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Music Composition for Dance — MCO4152.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
Music Composition for Dance looks retrospectively at collaborative twentieth-century works for ballet and modern dance by Igor Stravinsky, Nijinsky, Duke Ellington, Alvin Ailey, John Cage, Syvilla Fort, Aaron Copland, and Martha Graham, among others. These collaborations helped revolutionize dance choreography and musical methods from their use of tonality, sonorities, texture,
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Music Composition for Dance — MHI2105.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
A retrospective look at twentieth-century compositions composed specifically for dance. Composers such as Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky, Ellington, Cage, and Copland revolutionized musical form, tonality, and rhythm during the twentieth century, creating compositions for iconic dance companies and choreographers such as the Ballets Russes, Martha Graham, Katherine Dunham, Alvin
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Music Composition for Dance — MHI2105.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
Music composition for dance takes a retrospective look at seminal twentieth-century compositions composed for dance. Composers such as Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky, Ellington, Cage, and Copland revolutionized musical form, tonality, and rhythm, creating landmark compositions for iconic dance companies and choreographers, such as the Ballets Russes, Martha Graham, Katherine
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Music Composition Intensive — MCO4801.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: allen shawn
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Students who wish to study composing intensively may be eligible for a small group tutorial or where appropriate, individual lessons. In general, students taking this course are expected to compose in longer forms and with more varied instrumentation than previously attempted. This course may be taken at the intermediate or advanced level. Students must have taken previous
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Music Composition Intensive — MCO4801.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Credits: 2
Open to students who have good notational skills, have taken other composition classes, and are ready to compose in longer forms and with more varied instrumentation than previously attempted.
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Music Composition Intensive — MCO4801.02

Fall 2014
Instructor: allen shawn
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Students who wish to study composing intensively may be eligible for a small group tutorial or where appropriate, individual lessons. In general, students taking this course are expected to compose in longer forms and with more varied instrumentation than previously attempted. This course may be taken at the intermediate or advanced level. Students must have taken previous
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Music Composition Intensive — MCO4801.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Students who wish to study composing intensively may be eligible for a small group tutorial or where appropriate, individual lessons. In general, students taking this course are expected to compose in longer forms and with more varied instrumentation than previously attempted. This course may be taken at the intermediate or advanced level.
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Music Composition Intensive — MCO4801.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Credits: 2
Open to students who have good notational skills, have taken other composition classes, and are ready to compose in longer forms and with more varied instrumentation than previously attempted.
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Music Composition Intensive — MCO4801.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Credits: 4
****** New course code as of 1/14/20 ****** This is a course for students who want to work in a concentrated way on their (usually notated) compositions, and to take their work to a more developed and ambitious level. They are expected to produce a substantial amount of work, often in longer forms and with more varied instrumentation than previously attempted. Students
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Music Composition Intensive — MCO4801.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Students who wish to study composing intensively may be eligible for a small group tutorial or where appropriate, individual lessons. In general, students taking this course are expected to compose in longer forms and with more varied instrumentation than previously attempted. This course may be taken at the intermediate or advanced level.  
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Music Composition Project — MCO4802.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Days & Time: WE 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 2

This is a course for composers who have taken composition courses previously and have good notation skills.  Enrollment is limited to 10 students. Each student will produce a sizable piece for String Quartet. The class time will be used for analysis and study of works composed for string quartet and for examination of the student’s works-in-progress.

