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Composing for the Choir — MCO4130.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Kitty Brazelton
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
Composers who sing (or would like to), singers who compose (or would like to), songwriters who would like to stop singing alone, writers who would like to hear their writings sung (and maybe sing some too) and anyone who's always wanted to learn how to shape music for a vocal group---this class is for you. We will compose, rehearse and then perform our own repertoire in several
Music

Composing for the Choir — MCO4130.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Kitty Brazelton
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
Composers who sing (or would like to), singers who compose (or would like to), songwriters who would like to stop singing alone, writers who would like to hear their writings sung (and maybe sing some too) and anyone who's always wanted to learn how to shape music for a vocal group---this class is for you. We will compose, rehearse and then perform our own repertoire in several
Music

Composing for the Choir — MCO4130.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: kitty brazelton
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Composers who sing (or would like to), singers who compose (or would like to), songwriters who would like to stop singing alone, writers who would like to hear their writings sung (and maybe sing some too) and anyone who's always wanted to learn how to shape music for a vocal group---this class is for you. We will compose, rehearse and then perform our own repertoire in several
Music

Composing for the Choir — MCO4130.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Kitty Brazelton
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
Composers who sing (or would like to), singers who compose (or would like to), songwriters who would like to stop singing alone, writers who would like to hear their writings sung (and maybe sing some too) and anyone who's always wanted to learn how to shape music for a vocal group---this class is for you. We will compose, rehearse and then perform our own repertoire in several
Music

Composing for the Lever Harp — MCO2132.01

Spring 2026
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

Composition Music History

Composing In Traditional Forms — MCO4396.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This is a course primarily for notating composers,to give them the experience and pleasure of composing in a few of the musical structures often used in the Western Music of the 18th and 19th centuries. We will study works that exemplify Sonata Form, Theme and Variations, Passacaglia, and Fugue, among others, and try to create our own versions of these. In the early twentieth
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Composing Performers’ Ensemble — MCO4239.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This ensemble will be comprised of performing musicians who also compose and/or improvise. The focus will be on the reading of new works, composed specifically for the instrumental possibilities within the group. By reading
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Composing with Sound — MUS2254.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Sam Pluta
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
This class presents an open environment for creativity and expression through electronic music composition. Students will create music with sounds recorded in the real world, while studying electronic music techniques from the rich experimental and popular traditions of the past half century. We will cover the theory and practice of digital signal processing for audio and
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Composition and Creation of New Vocal Works — MCO4247.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
Credits: 6
This six credit course is a collaborative music creation experience for composers and singers. This course will be taught in two sections (Section 1: Singers, Section 2: Composers) which will meet separately and as a combined group on a weekly basis. It will be co-taught by Virginia Kelsey and Allen Shawn. Composers and singers will work together over the course of the
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Composition and Creation of New Vocal Works- Composers — MCO4172.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This 4-credit course is a collaborative music creation experience for composers and singers. This course will be taught in two sections (Section 1: Singers, Section 2: Composers) which will meet separately and as a combined group on a weekly basis. It will be co-taught by Virginia Kelsey and Allen Shawn. It will be co-taught by Virginia Kelsey and Allen Shawn. Composers and
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Composition and Creation of New Vocal Works: Singers — MCO4170.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Virginia Kelsey
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This 4-credit course is a collaborative music creation experience for composers and singers. Composers and singers will work together over the course of the semester to create new music for solo voice and small vocal ensemble using various collaborative practices to highlight and celebrate the individualistic nature of the voice. Singers will receive technical vocal instruction
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Composition Intensives and Music Research Projects — MCO4397.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
This course is open to composers who want to work in a focused way on an ambitious composition project, or to those who have a specific musical research project they wish to pursue. Musical research projects could include such things as a serious study of a composer or musical topic, or a detailed analysis of a musical work. The class will meet in small groups and individually,
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Composition Intensives and Music Research Projects — MCO4397.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This course is open to composers who want to work in a focused way on an ambitious composition project, or to those who have a specific musical research project they wish to pursue. Musical research projects could include such things as a serious study of a composer or musical topic, or a detailed analysis of a musical work. The class will meet in small groups and individually,
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Composition Projects — MCO4109.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Nick Brooke
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
In this course, students propose a term-long project with extended instrumentation or length (8+ minutes), of which a part will involve live instrumentalists. We will work together to recruit faculty, student, or outside instrumentalists (with resources provided), towards an end-of-term concert. Class discussion will involve feedback on projects and compositional process, and
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Composition Styles for Modern Jazz — MTH4102.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
Jazz composition styles have been steadily evolving over its 100+ years of existence. With blues always at the core, contrapuntal approaches have come full circle. By first reviewing the evolution of jazz styles, then focusing on composition approaches currently being utilized by today’s emerging jazz artists, this course will examine modern approaches to form, rhythm, harmony
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Composition: Program, Position, Process — DAN2155.02

