Music

Studies in computer music studio techniques, sound synthesis using a variety of software packages based on the Macintosh platform, and the creation of original music using new technologies. Prerequisite: MUSI 3390 or instructor permission.

Topics involving the composition, performance, and programming of interactive computer music systems. Prerequisite: Instructor permission or MUSI 3390.

This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Music.

Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

The course teaches a blended approach to performance, composition and computer programming through the context of a computer music ensemble. Students from various backgrounds work collaboratively in a technological ensemble context while building skills in interactive media programming, sound art design and human-computer interaction. They explore a new way of making ensemble music in collaboration with interactive and networked computer systems.

This course will cover the basic skills needed for building new musical interfaces. The first skill, and the primary topic of this course is Sound Synthesis. We will learn about the most common ways for digitally generating (synthesizing) musical sounds. This includes various concepts from musical acoustics and psychoacoustics. But it also includes the practical details of how to actually synthesize sound on a digital computer.

This is a course in audiovisual composition and time-based new media. Over the course of the semester, you will create fixed video pieces, learn interactive & real-time audiovisual techniques, and explore sculptural & networked approaches to combining sound and light.

In this course we engage electronic dance music (EDM) from a variety of perspectives, including learning to listen to and analyze the structure of EDM works. We will read about and discuss the histories of various EDM scenes around the globe, from the 1970¿s into the 2020¿s. We will compose musical works using our DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations), exploring the use of audio effects to make our sounds compelling. Lastly, we will perform our music in a venue designed for this music.

Studies in the basic technique and art of conducting, with weekly experience conducting repertoire with a small choral ensemble. Prerequisite: basic ear training, sight-reading. Previous experience in a choral or instrumental ensemble is preferred. Interested students should consult with the instructor before registering. Instructor permission is required.

Studies in the basic technique and art of conducting, with weekly experience conducting repertoire with a small choral ensemble. Prerequisite: Previous experience in a choral or instrumental ensemble is preferred. Interested students should consult with the instructor before registering. Instructor permission is required.

This class will explore the art of writing for chorus and small vocal ensemble, and will aim at developing practical skills in creating and transcribing arrangements. Students will study a variety of examples from the repertoire, and attention will be paid to fundamentals of writing for the voice, setting text, etc. In addition the class will serve as workshop chorus, such that student arrangements can be performed and studied in the classroom. Prerequisites: MUSI 3310 or Instructor permission. A basic knowledge of music theory, and a basic ability to sing from written sources will prove essential.

Provides intensive instruction in voice or on an instrument, broadens and deepens repertory knowledge, and provides experience in public performance as well as the evaluation of performance. Students perform at least one solo recital per semester. Students write self-evaluations of their performance and receive feedback from instructor. Prerequisite: 1 semester of MUPF and audition. Must simultaneously register for MUPF 3950, 3960, 4950 or 4960.

Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

A graduate course permitting music studies, either in a group or as an individual, for students who are not working at the Music PhD level. Typically these would be graduate students in other departments or, rarely, advanced undergraduates. Topics may be research or composition. Prerequisite: instructor permission.

This is a crash course in thinking and writing about music from many different perspectives. It is also an introduction to some of the ways we think about music and sound in the UVa music department. And it is an opportunity for you to think about the enterprise of being an academic in music and in the humanities. We will also focus a bit on teaching and University life.

A graduate-level seminar in interactive technology for music and multimedia.  Students explore theoretical, creative and practical aspects of programming, composing and performing real-time interactive music with computers. 

A course primarily for advanced composition students. Enlarges the notion of scoring, familiar in talk of "film scores," to explore the idea of scoring many kinds of activities. Possibilities include a favorite chapter in a book, still images, scoring in response to a musical performance, and many more.

Improvisation is prevalent in jazz, creative music, Western new music, hip hop, gospel, and many folk and/or non-Western cultural music traditions. This course focuses on the practice of composing for improvisers. Students will create and perform new works, expand their knowledge of compositional approaches to improvisation, and increase their abilities in open improvisation.

Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

Selected topics, announced in advance, exploring the study of music within cultural and historical frameworks. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

Selected topics, announced in advance, exploring the study of music within cultural and historical frameworks. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

Current Studies in Research and Criticism Prerequisite: Instructor permission.