CMA 558T The Music of Duke Ellington
This class will attempt to encapsulate Duke Ellington’s more than 50 years of creation and achievement in 14 2-hour classes. We will look at Ellington's harmonic, melodic, and gestural vocabulary. Ellingtonian principles will be used in order to create pieces where the material is derived from your own musical experience; your pieces don't need to sound like Ellington, but they do need to reflect Ellingtonian methodology in ways that are meaningful to you. We will, therefore, also look at the work of artists who have modeled works on Ellington principles.
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General Education (GE) Eligible