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2756.0. "Electro-Acoustic Music MA Program at Dartmouth" by RGB::ROST (Your old lady is my old lady, too) Thu Oct 24 1991 17:53

From: Martin.F.McKinney@dartmouth.edu (Martin F. McKinney)
Subject: Electro-Acoustic Music Graduate Program at Dartmouth College
Date: 23 Oct 91 19:18:45 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
 
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Announcing a Master of Arts Degree in Electro-Acoustic Music at
Dartmouth
College.
 
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Requirements:
 
Electro-acoustic music requires knowledge and skills in music, computer
science, and engineering, and an expertise in one or more of these
areas.
Candidates for admission to the Master of Arts program must therefore
meet
the requirements in at least one of the following areas:
 
Music:  A bachelor's degree in music (or equivalent experience) and
demonstrated accomplishment in musical composition.
 
Computer Science:  A bachelor's degree in computer science (or
equivalent
experience) including knowledge of differential equations and infinite
series,
Fourier analysis and related applications to problems in science and
engineering, and probability and statistical inference.
 
Engineering Sciences:  A bachelor's degree in engineering sciences (or
equivalent experience) including a knowledge of digital electronics and
microprocessors, techniques of modeling and analyzing systems, and
electrical
network theory.
 
Regardless of a student's area of specialization within the program,
the
requirements for completion of the Master of Arts Degree in
Electro-Acoustic
Music include:
 
1.  A minimum of six terms in residence after the bachelor's degree.
 
2.  The ability to play a musical instrument.  An understanding of
music theory
that includes four-part harmony, modulation, and form and analysis.  A
knowledge of musical styles including traditional Western art music,
twentieth-century music, world music, and American popular song.
 
3.  The following five proseminars in music and technology:
	i)  The influence of technology on the roles of musicians and
		musical institutions in the 20th century.
	ii)  Survey and analysis of the repertoire of electro-acoustic
		and computer music.
	iii) Analysis of musical systems
	iv) Analysis, synthesis, and perception of timbre
	v)  Composition of electro-acoustic and computer music
 
4.  One course in the psychology of music, one course in acoustics, two
courses
in computer science, two courses in engineering sciences and three
electives.
The electives and the specific courses in computer science and
engineering
will depend on the student's background and area of specialization
within the
program.
 
5.  Directed research (thesis courses).  Two courses taken under the
joint
supervision of a member of the music faculty and a member of another
cooperating department.
 
6.  A thesis approved by the student's graduate committee and the
faculty of the
Department of Music demonstrating a mastery of the materials in the
student's
area of concentration within the program.
 
Faculty:
 
Music:  Kathryn Alexander, Jon Appleton (Program Director), Larry
Polansky
Psychology:  Jamshed Bharucha
Physics:  Michael Sturge
Faculty of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and the
Thayer School of Engineering
 
Admission:
 
Three students will be admitted each year.  The students will receive
full
tuition fellowships and stipendiary support.  For more information and
applications please write to:
 
Graduate Program
Department of Music
Dartmouth College
6187 Hopkins Center
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-3599