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Composing for the Lever Harp — MCO2132.01

Instructor: Rachel Clemente
Days & Time: TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 2

In this course we will be taking a hands on approach to understanding the lever harp both historically and compositionally. We will be building and stringing small 19 string harps which will be used as the basis for our compositional work where students will be creating new works of varying length for the lever harp to be presented at the end of the semester. We’ll look at

Concert Music 1968-2000 — MHI2216.01

Instructor: Allen Shawn
Days & Time: MO,TH 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 4

In this course we focus our attention on a few of the most exciting composers of the late twentieth-century, and discuss how their music has influenced the music of the current period. Works by such composers as Elliott Carter, Toru Takemitsu, Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez, Alfred Schnittke, Luciano Berio, Charles Wuorinen, Duke Ellington, Benjamin Britten, Dmitri

Musing on Miles - An American icon — MHI2214.01

Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Days & Time: TH 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 2

Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American icon whose approach and innovation on the trumpet set him apart from the mainstream. Davis explored new approaches to creating and composing music. Davis was a trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. When

Song for Ireland and Celtic Connections — MHI2251.01

Instructor: John Kirk
Days & Time: TU,FR 10:30am-12:20pm
Credits: 4

Celtic history and music from Ireland, Scotland, Bretagne, Galatia, and Cape Breton will be experienced, studied, and performed using instruments and voices. We’ll find and cross the musical bridges between regions–from the ballads of Ireland, Scotland and Wales to the Alalas of Spain, through the Scottish Gaelic speaking Highland and Islands to the dance tunes of Brittany.