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In the first half of the term students will compose pieces for the celebrated "Eighth Blackbird" ensemble, which consists of flute(s), clarinet(s), piano, percussion, violin, and cello. In preparation for this, we will study a few important scores written for this combination of instruments. The ensemble will visit in November and read and record the
In 1936, Alan Turing wrote a paper that invented computer science. Not a piece of computer science, not a contribution to it. The whole thing. “On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem” asked a question that nobody had thought to formalize: what does it mean to compute something? And in answering it, Turing proved
For students doing work-study or internships, we will focus on three core areas of professionalization. First, each week will journal our work weeks, discussing and sharing our work experiences in a round-table. Second, we will build our professionalization skills, especially networking (in person and on LinkedIn), resume writing, and
For students doing work-study or internships, we will focus on three core areas of professionalization. First, each week will journal our work weeks, discussing and sharing our work experiences in a round-table. Second, we will build our professionalization skills, especially networking (in person and on LinkedIn), resume writing, and
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
