The Eastman School of Music invites applications for the eleventh edition
of its summer study-abroad program in Paris, offered in conjunction
with the ManiFeste-2025 festival of contemporary music and the ManiFeste
Summer Academy at IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination
Acoustique/Musique).
Theory 402a (Theory and Analysis of Contemporary Music) is a four-week,
three-credit course designed for graduate students and advanced
undergraduates: performers, composers, theorists, and musicologists are all
welcome. Course topics will include spectral music, timbre-based music,
microtonality, computer-aided composition, and live electronics. We will
also focus this year on the music of Pierre Boulez, whose centenary will be
celebrated in the ManiFeste concert programming.
Students will attend classes taught by Prof. Robert Hasegawa (McGill
University) from June 2 to 27 and participate in the IRCAM ManiFeste
Academy as auditors from June 16 to 28. We will also attend all festival
concerts (usually fifteen to twenty performances). Classes and concerts
will be supplemented by guest lecturers, open rehearsals and masterclasses,
and field trips; students will also have free time to explore other
Parisian musical and cultural resources.
Students applying to the course should have completed at least four
semesters of collegiate-level music theory or the equivalent; previous
study of post-tonal theory is recommended but not required. The course will
be taught in English, and knowledge of French is not necessary. For more
information, tuition and fee schedules, and an online application form,
please visit the program website:
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The application deadline (earlier than in previous years) is *Friday,
December 13, 2024*, though applications may be accepted after this date if
there is remaining space in the class.
Feel free to contact me by email (robert.hasegawa-at-mcgill.ca) with any
questions… and please pass this announcement along to any students or
colleagues who might be interested!
With all best wishes,
Bob
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Robert Hasegawa
Associate Professor of Music Theory
Schulich School of Music of McGill University