MTHY511

FS - Fall & Spring

Composition and analysis of music featuring techniques such as neo-modality, symmetrical scales, tertian atonality, polyharmony, intervallic harmony, pitch-class set theory, serialism, extended instrumental techniques, indeterminacy, structured improvisation, process forms, spectralism, and non-standard tuning systems. Musical examples and applications span modern classical, jazz, film, experimental, pop, and electronic styles with occasional forays into other global traditions.