Five Obstructions

MCO4125.01
Course System Home Terms Fall 2023 Five Obstructions

Course Description

Summary

A song feedback collective, focused on how musical restrictions can spur us to growth. Over the course of the term, students will write 5 songs (or revise a single song in radical ways) based on the critique and decisions of the group. We鈥檒l discuss how to form supportive but insightful critique while challenging each other to go new places. What does it take to create a song based on someone else鈥檚 text, completely a capella, or without a single chord? How do you welcome in new materials and collaborators, from across genre and style?

Prerequisites

Permission of Instructor; Please submit two songs and a statement of interest to nbrooke@bennington.edu by May 10.

Please contact the faculty member : nbrooke@bennington.edu

Instructor

  • Nicholas Brooke

Day and Time

Academic Term

Fall 2023

Area of Study

Credits

4

Course Level

4000

Maximum Enrollment

12