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Course Description

Summary

This electronic music composition class will focus on advanced patch design in VCV Rack, as well as hardware synthesizers. The semester will be framed by three composition assignments which will be presented to the class in weekly critiques. Particular emphasis will be placed on the efficiency and synergy of patch design. Significant class time will be spent listening to and analyzing electronic music together, and discussing ways of integrating modular synths into different styles of music, from pop, to techno to jazz and classical. The semester will culminate in a live event of student compositions.