Sonic Practice

(4 Credits)

This course will introduce students to performance practice and performance cultures in a global context. Through weekly lectures, workshops, and labs, students will explore the ways in which musicking functions as a creative practice for its practitioners, its 'users', and its listening cultures. Students will examine topics including the interface between performance and composition; performance as composition; musicking with technology; musicking as a crucible of experimentation and how to formulate practice research questions and frameworks. Each week will include extensive practical music experiences, such as listening exercises; guided readings and viewings; all in the service of facilitating music making and documenting.