Music

The course encourages students to find new ways to create, structure, and orchestrate/produce their music, to express themselves musically and engagingly, and to develop and challenge their own understanding of music through the creation of new work.

This course offers a study of the evolution of Western music in contemporary times from a historical and stylistic perspective, relating it to the circumstances and context in which it arises and develops, as well as to other artistic and cultural manifestations.

Discos, clubs, and raves have been focal points for the development of new and distinctive musical and cultural practices over the past four decades. More recently, they have also become the subject of much scholarly research. This course introduces key themes, theories, and scenes of electronic dance music. Particular emphasis is given to the intersection of music, identity, and history. Other themes that will arise include genre, dance and embodiment, musical form, place, and underground/mainstream interactions.

This course instructs on how to perform using Gayageum, a 12-string Korean traditional instrument and aims to deepen an understanding of Korean traditional music. 

The course provides an orientation on the history of Swedish music in contemporary culture. Social and historical contexts are of central importance in this course. Emphasis is placed on popular music traditions (music production and technology) from the twentieth century, such as jazz and rock. The course considers both Sweden's historical and recent musical contributions to a wealth of national and international genres and cultural trends.

The course explores the evolution and development of Ghanaian Popular Music and performance since the 19th century to the present as well as the impact of traditional and imported performance norms.

This course consists of two parts: 1) analysis of compositional methods and musical languages of historical masterpieces, and 2) practical training in harmony and counterpoint. At the end of the course, students are encouraged to compose a musical piece in any style using any compositional technique. Prerequisites: completion of the Basic Study of Music II or equivalent knowledge and skills.  

This course is an experimental exploration into what the study of music and sound can contribute to a planet in crisis. Due to the continuous unfolding of our planet’s environmental emergency, this course grapples with very new, very urgent, and sometimes seemingly impossibly big ideas. This course emphasizes inter-disciplinary co-learning, radiating outwards from recent discussions regarding the chrono-stratigraphic naming of the “Anthropocene” as a geological epoch in which humans have become a decisive geological force that impacts the earth’s ecosystems. It seeks inspiration from the various fields of ecomusicology, ethnomusicology, sound studies, and environmental humanities, to engage with and channel knowledge into an applied form and collaborate on creative, educational, and/or activist projects for addressing the challenges of our collective future on this planet.  
 
Students can also choose to take the same course titled “Applied Musicology for the Anthropocene 02” if they are interested in exploring the course subject with more in-depth discussions in class.  

This course examines one style, historical period, or geographical location of Jewish musical expression.

The course explores the musical heritage of the African-Americans including Blues, Spirituals, Gospel, Ragtime, and Jazz, as well as early and contemporary African-American composers and performers. Caribbean and Latin American Music, popular (calypso, skar, reggae, soca), religious (cult), and other music genres are also explored.