NOTE: NO CLASS OCT. 3

This is the first of a two-quarter sequence exploring the role of electronics in new music. This quarter is designed to introduce a range of electronic music possibilities without going too deeply down any one path. We'll look at nine important pieces in the electronic music repertory. In some cases we look at an implementation of the entire piece; for others, a study 'patch' demonstrates the techniques used.

Each class session is divided into two parts: first, a look at a technique and piece using a pre-prepared patch, and second, a workshop on patch design that, over two quarters, should prepare students to realize their own ideas.

Here are the patches developed in class.

A tentative list of pieces (and techniques):

Oct 10. John Chowning, Stria (microtonal scales)
Oct 17. Karlheinz Stockhausen, Mantra (ring modulation)
Oct 24. James Tenney, Collage #1 (classic montage)
Oct 31. Harvey, Mortuous Plango, Vivos Voco (sinusoidal analysis/additive synthesis)
Nov 7. Manoury, Pluton (score following and real-time audio processing)
Nov 14. Steiger, 13 loops (audio processing for instrumental ensembles)
Nov 21. Boulez, Dialogue de l'Ombre Double (spatialization)
Dec 5. Charles Dodge, Speech Songs (vocal synthesis)
Dec 12. Yuasa, Toward the Midnight Sun (graphical score notation)

Wed., Dec 17, 3-6PM final meeting

Two or three assignments will be given out in class. I'l try to time them to avoid conflicting too badly with the fall jury piece deadline. You can download the patches to run them on your own Mac, PC, or linux machine. To do this, get version 0.46 of Pd (available on https://msp.ucsd.edu/software.html . Then get the very newest PDRP patches here: https://msp.ucsd.edu/tmp/pdrp-test2.tgz.

Here is documentation for the patches.