An introduction to the fundamental materials of a variety of music, including Western concert music, jazz, and popular music. Course activities center around interrelated theoretical, compositional, ...

It’s impossible to keep abreast of the vast international changes that have been sweeping through the contemporary art world. When it comes to new music, Boston University’s Center for New Music has ...

When John Cage offered a music-composition course at Black Mountain College in the summer of 1952, nobody signed up for it. Apparently the students knew that the coursework would consist entirely of ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Ilse-Mari Lee, dean of the Honors College and a professor of music at Montana State University, ...

Sun 2 June, 5-8pm: "Composing Music inspired by Storytelling" a masterclass in music composition and improvisation with renowned Austrian jazz pianist Martin Listabarth. Inspired by encounters with ...

A musical composition designed to take well over 600 years to play has gone through its first chord change in seven years. Entitled “As Slow as Possible” (ASLSP), the composition by the late American ...