.
