Introduction to the materials and organizing principles of 20th and 21st
century concert music and jazz. Students will engage with a range of
analytical methods and compositional techniques applicable to a broad range
of repertoire incorporating advanced chromaticism, modes, extended
tonality, atonality, jazz harmony, and contemporary techniques in metric
organization and form. The course will culminate in a final paper or
presentation analyzing a 20th or 21st century work.
