Survival Skills: Building a Career in the Performing Arts — DAN2207.01
In this course we will encounter various strategies for building a career in the performing arts field.
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Bill Dixon: Intents and Purposes (a metamorphosis) — MHI2215.01
鈥淢usic is something that you can鈥檛 see, and painting is something that you can鈥檛 hear...so they balance each other鈥.鈥 (1)
Composing for Drum Set — MCO2131.02
This 7 week course will shift how drummers think and play the drum set. Students will be encouraged to move beyond just playing beats and grooves to thinking more compositionally. If you are able to play the drums, we will not completely ignore rhythms, however,learning how the drum set can be a melodic and harmonic instrument is one of the directions students will explore. Students will explore a variety of approaches using but not limited to, found objects, membranophones, ideophones, electronics, and the human voice.
Beginning Voice: Moving into Sound — MVO2306.01
This class uses movement and the principles of the Alexander Technique to prepare the body for making sound. It is designed for singers, actors, dancers, or anyone interested in using their body as an instrument. Our goal is to root sound in the body before the mind gets in the way. Class begins with gentle movements on the floor, sitting and standing to develop physical awareness and ease, and over the term will progress to vocal warmups, spatial games, and exercises that allow the free flow of air, vibration, resonance, and emotion.
Stage Management Process — DRA2251.01
At the center of almost every live performance is a single human being who quite literally runs the show: the stage manager. This course will explore the stage manager鈥檚 role as both an artist and an administrator, using the SM鈥檚 wide-ranging responsibilities as a roadmap to understanding the production process and all the people involved in it.
Visualizing Science — CHE2249.01
In this class we will explore the art and practice of scientific communication. This course is inspired by the work of Edward Tufte as well as a lifetime of experience in scientific research and presentation. Our aim is to learn how to create elegant explanations of complex ideas using pictures, charts, numbers and words. We will analyze and produce displays for use in journalism, research publications and scientific presentations, as well as other art forms that inspire multifaceted understanding.