THYU 374 Exploration of Sound in the 20th & 21st Centuries
This course is designed to provide the student with a deeper understanding of sound, starting with its acoustics and psycho-acoustic properties, and ending with the new instrumental techniques of sound production and its poetic possibilities in the multifaceted scene of contemporary music composition and recital production. To this end students will engage with: 1. Gaining fundamental knowledge on principles of Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, with a particular focus on sound treatments and room acoustics. 2. Gaining an historical context in connection to the main poetics that have led to the emancipation of sound and its representations in Western Music. 3. Gaining the necessary language and analytical tools (including software for sound analysis) associated with different compositional poetics, with a focus on secondary techniques of sound production.