Courses

Performance of standard and contemporary literature for percussion instruments.

This advanced course involves in-depth explorations of contemporary frameworks in music therapy such as community music therapy, feminist music therapy, and resource-oriented music therapy. The course uses a colloquium format with student-led discussions. Students will develop the ability to critically evaluate the arguments underlying these orientations and to apply the thinking that characterizes contemporary orientations to their own clinical approaches.

This course examines critical issues related to contemporary K–12 teacher policies and labor movements, focusing on factors affecting the equitable distribution of teachers, the fundamentals of modern teacher policy reforms, and the political and social conditions underlying recent teacher labor movements. Students leave this course with a strong overview of current teacher policy and labor market issues as well as an in-depth examination of a focus area they select.

Immerses the student composer in creating music for a range of visual media including movies, shorts, television, and animation. Topics of inquiry include the visual, aural, narrative, textual and subtextual components of communication with moving images; the aesthetics, techniques and technicalities of spotting and synchronizing music; orchestration, both traditional and digital; production and mixing; and compositional practices unique to the work of scoring for moving images. Weekly scoring assignments and in-class critiques.

This hands-on course will both sharpen a composer’s aesthetic and raise the level of proficiency in their use of an industry-standard complex of the software necessary for composing and producing in film and media production. In tandem with incorporating the ever-increasing quality and availability of digital audio production software, including virtual instruments, media composers will deliver the pristine, professional sounding music now expected for film, TV, video games, songs and even Broadway.

This course seeks to cover the landscape in contemporary theorizing and research on cultural globalization. It is organized broadly around three partially competing/partially complementary theories of globalization - homogenization, enduring cultural differences, and hybridization. We will attempt to bring each of these theories to life with case studies of the production, distribution, and reception of cultural forms and experiences from across the globe. We will also review research methods, including cross-national comparative research design, ethnography, in-depth interviews, content analysis, and historical/archival research methods, focusing in particular on the methods used in course readings.

An overview of the artistic and administrative demands of being a professional singer in the 21st century, including music production, collaboration, distribution, publishing, and digital marketing. Students receive guidance in developing short and long term career plans rooted in their unique identities, interests, and creative pursuits.

This course prepares the contemporary vocalist for professional opportunities in live performance. Students collaborate with each other to book, manage, promote, and perform gigs at New York City music venues using the skills learned throughout their degree. Culminates in a showcase concert at an on- or off-campus venue for friends, family, and invited industry guests.

This course provides a detailed exploration of the ways in which the modern classical singer, musical theatre performer, and pop singer must use their talents and intuition on social media to develop and market their brand, personal sensibility, and point of view on the world. Vocals and live performance style techniques for the camera will be addressed in a laboratory environment, as well as techniques to target audiences on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, websites, virtual auditions, and self-submissions.

This course provides a detailed exploration of the ways in which the modern classical singer, musical theatre performer, and pop singer must use their talents and intuition on social media to develop and market their brand, personal sensibility and point of view on the world. Vocals and live performance style techniques for the camera will be addressed in a laboratory environment, as well as techniques to target audiences on Tik-tok, Instagram, Facebook, websites, virtual auditions, and self-submissions.

This course is a laboratory environment where students explore all aspects of live contemporary vocal performance. The course culminates in a final performance at an on-campus venue where the students participate in each of the technical elements of an amplified contemporary concert, including musical arrangement.

A laboratory environment where students prepare for and execute all aspects of recording and releasing an Extended Play (EP) album. Students select songs, create accompaniment tracks and band charts, record vocals in a professional studio, mix, and master final tracks, and release their EP on all major streaming and download platforms.

Description: A laboratory environment where students explore all elements of contemporary songwriting
(structure, harmony, melody, and lyric). Students analyze and perform existing songs as well as compose their own original songs.

This course trains the singer in the methods used to create studio recordings. Students learn the protocols of a recording studio environment (Dolan Recording Studio) and record professional background vocals in small groups.

This course combines the technical abilities a student has learned in the voice studio with the performance and practical skills needed to be a well-rounded performer. Focus on performance skills required for a hybrid singer, including but not limited to truthful communication, stage presence, movement, the ability to use the prosody of language/speech inflections to inform vocalism and psychological gesture, and appropriateness of style and genre.

This course combines the technical abilities a student has learned in the voice studio with the performance and practical skills needed to be a well-rounded performer. Focus on performance skills required for a hybrid singer, including but not limited to truthful communication, stage presence, movement, the ability to use the prosody of language/speech inflections to inform vocalism and psychological gesture, and appropriateness of style and genre.

This course explores the relationship between phonetics and acoustics as they pertain to the text setting of song lyrics. Using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in conjunction with practical exercises and performance, students learn the technical concept of “vowel modification.” Skills developed in the course will allow singers to transpose covers of existing songs into keys well-suited for their voices and to improvise and embellish melodies with intentionality.

A culminating and integrating experience designed to provide doctoral students writing their dissertations the opportunity to discuss and probe the broader aspects of international development education, global and cross-cultural education, and public diplomacy.

A culminating and integrating experience designed to provide doctoral students writing their dissertations the opportunity to discuss and probe the broader aspects of international development education, global and cross-cultural education, and public diplomacy.

This course introduces students to selected musical sounds and practices from cultural groups around the world. Through exposure to distinct musical cultures, from traditional to transnational, students learn to define and apply musical concepts such as rhythm, timbre, melody, and form. The socio-cultural context and relevance of musical practices are also examined, touching on issues such as race, gender, embodied participation, technologies of production and circulation, and relationship to religion, the state, and other social structures.