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Mandolin — MIN2229.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: John Kirk
Credits: 2
Beginning, intermediate and advanced group or individual lessons on the mandolin will be offered. Student will learn classical technique on the mandolin and start to develop a repertoire of classical and traditional folk pieces. Simple song sheets with chords, tablature, and standard notation, chord theory, and scale work will all be used to further skills. Students will be
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Mandolin — MIN2229.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: John Kirk
Credits: 2
Beginning, intermediate and advanced group or individual lessons on the mandolin will be offered. Students will learn classical technique on the mandolin and start to develop a repertoire of classical and traditional folk pieces. Simple song sheets with chords, tablature, and standard notation, chord theory, and scale work will all be used to further skills. Students will be
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Mandolin — MIN2229.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: John Kirk
Credits: 2
Beginning, intermediate and advanced group or individual lessons on the mandolin will be offered. Student will learn classical technique on the mandolin and start to develop a repertoire of classical and traditional folk pieces. Simple song sheets with chords, tablature, and standard notation, chord theory, and scale work will all be used to further skills. Students will
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Mandolin — MIN2229.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: john kirk
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Beginning, intermediate, or advanced group lessons on the mandolin will be offered. Students will learn classical technique on the mandolin and start to develop a repertoire of classical and traditional folk pieces. Simple song sheets with chords, tablature, and standard notation, chord theory, and scale work will all be used to further skills. Students will be expected to
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Mass Affect: Media Culture and Theory — FV2153.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Jen Liu
Credits: 2
In this hybrid course, we will trace the development of audiovisual media (film, video, and sound art) and hybrid media practices through an interdisciplinary lens. Through screenings, listening sessions, theoretical readings, and discussion, we will investigate core ideas at the center of modern and contemporary time-based work, from experimental practices to the mass popular
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Mass Affect: Media Culture and Theory — FV2153.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: senempirler@bennington.edu
Credits: 2
In this remote course, we will trace the development of audiovisual media (film, video, and sound art) and hybrid media practices through an interdisciplinary lens. Through screenings, listening sessions, theoretical readings, and discussion, we will investigate core ideas at the center of modern and contemporary time-based work, from experimental practices to the mass media
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Medieval Ritual — MHI4132.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Stephen Higa
Credits: 4
Music always has its context.  Sacred music would not “work” unless buttressed and enhanced by other sacred sounds as well as sacred sights, tastes, smells, places, gestures, texts, and objects.  In this course, we will place Christian music in its context by examining the various ritual, performative, sensual, interpretive, literary, and theological experiences that
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Middle Eastern Ensemble — MPF4358.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This ensemble will introduce students to playing the music of the Middle East and neighboring areas. Students will learn a diverse repertoire of traditional urban, village, and popular music drawn from Arabic, Armenian, Greek, Hebrew, Kurdish, Ladino, Persian, Turkish, and other ethno-linguistic backgrounds. We will also study music by artists who have successfully blended
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Middle Eastern Ensemble — MPF4358.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Joseph Alpar
Credits: 2
This ensemble will introduce students to playing the music of the Middle East and neighboring areas. Students will learn a diverse repertoire of traditional urban, village, and popular music drawn from Arabic, Armenian, Greek, Hebrew, Kurdish, Ladino, Persian, Turkish, and other ethno-linguistic backgrounds. We will also study music by artists who have successfully blended
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Miles Davis (1926-1991): Jazz Pioneer — MHI2226.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Credits: 4
This course will study the 40‐year career of legendary jazz trumpeter and innovative band leader Miles Davis. We will examine his beginnings in the Be‐Bop movement as a sideman with Charlie Parker, his two famous quintets (one with John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley, the other with Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock), his collaborations with arranger Gil Evans, and his
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Miles Davis (1926-1991): Jazz Pioneer — MHI2226.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This course will study the 40‐year career of legendary jazz trumpeter and innovative band leader Miles Davis. We will examine his beginnings in the Be‐Bop movement as a sideman with Charlie Parker, his two famous quintets (one with John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley, the other with Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock), his collaborations with arranger Gil Evans, and his
