The Juilliard School
New York City, New York, United States
http://www.juilliard.edu/

Orchestral Conducting Workshop

A practical course in orchestral conducting, including baton technique, score analysis, and the study of technical and musical problems involved in conducting Classical and contemporary works. Interview required....
 

In this opera study course, singers will enjoy working-rehearsal sessions of acts, scenes, and arias, with stress on musical interpretation, staging, and style. Operas to be covered will be chosen from the standard repertoire. Audition required....
 

A survey of electronic music production techniques most frequently used by composers, arrangers, and producers in the recording industry. Topics of study include creating rhythm tracks, arranging for electronic instruments, mixing skills, and the use of signal processing devices. Homework will include creative projects as well as listening assignments....
 

A yearlong exploration of the significant innovations in music compositions, topics for this course include pan-diatonicism; diatonic and chromatic clusters; polytonality; altered and exotic scales and modes; free chromaticism; atonality; and various forms of serialism. The second semester emphasizes compositional techniques and procedures developed in the second half of the 20th century, inclu......
 

Form and Analysis is an advanced study of tonal music from the mid-19th century to the present. Topics include chromatic harmony and voice leading, and selected 20th century innovations. Extended musical structures and designs are emphasized....
 

The first part of Harmony and Counterpoint is concerned with the study and practice of modal and tonal counterpoint of the Renaissance and Baroque eras, followed by an introduction to the fugal procedures of the 18th century. The second part, which stems from Principals of Harmony and Form, focuses on the study of chromatic harmony and the evolution of musical form from the late 18th through ea......
 

Principles of Harmony introduces diatonic harmony and voice leading, as well as the basic principles of musical structure and design. Emphasis is given to compositions from the Baroque and Classical eras....
 

An ideal class for performers, composers, music directors, or teachers who wish to broaden their reading and general keyboard facility. Subjects covered will include four-part harmony at the piano, improvisation in classical style, harmonization of melodies, introduction to orchestral score-reading, basic transposition skills, incorporation of vocal and accompaniment textures, rhythmic exercise......
 

This is an entry-level course designed to introduce theoretical and practical aspects of electronic music, including audio and MIDI sequencing, digital notation, sampling, digital sound recording, editing, and processing. Students will examine key software pieces and hardware packages in detail, by creating musical examples in class. Similar musical exercises will be assigned to students as hom......
 

The most valuable way to acquire music skills is through successful performance of a difficult passage. During every class, an aspect of music study is isolated and each student recites it in a "test" performance. All sight-singing uses the fixed-do solfège system and conducting patterns in two, three, or four. Rhythm exercises include subdivisions of two, three, four, six, and eight ......
 

This class will cover the principles and techniques of composition. Extensive outside preparation is expected. Students complete four to six compositions each semester. Instrumentation for each, which varies from solo to ensembles of six or more instruments, is specified, and for each a particular compositional problem or challenge is posed. All compositions receive readings by instrumentalists......
 

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