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Small ensemble devoted to learning trans-idiomatic improvisation techniques and composing indeterminate pieces in a workshop setting. One major concert. Prerequisite: access to an instrument. Improvisational experience and conventional instrumental virtuosity not required. May be repeated for credit for a total of 3 times.

This course introduces students to steelpan as an instrument and as a culture. Over the course of the year, students will gain fundamental knowledge of the pitched percussion instrument, gain insight into the culture of Trinidad and Tobago which gave rise to the steelpan, and have the opportunity to expand and share that knowledge through rehearsals, lecture topics/discussion, performances, and events with guest artists. While focusing on soca and calypso music genres, we will also explore a diverse range of other musical styles. Please note that this course is exclusively open to ensemble members.

This course introduces students to steelpan as an instrument and as a culture. Over the course of the year, students will gain fundamental knowledge of the pitched percussion instrument, gain insight into the culture of Trinidad and Tobago which gave rise to the steelpan, and have the opportunity to expand and share that knowledge through rehearsals, lecture topics/discussion, performances, and events with guest artists. While focusing on soca and calypso music genres, we will also explore a diverse range of other musical styles. Please note that this course is exclusively open to ensemble members.

The physics and acoustics of music and musical instruments. The basics of sound propagation, reflection, and resonance and how this is perceived as musical sound. The specific acoustical phenomena of wind, string, and percussion instruments as well as the voice. There will be a lecture portion as well as hands-on lab sections with different musical instruments. Music 158 must be taken for 3 units for undergraduates to count for WAYS.

Small choir specializing in Medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque vocal music. One major concert per quarter. May be repeated for credit for a total of 15 times. Zero unit enrollment option available with instructor permission. See website: ( http://music.stanford.edu) for policy and procedure. By enrolling in this course you are giving consent for the video and audio recording and distribution of your image and performance for use by any entity at Stanford University.

Small vocal ensemble performing late-medieval and Renaissance music from original sources. Exposes students to unfamiliar notational systems through often lavish music manuscripts and prints; builds sight-singing skills. May be repeated for credit for a total of three times. Zero-unit enrollment option available with instructor permission. Prerequisites: basic sight-singing. Prior training in voice not required. Open to undergraduate and graduate students.

Small vocal ensemble performing late-medieval and Renaissance music from original sources. Exposes students to unfamiliar notational systems through often lavish music manuscripts and prints; builds sight-singing skills. May be repeated for credit for a total of three times. Zero-unit enrollment option available with instructor permission. Prerequisites: basic sight-singing. Prior training in voice not required.

This hands-on course explores the life and music of Julius Eastman, in which he endeavored to be "Black to the fullest, a musician to the fullest, and a homosexual to the fullest". His music deals with issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, and class, and was stylistically groundbreaking in many ways, preceding some of the earliest examples of minimalism and particularly marking the downtown New York scene of the 70s and 80s. Class meetings will include guest lectures, labs, and the opportunity to participate in and/or contribute to a live presentation of Eastman's music by Stanford Live at Bing Concert Hall. This course must be taken for a minimum of three units and a letter grade to be eligible for WAY-AII credit. For WAY-CE, the course may be taken for fewer than three units (note that if you take a WAY-CE class for only one unit you will need to take another unit of WAY-CE from the same department, as you need at least two units of WAY-CE). Please note that this course also counts towards African and African-American Studies minor/major.

This course will examine the creative and distinctive chamber music compositions of Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern, the primary composers of what became known as the Second Viennese School. We will listen, analyze, discuss historical context, and - if enrollment includes sufficient numbers of instrumentalists - prepare and perform in class portions of such works as Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire" and Second String Quartet, Berg's "Lyric Suite," and Webern's Six Bagatelles. The course will connect to several days of chamber music and chamber orchestra events in late April organized by Stanford live and featuring the Verbier Chamber Orchestra.