Music Composition Project
Course Description
Summary
This is a course for composers who have taken composition courses previously and have good notation skills. Enrollment is limited to 10 students. Each student will produce a sizable piece for String Quartet. The class time will be used for analysis and study of works composed for string quartet and for examination of the student鈥檚 works-in-progress. There will be a preliminary reading session over zoom of the pieces in progress, and the course will culminate in a class presentation and a recording of the completed works when the guest ensemble, the Cassatt Quartet, is on campus in early May. In the final weeks, we will do one short additional composition.
Learning Outcomes
- Completion of an extended composition that is worked on over a two month period
- Increased fluency with music notation
- Greater familiarity with string instruments and with the repertoire for String Quartet
Prerequisites
Previous composition study and good notation skills
Permission of the instructor. If you are interested please submit work and contact Allen Shawn.
Please contact the faculty member : ashawn@bennington.edu