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Music Composition Project — MCO4802.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Credits: 2
This is a course for music composition students. Each student produces a sizable piece for a single small ensemble (to be determined), such as a piano trio or string quartet. All students will be composing for the same instrumentation. There are regular reading sessions of the pieces in progress, culminating in a class presentation and taping of the completed works. The class
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Music Composition Project — MCO4802.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Credits: 4
This is a course for music composition students. Each student produces a sizable piece for an assigned small ensemble such as a piano trio or string quartet. There are regular reading sessions of the pieces in progress, culminating in a class presentation and recording of the completed works. The class time is used in three ways: for analysis and study of works composed for our
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Music Composition Project — MCO4802.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Credits: 2
This is a course for music composition students. Each student produces a sizable piece for an assigned small ensemble such as a piano trio or string quartet. There are regular reading sessions of the pieces in progress, culminating in a class presentation and recording of the completed works. The class time is used in three ways: for analysis and study of works composed for our
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Music Composition Project — MUS4355.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Credits: 4
This is a course for music composition students. Each student produces a sizable piece for a single small ensemble such as a piano trio or string quartet. There are regular reading sessions of the pieces in progress, culminating in a class presentation and recording of the completed works. The class time is used in three ways: for analysis and study of works composed for our
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Music Composition Project — MUS4355.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Credits: 4
This is a course for music composition students. Each student produces a sizable piece for a single small ensemble, such as a piano trio or string quartet. There are regular reading sessions of the pieces in progress, culminating in a class presentation and taping of the completed works. The class time is used in three ways: for analysis and study of works composed for the
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Music Composition Project — MCO4802.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Credits: 4
This is a course intended for composers with strong notational skills who have previously taken courses in composition and are interested in spending time on a substantial composition for a specific ensemble. This term we will concentrate on works for Piano Trio (ie: Piano, Violin and Cello). In preparation for this we will study a number of works from all periods for this
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Music Composition Project: Acoustic/Electronic — MCO4501.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Credits: 4
In this course students will compose a substantial work for one solo instrument with electroacoustic accompaniment. Class will meet twice a week and will be team taught. In Tuesday's session we will review the history of compositions involving acoustic instruments with electronics and there will be technical instruction in the electronic music studio. On Thursdays, we will have
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Music Composition Project: Acoustic/Electronic — MCO4501.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Allen Shawn Sergei Tcherepnin
Credits: 4
In this course students will compose a substantial work for one solo instrument with electroacoustic accompaniment. Class will meet twice a week and will be team taught. In Tuesday’s session we will review the history of compositions involving acoustic instruments with electronics and there will be technical instruction in the electronic music studio. On Thursdays, we will have
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Music Compositions for Dance — MHI2105.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Music Compositions for Dance views and reflects on landmark compositions created for dance companies and choreographers in the 20th 21st centuries. Students will be challenged with composition and choreography assignments using traditional and non-traditional notation, graphics, texts and alternative recording approaches.
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Music History Lecture Series — MHI2000.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Nicholas Brooke
Credits: 2
The class will meet weekly for twelve lectures on varied topics, given by music faculty on a rotating basis. The lectures will be arranged chronologically, focusing on a diversity of musical traditions. Lecture topics will include, among others: discussions of Medieval and Renaissance Music; gamelan and other Asian traditions, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, the Romantic era, the 20th
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Music Lab: 2 - For Advanced Musicians (Spontaneous Composing for All instruments) — MPF4127.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 1
Music Lab: 2 - Spontaneous Composing for all instruments is a course for advanced players of music who are interested in composing by improvising spontaneously. It's anticipated that students in this course have a command of their instrument(s) allowing them to access a range of sound, color, techniques, and abilities that can advance the music. Through weekly guided
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Music Lab: Improvisational Music Workshop for all Instruments — MPF2166.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 1
The Music Lab: Improvisational Music Workshop for all Instruments is a guided improvisation class allowing students to play music without knowing what will happen e.g. from silence to sound to silence. Repeating this process allows one to learn how to play in real time in the moment while responding to sound and environment without thinking. The goal through this process is for
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Music Lecture Series — MHI2000.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Joseph Alpar
Credits: 2
The class will meet weekly for 12 lectures on a wide range of musical topics, given by faculty and visiting speakers on a rotating basis. The course will provide snapshots into musical performance and scholarship, across genres, cultures, and histories. Lecture topics will be drawn from several areas, including ethnomusicology, music history, Black Music Studies, Queer Studies,
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