11 courses with the subject CT, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CT 1071Contemporary Ensemble
Up to 9 hrs weekly/2 credits per semester Students in the Contemporary Performance Program form the core of Tactus, Manhattan School of Music's premier contemporary ensemble. Participation in CT1071 is required during each semester of study in the Contemporary Performance Program. Class periods are used for rehearsals, coachings, master classes, repertoire classes, composer readings, workshops, and CPP special events. Students focus on many aspects of contemporary music study, including performance with electronics, improvisation, and overall stylistic fluency. Tactus presents 6 public performances a year at the Manhattan School of Music.
1 hr weekly/1 credit per semester The Composer/Performer Project [CPP II] is an assigned collaboration between a 2nd-year CPP student and an MSM composer. It results in the creation of a short solo work to be performed during the 2nd semester. In the 1st semester the CPP students make a presentation of the historically groundbreaking works and extended techniques for their instruments. There are written assignments throughout the year to document the collaborative process with the composer. 114 C ourse De scrip tions
1900-1960 3 hrs weekly/3 credits/Fall semester/Fall Offered in alternating years. This course is an overview of the evolution of musical modernism, with an emphasis on linking together composers, important works, concepts, and trends, to create an overall map of the early 20th century. Course work centers on weekly readings, writings assignments, and robust in-class discussions.
1961-the Present 3 hrs weekly/3 credits/Spring semester Offered in alternating years. This course is an overview of the evolution of musical modernism and postmodernism, with an emphasis on linking together composers, important works, concepts, and trends, to create an overall map of the late 20th century and early 21st century. Course work centers on weekly readings, writings assignments, and robust in-class discussions.
2-hr sessions meeting twice per semester/1 credit per semester The Composer Workshop/ Reading happens twice each semester. For the workshops, MSM composition students submit pieces and/or sketches that are played by CPP students. For the readings, CPP students perform assignments submitted by members of MSM's orchestration classes. The course provides a platform for live hearings of student works. CPP students are expected to perform at a reasonable level, and to contributive constructively to class discussions.
2 hrs weekly/2 credits per semester CT 2200 is an advanced class geared toward polishing the skills necessary for the performance of music of the 20th and 21st centuries. The course focuses on relative pitch, intervallic, and rhythmic skills, with an emphasis on sight singing.
2 hrs weekly/2 credits/Fall semester The CT 2700 series provides students with hands-on experience performing and creating with technology, giving them access to an increasingly important body of technical and musical skills in digital music software and hardware, and equipping them with a knowledge of current practices in the field. The first semester (Fall) is an entry level course focusing on self-sufficiency in performance with a concentration on understanding amplification, negotiating recording and performance with software, and building a personal electronics toolkit for current practice.
2 hrs weekly/2 credits/Spring semester The second semester course (Spring) expands on the first course with more of a concentration on synthesis and Max/MSP, an object-oriented software program used heavily in composition, performance, sound, and video design in everything from academic music to popular music (Aphex Twin). DOC TOR AL PRO G R AM
Electronics 3 2 hrs weekly/2 credits/Fall semester Advanced Performing with Electronics is a project based course, self-motivated and designed, that focuses on preparation for three concerts each semester wherein the class bands together to produce a lunchtime event. Students have the opportunity to further design their own electronics “rig” and practice, and freely explore particular musical paradigms which might be “out of the box” for them.
Electronics 4 2 hrs weekly/2 credits/Spring semester Advanced Performing with Electronics is a project based course, self-motivated and designed, that focuses on preparation for three concerts each semester wherein the class bands together to produce a lunchtime event. Students have the opportunity to further design their own electronics “rig” and practice, and freely explore particular musical paradigms which might be “out of the box” for them. semester focuses on teaching in the private studio and the technique of giving a master class. Selected reading assignments and careful examination of musical scores, recordings and video resources will provide a foundation of knowledge from which to demonstrate critical thinking about the art of teaching piano. Students will give presentations and participate in a teaching practicum. C ourse De scrip tions 115
1 hr weekly/4 credits per semester This performance seminar fulfills the private lesson requirement for students in the Contemporary Performance Program. Students are assigned by instrument to the studio of the corresponding CPP faculty member(s). Weekly lessons provide a forum for in-depth study of classical contemporary music.
