Beginning Workshop in Musical Composition

Undergraduate catalogue

A workshop that fosters individual students' composing within a community of peers. This course will consider familiar musical styles, and students will open their ears as well to non-traditional instruments, collaborative and improvisatory approaches, and technological opportunities. The focus is not on music theory "rules" but on each student's musical imagination, explored through the tools available to us, individually and collectively. Group work and discussion are central. Several short "sketches" during the semester, final composition at the end of the semester. Prerequisite: instructor's permission.