MUSIC 32N: Sculpting with Sounds, Images, and Words
Throughout history and from East to West, cultures abound in multimedia forms. Whether in Coldplay's Music Video or Fantasia, Pepsi TV adds or Wagner's opera, Miyazaki anime or traditional Noh Theater of Japan, the three modes of expression (sounds, images, and word) are interwoven in distinctive ways. What are their individual and combined powers? How can one harness them in an online context? Can Web be a stage for multimedia theater? What is unique about the poetry of intermodal metaphor? The course will be an opportunity to face these questions in creative web-based projects as well as through in-class viewing of multimedia works, analysis and debates, readings, and student presentations. The seminar will be taught at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics where students will have access to new media technologies. Prior experience in music, literature, art practice or computer programming is welcome but not required.
Last offered: Autumn 2019
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-CE
MUSIC 34N: Performing America: The Broadway Musical
Musical theater as a site for the construction of American identity in the twentieth century to the present. Issues of class, race, gender, and sexuality; intersections with jazz, rock, and pop; roles of lyricist, composer, director, choreographer, producer, performers. Individual shows (Showboat, Oklahoma, West Side Story, Funny Girl, Company, Les Misérables, Wicked, Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, A Strange Loop); musical theater "song types" across eras; show tunes in jazz, cabaret, and recital contexts; musicals on film, television, and social media. Opportunities for performance and attending local productions.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE, GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Grey, T. (PI)
MUSIC 37N: Ki ho'alu: The New Renaissance of a Hawaiian Musical Tradition
Preference to freshman. A style of guitar playing originally developed in the Hawaiian Islands during the early 1800s, ki ho alu, or Hawaiian slack key guitar, is an art form that has experienced exposure and popularity in Hawai'i and worldwide. Its rise in popularity coincides with the increased awareness, dissemination, and growth of political activism directly relating to Hawaiian culture. In this on-line, synchronously-taught seminar we will explore the musical, cultural, historical, and political perspectives of Hawaiian music in general, and ki ho alu in particular, through critical listening, readings, discussion, and a conversation with guest slack key artist and 6-time Grammy winner Daniel Ho. With ki ho alu as the focus, we will learn about Hawaiian music and history, and explore the relationship between performance, cultural expression, community, and identity.
Last offered: Autumn 2016
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-CE
MUSIC 40: Music History to 1600
Pre- or corequisite: 21.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
MUSIC 41: Music History 1600-1830
Pre- or corequisite: 22.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Hadlock, H. (PI)
;
Proctor, E. (TA)
MUSIC 42: Music History Since 1830
Pre- or corequisite: 23.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Kronengold, C. (PI)
;
Tunesi, L. (TA)
MUSIC 122A: Counterpoint
Analysis and composition of contrapuntal styles from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Use of keyboard, ear training, and sight singing underlies all written work. Prerequisites:
MUSIC 23 and
MUSIC 24C; passing piano-proficiency examination; or, consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Ulman, E. (PI)
;
Zhu, J. (TA)
MUSIC 122B: Analysis of Tonal Music
Complete movements, or entire shorter works of the 18th and 19th centuries, are analyzed in a variety of theoretical approaches. Prerequisites:
MUSIC 23 and
MUSIC 24C; passing piano-proficiency examination; or, consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Ulman, E. (PI)
;
Daglik, E. (TA)
MUSIC 122C: Introduction to 20th-Century Composition
Contemporary works, with emphasis on music since 1945. Projects in free composition based on 20th-century models. Prerequisites:
MUSIC 23 and
MUSIC 24C; passing piano-proficiency examination; or, consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
Instructors:
Ulman, E. (PI)
;
Daglik, E. (TA)
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: Win, Sum
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-CE
Instructors:
Aquilanti, G. (PI)
;
Rose, F. (PI)
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