Introduction to the theory and analysis of post-tonal music, drawn from the work of Forte, Rahn, Perle, and others. Basic concepts including pitch class, integer notation, pitch-class sets, normal form, set class relatedness, symmetry, and interval cycles. Analytic applications to compositions of Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Bartok, Debussy and others.

This course is designed primarily for MM Jazz Composition and Arranging students. It is open as an elective to graduate students in other areas who possess a thorough knowledge of composition and orchestration, and software notation skills. This is a project based course on writing music for visual media. It involves the study of the work of industry standard compositions in three visual media areas, TV commercials, cartoons, and film.

Writing and analysis of invertible counterpoint, various canonic devices, and fugue.

Introduction to MIDI and computer music synthesis. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

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Provides the pianist with systematic practice in the various skills needed for fluent sight-reading. Exercises stress rapid eye movement, touch and transposition as a means to read by intervals and patterns rather than by individual notes. Sight reading repertoire given in a well-graded progressive order and analyzed for note and chord patterns. Two-semester course.

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For graduate and undergraduate singers, coaches, and accompanists. English/German and French/Italian in alternate semesters, using International Phonetic Alphabet.

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