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Miles Runs the Voodoo Down: Rock Drumming through a Jazz Lens — MIN2260.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Brian Chase
Credits: 4
Using the classic Miles Davis track as a reference point, this performance based course will focus on the jazz tradition as establishing the foundation for contemporary drumming styles, particularly that of rock, as well as rhythm-and-blues and modern jazz.  Class time will be organized into two main emphases, that of drumming technique and method, and that of drumming
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Minimalism — MTH4210.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Nicholas Brooke
Credits: 2
An advanced seminar in analyzing the diverse streams of musical minimalism. We’ll look at minimalism’s conceptual roots in the 1960s, and trace influences from the visual arts, as well as early works of Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Fluxus, Cage, and the Scratch Orchestra. The seminar will combine on‐the‐score and aural analysis and contrast open score, aurally taught, and
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Minimalism — MTH4210.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Nicholas Brooke
Credits: 2
An advanced seminar in analyzing the diverse streams of musical minimalism. We’ll look at minimalism’s conceptual roots in the 1960s, and trace influences from the visual arts and dance, as well as early works of Reich, Glass, Fluxus, Eastman, and the Scratch Orchestra. The seminar will combine on‐the‐score and aural analysis and contrast open score, aurally taught, and
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Mixing Techniques — MSR4110.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Senem Pirler
Credits: 2
In this course, we will explore various mixing objectives and techniques through critical listening sessions, analysis, and hands-on projects. We will focus on the fundamentals of mixing, shaping the sounds through dynamic range processors and modulation tools, and various other techniques. Students will have an opportunity to practice their mixing skills through multitracks,
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Modern Guitar — MIN4224.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 1
Individual training is available in jazz, modern and classical guitar technique and repertoire, song accompaniment (finger style), improvisation, and arranging and composing for the guitar. Course material is tailored to the interests and level of the individual student
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Modern Guitar — MIN4224.01, section 1

Fall 2018
Instructor: Hui Cox
Credits: 2
Individual training is available in jazz, modern and classical guitar technique and repertoire, song accompaniment (finger style), improvisation, and arranging and composing for the guitar. Course material is tailored to the interests and level of the individual student. Corequisites: Attendance at Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:00 pm). Auditions will take place Wednesday,
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Modern Guitar — MIN4224.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 1
Individual training is available in jazz, modern and classical guitar technique and repertoire, song accompaniment (finger style), improvisation, and arranging and composing for the guitar. Course material is tailored to the interests and level of the individual student.
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Modern Guitar — MIN4224.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Hui Cox
Credits: 2
Individual training is available in jazz, modern and classical guitar technique and repertoire, song accompaniment (finger style), improvisation, and arranging and composing for the guitar. Course material is tailored to the interests and level of the individual student. Corequisites: Attendance at Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:00 pm).
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Modern Guitar — MIN4224.02, section 2

Fall 2018
Instructor: Thom Loubet
Credits: 2
Individual training is available in jazz, modern and classical guitar technique and repertoire, song accompaniment (finger style), improvisation, and arranging and composing for the guitar. Course material is tailored to the interests and level of the individual student. Corequisites: Attendance at Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:00 pm).
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Modern Guitar — MIN4224.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Hui Cox
Credits: 2
Individual training is available in jazz, modern and classical guitar technique and repertoire, song accompaniment (finger style), improvisation, and arranging and composing for the guitar. Course material is tailored to the interests and level of the individual student.
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Modern Guitar — MIN4224.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
Individual training is available in jazz, modern and classical guitar technique and repertoire, song accompaniment (finger style), improvisation, and arranging and composing for the guitar. Course material is tailored to the interests and level of the individual student.
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Modern Guitar — MIN4224.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Hui Cox
Credits: 2
Individual training is available in jazz, modern and classical guitar technique and repertoire, song accompaniment (finger style), improvisation, and arranging and composing for the guitar. Course material is tailored to the interests and level of the individual student.
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