The final objective of the course is to learn hands-on how to stage an opera, whether it is a complete title or an opera-pastiche, which will be composed in class in this case from arias, duets and ensembles taken from famous Italian operas written...
This course studies flamenco as music, dance, and spectacle. Students examine the history of flamenco in the context of Mediterranean culture, and the culture and ethnicity of Andalusia. The influences of flamenco in literature, theater, classic and...
A look at Gustav Mahler from the perspective of his cultural surroundings. Students will explore the musical works, aesthetic goals, and personal philosophy of the composer within the setting in Vienna from 1875 to 1911. We will consider examples of...
An exploration of the implications, musical and social, of Arnold Schoenberg’s decision to renounce traditional tonal practice. Students will study the musical works, aesthetic goals, and personal philosophy of the composer within his cultural...
Cultural analysis of composers’ settings and stylistic analysis of compositions of the Viennese Classical period using original scores. The emphasis in this historical survey of both vocal and instrumental music will be given to the socio-cultural...
Cultural analysis of composers’ settings and stylistic analysis of compositions of the Biedermeier Era. The emphasis in this historical survey of both vocal and instrumental music will be given to the socio-cultural sphere in Austria and principally...
The workshop is designed to offer instrumentalists and vocalists the opportunity to develop a distinctive musical personality and to equip them to deal effectively with a wide range of professional demands, as well as to increase and consolidate...
This course offers a historical survey of the vocal and instrumental music composed or premiered in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century (mainly) in the cultural sphere of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, including music by Johannes Brahms...
This course offers a historical survey of music composed, performed, or premiered in Central Europe in the period from about 1900 to 1950. We will consider the challenges—compositional, political, social—that these early twentieth-century composers...
This course serves as an introduction to nineteenth-, twentieth- and twenty-first-century musical practices, focusing on the composition of original works, the analysis of relevant samples from historic music literature and exercises to develop...