2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
    Apr 18, 2024  
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MUSC 191 - Improvisation and Aleatory


In this course, students will be immersed in both the theory and the practice of improvised, aleatoric, and open-form music, with a view to a variety of traditions but with a focus on post-WWII avant-garde and experimental Western musics. Students will compose an aleatoric piece, perform aleatoric compositions and freely improvised pieces, study a substantial repertoire of musical works and theoretical writings, and give a historical or theoretical presentation, leading up to a substantial final project.

Program of Liberal Studies (PLS) Designation: AP

Anticipated Terms Offered: every two years