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MUSIC 124A: Songwriters Workshop

Laboratory for composers of any kind of vernacular music: singer-songwriters; folk singers; laptop dance music composers; rock and pop bands; rappers; writers of instrumentals or music with lyrics; solo artists and collaborators; etc. Compositional strategies for songwriting, overview of exemplars, discussion of aesthetic issues, and development of artistic personae. Weekly critique session for students and faculty to share work and offer feedback. Music theory and literacy not required. Aimed, however, at those with at least some experience as writers, whether casual or extensive. For bands at least half of members must be enrolled.
Terms: Win | Units: 1-2 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE | Repeatable 2 times (up to 4 units total)

MUSIC 127A: Instrumentation and Orchestration

Individual instruments, instrumental groups within the orchestra, and combinations of groups. Arrangements from piano to orchestral music. Score analysis with respect to orchestration. Practical exercises using chamber ensembles and school orchestra. Prerequisite: Music23, or permission of the instructor.
Terms: Aut, Spr | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-CE

MUSIC 127B: Advanced Orchestration

Through analysis and writing exercises, students develop proficiency in advanced orchestration practices. The course covers techniques currently used in film scoring as well as form basis for new experimental orchestral composition.
Last offered: Spring 2023 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE

MUSIC 128: Stanford Laptop Orchestra: Composition, Coding, and Performance (CS 170)

Classroom instantiation of the Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk) which includes public performances. An ensemble of more than 20 humans, laptops, controllers, and special speaker arrays designed to provide each computer-mediated instrument with its sonic identity and presence. Topics and activities include issues of composing for laptop orchestras, instrument design, sound synthesis, programming, and live performance. May be repeated four times for credit. Space is limited; see https://ccrma.stanford.edu/courses/128 for information about the application and enrollment process. May be repeat for credit
Terms: Spr | Units: 1-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE | Repeatable 4 times (up to 20 units total)

MUSIC 130B: Elementary Instrumental Conducting

What do conductors do and how do they do it? In this course, students are introduced to the theory, technique, and practice of instrumental conducting. Students will develop the art of physical gesture by conducting an ensemble made up of class members. Topics include baton technique, rehearsal procedure, and structural analysis. Studies in clef reading and transposition will foster the skills needed to read orchestral scores. Students will study and conduct instrumental music for strings, winds, and full orchestra primarily from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods. Following preliminary work with the class ensemble, each student will conduct Stanford Philharmonia and the Stanford Symphony Orchestra in rehearsal as their final project. Prerequisite: Instructor's permission.
Terms: Aut | Units: 2-3 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors: Phillips, P. (PI)

MUSIC 130C: Elementary Choral Conducting

Techniques specific to the conducting of choral ensembles: warm-ups, breathing, balance, blend, choral tone, isolation principles, recitative conducting, preparation, and conducting of choral/orchestral works.
Last offered: Winter 2022 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE

MUSIC 131A: Musical Indeterminacy & Advanced Notation

Strategies for composing works that change from performance to performance and offer performers significant and sometimes spontaneous input into their musical form and content. Examination of canonic works and discussion of the defining boundaries of musical ontology. Consideration of various notational techniques, prescriptive versus descriptive purposes, pictographic notation, the aesthetics of the score, under-specification versus musical graininess, and the sonification of visual data. Discussion of game pieces, aleatoric chance procedures, the role of improvisation, conceptual vagueness, interpretative compliance, and the ethics of fidelity and exactitude. Brief etude assignments, readings, and creation of a short ensemble piece performed in concert.
Last offered: Autumn 2022 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE

MUSIC 143F: Nineteenth-Century Pianism: History, Works, & Performance Practices (MUSIC 243F)

This seminar narrows the divide between performance and musicology. With nineteenth-century pianism as an extended case study, this course will explore representative and less common composers, works, and performers. Subtopics will include historical performance practices, notation, critical editions, period pianos, hermeneutics, recording analysis, and the cultural politics of performing and listening. Students will hone writing, research, and performance skills through a variety of assignments, seminar discussions, and in-class exercises, culminating with a lecture-recital. Possible field trips will include Stanford's Archive of Recorded Sound and selected live performances. Prerequisites: Intermediate to advanced performance ability; intermediate or higher music theory. WIM at 4 units only.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-4 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
Instructors: Graham, P. (PI)

MUSIC 151B: Red Vest Band

A small ensemble of the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band open to members of the LSJUMB by audition and consent of instructor. Members perform at multiple Stanford Athletics events, multiple community events, and travel to some away and post-season games. Weekly rehearsals focus on introduction of new student arrangements and the LSJUMB's repertoire of rock, funk, and traditional styles. May be repeated for credit a total of 12 times.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 1 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE | Repeatable 12 times (up to 12 units total)

MUSIC 154A: Sound Art I (ARTSTUDI 131)

Acoustic, digital and analog approaches to sound art. Familiarization with techniques of listening, recording, digital processing and production. Required listening and readings in the history and contemporary practice of sound art. (lower level)
Terms: Aut | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-CE
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