The Composer's Toolbox

Catalog description

This course provides students with limited composition experience the essential skills to create original music. Students will explore 20th- and 21st-century techniques and repertoire, integrating these concepts into their creative process. The course also emphasizes developing attentive and critical listening habits, examining not only how sounds are produced and combined but also their deeper meanings and historical contexts. Students will engage with diverse compositional methods and styles, and various approaches to music notation. Coursework includes short readings and listening exercises, regular creative assignments, and a larger final composition. (MUSIC-MT)