Both have form and order, structure and rhythm. They occur in space and time to be experienced through human senses. Music is authored by a composer in the form of a score, interpreted by a conductor, implemented by musicians making sounds and heard by an audience. Architecture is created by a designer in the form of drawings, interpreted by a builder directing craftsman who produce objects and viewed or used by citizens or clients. The primary vehicle for this exploration will be a Music School for George Washington University located in the Foggy Bottom area of the District of Columbia.
Music education is similar to architectural education.
The craft must be learned and developed. This involves technique, theory and history. It all comes together in the creative act of synthesis involving composition and performance. Vitruvius said that music must be one of the subjects understood by the architect. There will be two preliminary projects.