ANNOUNCEMENT: Eastman School of Music / IRCAM Summer Study-Abroad Program 2016
Robert Judd
Theory 402a (Theory and Analysis of Contemporary Music) is a three-credit course designed for graduate students and advanced undergraduates: composers, performers, theorists, and musicologists are all welcome. The syllabus focuses on developing an analytical understanding of musical developments of the last thirty years, with special emphasis on works performed during the festival. This year's featured composers include Philippe Leroux, Rebecca Saunders, Beat Furrer, and Mauro Lanza. Course topics will include spectralism, electroacoustic music, microtonality, computer-aided composition, and live electronics.
Students will attend classes taught by Prof. Robert Hasegawa (McGill University) every weekday from June 6 to 17, then will participate in the IRCAM Academy as auditors from June 20 to July 2. Participants will be provided with tickets to all festival concerts (typically 15 to 18 events), including performances by the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, percussionist Steven Schick, and other ensembles and soloists.
The course is designed for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. Students applying to the course should have completed at least four semesters of collegiate-level music theory or the equivalent; previous study of post-tonal theory is recommended but not required. The course will be taught in English, and knowledge of French is not necessary. For more information, tuition and fee schedules, and an online application form, visit the program website:
www.esm.rochester.edu/theory/paris/
The application deadline is Monday, February 1, 2016, though applications may be accepted after this date if there is remaining space in the class.
Feel free to contact me by email (robert.hasegawa -at- mcgill.ca) with any questions... and please pass this announcement along to any students or colleagues who might be interested!
Best wishes,
Robert Hasegawa
Assistant Professor of Music Theory
Schulich School of Music of McGill University
robert.hasegawa -at- mcgill.ca