Aimed at both performers and composers, this course explores themes of sound and environment in music.
Study Level: UK FHEQ Level 7 (PG, but open to advanced UGs at CvA, MSM, MDW, RDAM)
Course Tutor: Nicholas Moroz
Royal College of Music
Music, Sound, and Environment
COURSE SUMMARY
Aimed at both performers and composers, this course explores themes of Sound and Environment in music through recent scholarship and a diverse array of musical practices, from the twentieth century through to contemporary cultures, including examples from popular music, sound art, modernism, and experimental music. Students will encounter a range of perspectives that will enable them to critically and creatively engage with and reflect on topics including the aesthetics, techniques, and reception of site-specific artworks, modern spatial audio production practices, ecological thinking, soundscape, and field-recordings. Practical and creative tasks will also develop students’ listening skills while exploring their own experience of sound in different environments.