Includes a backstage tour of the Metropolitan Opera House. A course fee is required which covers the cost of tickets to performances and course materials. Printed information and course permission form is available in the Music Department Office. The course is designed for singers who wish to develop their understanding and coordination of performance skills on the lyric stage. Public performance of staged works is scheduled.
Performance constitutes evaluation.
Permission of instructor required. Surveys the classical music literature of the twentieth century from Debussy to the present day. The course will focus on individual composers and the various musical trends of the past one hundred years. Chief composers under discussion include Debussy, Stravinsky, Hindemith, Ives, Schoenberg, Boulez, Stockhausen, Cage, and Reich. Schirmer Books, 1986.