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Music
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Composition
and Theory
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Professor Louis Karchin
Associate
Professor Elizabeth Hoffman
Associate
Professor Jairo Moreno
Students in the NYU GSAS Composition/Theory track explore and refine
chosen compositional approaches, largely through one-on-one work with
faculty. The composers contribute in a
fundamental way, as well, to the critical debate, analysis, and
presentation of
new music in the department. They are encouraged to develop
intellectual breadth, especially in areas that have direct bearing on
their creative work.
During their first two years, composers must take one course in
musicology, and one in ethnomusicology; for many, this experience is a
rich source of
new orientations. A more discrete discussion of issues in contemporary
composition occurs in the Composers Seminar, and in the context of
discussions with guests, regularly invited to teach or to speak in the
department's colloquium series.
Areas supported by faculty expertise include critical theory, and music
and the political; sound as embodiment; philosophy as a language or
structure for addressing musicological questions; generative and
explanatory models of music, including those non-parametrically
oriented. Creative activity that frames music as an act as well as an
object is embraced, as is all exploration of new interstices between
composer, performer, and audience. Many students choose to focus on
computer music as an expressive medium, or as a tool for applications
to their work in acoustic composition.
Composition students receive department-sponsored performances of their
works by professional ensembles, often selected with student input.
Most student also participate in the student-run First Performance
organization. The International
Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) is in residence in the Department in
2006-08.
Our reasonably small
program allows excellent advising, funding, and
job placement. All of our graduate students receive tuition remission
and MacCracken
Fellowships and Assistantships. Our doctoral students may take
courses at CUNY Graduate Center, Columbia University, the New School
University, and other distinguished university in the region though the
Inter-Universtiy Doctoral Consortium. For information on admissions,
applications, and financial aid, please visit the Graduate School of Arts and
Science web site.
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