MUS 175
Sound Art, Public Music Fall 2020
Division I
Cross-listed MUS 175 / ARTS 273
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Western music performance traditionally occurs within contained spaces in which performer and audience adhere to designated locations and follow tacit scripts: seats/stage; applause/bows, etc. In recent years, traditional boundaries and expectations of performance and reception have loosened, often moving into public spaces: from sound art installations to ambient music, from interactive sound sculpture to radio art to social media driven flash mobs. This course examines the work of pioneers in public music and sound art including Alvin Lucier, Bill Fontana, John Cage, Hildegard Westerkamp, Brian Eno and John Luther Adams, among others. The course will alternate between study and analysis of particular artistic strategies and the creation of sound art works inspired by ideas and creators we are studying.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 10
Expected: 10
Class#: 2952
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: class participation, three short (2- to 4-page) essays, a response journal and the creation of four sound art works
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: juniors and seniors
Unit Notes: ARTS elective
Distributions: Division I
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
MUS 175 Division I ARTS 273 Division I

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