Part I, Topics and Projects:
Topics:
– Sound fundamentals and acoustics
– Hearing and perception
– Sound and time, music and time
– Sound and physical spaces
Projects:
– Sound and performance study
– Soundscape / “ear witness” project
– Prepared piano (or other instruments) project
– Objects and sounds in space (“rainforest”)
Semester Project One, due March 11th
Part II, Topics and Projects:
Topics:
– Sound and image, analysis and re-synthesis
– Sound and movement, performance controllers and DIY
– Sound installation and sound environments
– Sound art and sound sculpture
Projects:
– Drawn music project
– DIY synth or Arduino project
– Instrument (digital and/or acoustic) building project
– Public installation project
Semester talks and papers due starting April 20th
Final Project exhibition, May 5th (concert or exhibition preview) and/or May 11th (exhibition)