(Semester 1, September-December 2008)
WRITING FOR HARP - through experience, teaching composers about writing for the harp with lots of hands-on interaction reading snippets of work with final project being a full piece for harp solo or ensemble. Explorations of all compositions for harp including orchestral repertoire, solo and chamber works. Requires weekly composing.
FORUM FOR MUSICAL ARTS a regular gathering for students in the Musical Arts Program where presentations of creative work and related co-critique between students and faculty alike will take place.
ADVANCED IMPROVISATION ENSEMBLE - a small ensemble of advanced improvisers who also work outside the Institute on educational presentations through the Community Arts Partnership networks throughout the Los Angeles area. Culminates in a final concert presentation.
IMPROVISATION ENSEMBLE - a group of beginning improvisers learning the art through the medium of game-playing and intensive listening exercises. Culminates in a final concert.
RADICAL MUSIC PEDAGOGY - explores historical music pedagogy models and moves forward into the present time of co-learning and co-teaching. Field work and papers required. Hands-on teaching is part of the curriculum.
(Semester 2, Jan-May 2009):
EXPLORATIONS INTO THE ONTOLOGY & AESTHETICS OF FREE IMPROVISATION - Course includes reading/discussions and creating improvisational scenarios for students enrolled from Dance, Music and Theater schools. Reader includes works from classical aesthetics such as Kant and Nietzsche, newer thought of Rancière and Badiou's Inaesthetics, work on self-narrative in improvisation, the aesthetics of suddenness (Bohrer), and perception of time and hearing.
FORUM FOR MUSICAL ARTS
ADVANCED IMPROVISATION ENSEMBLE
IMPROVISATION ENSEMBLE