MUSC 254Z Issues in Contemporary and Experimental Music

Through a close study of both primary sources and secondary literature, this graduate seminar examines a variety of topics and issues characteristic of global contemporary and experimental music across a broad range of historical contexts, geographical settings, and stylistic performance practices, as well as in related arts (visual art/sculpture; theater design and production; poetry and literature; dance, etc.). Students engage in original research, resulting in scholarly presentations and written papers.