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A Brush with Western Music History 1600-1900+ — MHI2243.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: KBrazelton@bennington.edu
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Credits: 2
This course will expose you to that "classical" stuff you always thought you should know something about—and help you to "know something." Just a brush though—you won't know everything. Just something. Enough to know 1) how this music affects you and why 2) how to talk about that, 3) where you—one little human—fit into the grander human scheme over time, and most important 4)
Music

A Brush with Western Music History 800-1600 — MHI2242.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: KBrazelton@bennington.edu
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Credits: 2
This course will look at what Western music was like before it was "classical." Modal, melismatic, expressive underlying ideas and belief systems that are foreign to us today. Pretty exciting. Hopefully you'll find out that your ignorance is vast! But your small knowledge connects to much more of the world than you ever thought possible. And in ways you could not have imagined.
Music

A Community Health Approach to Social Emergencies, American Racism, and Firearm Injury Prevention — APA2325.01) (cancelled

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 1
Poor health outcomes in modern, advanced societies are influenced largely by a series of critical social factors known collectively as social determinants of health: economic inequity, racism, community violence and food insecurity, among others. Social determinants of health contribute directly to medical and social emergencies, and as the nexus of the US healthcare safety net
CAPA

Adobe Workflow: Photoshop and Bridge — PHO4320.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: JKline@bennington.edu
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Credits: 1
This course will cover the Adobe programs Photoshop and Bridge, and how to use them together to practice an organized and intentional workflow for viewing, storing, and editing photographs. Beginning with import, students will learn how to organize and label their files in Bridge. In Photoshop, students will learn how to edit color, contrast and tone, size and resolution,
Visual Arts

Advanced Art History Practicum — AH4118.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Vanessa Lyon
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Credits: 2
For students undertaking or planning to undertake senior work or combined thesis projects in art history or visual/material culture. This practicum is a hybrid methods proseminar AND writing workshop designed for advanced students with prior coursework in art history beyond the introductory level. Whether you wish to revise, amplify, or refine an existing art historical project
Visual Arts

Advanced Art History Practicum — AH4118.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Vanessa Lyon
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Credits: 2
For students undertaking or planning to undertake senior work or combined thesis projects in art history or visual/material culture. This practicum is a hybrid methods proseminar AND writing workshop designed for advanced students with prior coursework in art history beyond the introductory level. Whether you wish to revise, amplify, or refine an existing art historical project
Visual Arts

Advanced Chamber Music — MPF4258.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Christopher Lewis
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Credits: 1
Chamber music coaching for advanced students, any instrumental combination that includes piano. Students will meet with the instructor weekly on scheduled class days, at times to be arranged with the instructor. Participation in Tuesday evening music workshop and performance at the end-of-term recital are required. Course will be offered on campus only.
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Advanced Chamber Music — MPF4258.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Christopher Lewis
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Credits: 1
Chamber music coaching for advanced students, any instrumental combination that includes piano. Students will meet with the instructor weekly on scheduled class days, at times to be arranged with the instructor. Participation in Tuesday evening music workshop and performance at the end-of-term recital are required. Course will be offered on campus only.
Music

Advanced Film/Video Projects IA — FV4254.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Mariam Ghani
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Credits: 2
This course, intended for students who will continue to the Advanced Film/Video Projects II course in spring 2021, will support advanced students in planning, pre-production, and early production for more complex, larger-scale, longer-duration, self-directed video projects. In fall 2020, Advanced Projects I will technically be split into one 2-credit course in the first seven
Visual Arts

Advanced Film/Video Projects IB — FV4255.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Mariam Ghani
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Credits: 2
This course, intended for students who will continue to the Advanced Film/Video Projects II course in spring 2021, will support advanced students in planning, pre-production, and early production for more complex, larger-scale, longer-duration, self-directed video projects. In fall 2020, Advanced Projects I will technically be split into one 2-credit course in the first seven
Visual Arts

Advanced Garment Construction — DRA4406.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 2
This course is for students who have experience sewing and patternmaking with a firm commitment to serious work in the costume studio. Students will work on a self-directed project in consultation with the instructor. The goal is to improve construction skills from patternmaking to finishing, and to deepen their overall sewing knowledge.
Drama

