The vocabulary and technology of film production are taught, as well as an understanding of the function of music in documentary and experimental film and video. The course contains a laboratory component in which students develop sequencing skills and work with synchronized videotape. 0336. String and vocal arrangements may be included. Weekly seminar meetings. Current and past trends in jazz and pop composition.
Students compose and perform original music.
Class analysis of works. Advanced composition in the jazz idiom. Full scoring for orchestra and band, ranging from monody to complex texture. A continuation of Music Studies 0241. Emphasis on reading from open score with the alto, tenor, and soprano clefs in addition to the G and F clefs.