Music

The course offers an alternative review of the history of Western concert music to know the most relevant ideas produced by the feminist perspective and to make visible the role that women have played as composers, performers, and patrons of music. It discusses gender inequality, both in the world of music and in Chilean society today.

This course offers a study of the physics and psycho-acoustics of music. Topics include: the physics of sound; generation of sound-- instruments; rhythm; pitch and intervals; musical scales; chord progressions; audio illusions and effects; room acoustics; neuromusicology.

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.