Spring 2019
Instructor: Eleanor Bauer
Days & Time:
Credits: 1
In this course we will unpack the word “composition” as a guide for authoring, and we will work in groups to create a performance. Starting with co or com as in “with,” every act of creation is in some way collaborative or relational. We will borrow the notion of “program” from architecture as the coordination of all the constraints and agendas of a project into a transparent
Dance

Computability and Logic — CS4383.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Darcy Otto
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This is not your typical class in computer science, or in formal logic; but you will learn a lot about both by taking it. Our subject will be one of the most important and influential papers that has ever been written—"On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem," by Alan Turing. This is the paper that birthed computer science as a discipline.
Science and Mathematics

Computational Craft — DA2114.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Dakota Pace
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
Computational Craft is an intro course in industry standard 3D modeling software Rhinoceros. This course will cover a wide breadth of techniques that range from basic 2D drawing to complex 3D construction. While this course is aimed at teaching technical skills, it will also have a rigorous focus on aesthetics and design concepts. Its ultimate goal is being a feedback loop
Visual Arts

Computational Craft — DA2114.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Dakota Pace
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
Computational Craft is an intro course in industry standard 3D modeling software Rhinoceros. This course will cover a wide breadth of techniques that range from basic 2D drawing to complex 3D construction. While this course is aimed at teaching technical skills, it will also have a rigorous focus on aesthetics and design concepts. It’s ultimate goal being a feedback
Visual Arts

Computational Craft — DA2114.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
Computational Craft is an intro course in industry standard 3D modeling software Rhinoceros. This course will cover a wide breadth of techniques that range from basic 2D drawing to complex 3D construction. While this course is aimed at teaching technical skills, it will also have a rigorous focus on aesthetics and design concepts. Its ultimate goal is being a feedback loop
Visual Arts

Computational Craft — DA2114.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
Computational Craft is an intro course in industry standard 3D modeling software Rhinoceros. This course will cover a wide breadth of techniques that range from basic 2D drawing to complex 3D construction. While this course is aimed at teaching technical skills, it will also have a rigorous focus on aesthetics and design concepts. It's ultimate goal being a feedback
Visual Arts

Computational Linguistics — CS4122.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Justin Vasselli
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
In this class, students will learn various techniques and algorithms for processing human languages. Topics we will cover include data structures and algorithms for text processing, tokenization, and part-of-speech tagging among other topics. Students will learn techniques for working with large amounts of data, and gain familiarity with common resources such as the Penn
Science and Mathematics

Computer Architecture and Organization — Canceled

Spring 2015
Instructor: Andrew Cencini
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
How do computers really work? That is the question that underlies this class. We will investigate the architecture and motivation behind modern microprocessor-based systems, as well as become familiar with the principles and theory of how systems, programs and information are organized at a low-level. The course will consist of readings and activities related to computer system
Science Mathematics and Computing

Computer Science Principles — CS2131.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Meltem Ballan
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This course is designed for all students. Computer Science Principles is an introductory course that introduces students to the breadth of the field of computer science. Students will learn to design and evaluate solutions and to apply computer science to solve problems through the development of algorithms and programs. Students will be provided real world  insights,
CAPA Science and Mathematics