Advanced Jazz Piano — MIN4240.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 1
Weekly private instruction in jazz piano to be arranged with instructor. Explore and develop skills and knowledge required to effectively play non-classical piano repertoire. Styles covered: blues, reggae, salsa, bossa-nova and jazz. Create bass lines, chord voicings, stylistic rhythms, melodies and improvised solos.
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Advanced Jazz Piano — MIN4240.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 1
Intermediate-to-Advanced piano skills, a good understanding of music theory (basic major and minor scales + chord inversions) and the ability to read music notation are required. Audition and/or permission of the instructor.
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Advanced Piano — MIN4336.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Christopher Lewis
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Credits: 1
Individual private lessons for advanced students, with focus on the classical repertoire. Students are accepted by audition, except for students continuing study from first seven-week course. Students will meet with the instructor weekly on scheduled class days. Two excused absences permitted, with every effort made for make-up lessons. Participation in Tuesday evening music
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Advanced Piano — MIN4336.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Christopher Lewis
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Credits: 1
Individual private lessons for advanced students, with focus on the classical repertoire. Students are accepted by audition. Students will meet with the instructor weekly on scheduled class days. Two excused absences permitted, with every effort made for make-up lessons. Participation in Tuesday evening music workshop and performance at the end-of-term recital are required.
Music

Advanced Piano - Intensive — MIN4418.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Christopher Lewis
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Credits: 2
Individual private lessons for advanced students, with focus on the classical repertoire. Students are accepted by audition except those continuing from first seven-week course. This is an intensive course - students will meet with the instructor twice weekly, and a minimum practice time of 1-2 hours daily is expected. Participation in Tuesday evening music workshop and
Music

Advanced Piano - Intensive — MIN4418.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Christopher Lewis
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Credits: 2
Individual private lessons for advanced students, with focus on the classical repertoire. Students are accepted by audition. This is an intensive course - students will meet with the instructor twice weekly, and a minimum practice time of 1-2 hours per day is expected. Participation in Tuesday evening music workshop and performance at the end-of-term recital are required.
Music

Advanced Projects in Dance — DAN4795.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Dana Reitz
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Credits: 2
This is an essential course for students involved in making work for performance this term. Attention is given to all of the elements involved in composition and production, including collaborative aspects. Students are expected to show their work throughout stages of development, complete their projects, and perform them to the public by the end of the term. This advanced
Dance

Advanced Projects in Sound Practices — MSR4155.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: senempirler@bennington.edu
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Credits: 2
In this course, students will work towards completing either one piece or the body of their work in sound practices. These projects can vary, including but are not limited to: sound compositions, music productions (mixes, recordings, and arrangement), e-music pieces, sound design for moving images or theater or video games VR, online performance ideas and setups, and radio and
Music

Advanced Restorative Justice Seminar — APA4251.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 2
Restorative Justice is a set of values and practices that are having a considerable impact on the way our justice system, schools, workplaces, conflict zones and communities think about and enact justice. Restorative Justice asks: What if harm doers were given the opportunity to take responsibility and make amends? If survivors were able to be active participants in defining
CAPA

Advanced Voice — MVO4401.03, section 3

Fall 2020
Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
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Credits: 1
Advanced study of vocal technique and the interpretation of the vocal repertoire, designed for advanced students who have music as a plan concentration and to assist graduating seniors with preparation for senior recitals. Students are required to study and to perform a varied spectrum of vocal repertory for performance and as preparation for further study or graduate school. A
Music

Advanced Voice — MVO4401.04, section 4

Fall 2020
Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
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Credits: 1
Advanced study of vocal technique and the interpretation of the vocal repertoire, designed for advanced students who have music as a plan concentration and to assist graduating seniors with preparation for senior recitals. Students are required to study and to perform a varied spectrum of vocal repertory for performance and as preparation for further study or graduate school. A
Music

Advanced Voice — MVO4401.01, section 1

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
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Credits: 1
Advanced study of vocal technique and the interpretation of the vocal repertoire, designed for advanced students who have music as a plan concentration and to assist graduating seniors with preparation for senior recitals. Students are required to study and to perform a varied spectrum of vocal repertory for performance and as preparation for further study or graduate school. A
Music