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College Catalog 2019-2020 
    
College Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

GRMUS P663 — Creation, Improvisation & Technology

2 credits
Fall, Spring
Mari Kimura

This special course is for students embracing diverse forms of music making, challenging conventional distinctions between classical performance, composition, improvisation, extended technique, world music, jazz, electronic media, computer music and chamber music.  Students can choose their own interest and concentration without the traditional boundaries or ‘genre’ in music. For example, performance students can study extended technique for their instruments.  String students in particular, could study with the instructor on contemporary string technique and extended technique she developed, “Subharmonics”, and how to incorporate such element in composition and improvisation. For students who are interested in interactive computer technology will have access to “MUGIC™”, a prototype motion sensor currently being developed by the instructor at UC Irvine.