COURSES AT GC PARTNER INSTITUTIONS
Winter semester 2024
Application via email to globalconservatoire@mdw.ac.at until 12th August.
Performance Practicality: Historical Performance Practice on Modern Instruments
Institution: The Royal Danish Academy of Music
Study level: Bachelor, Master
Course tutor: Christian Westergaard und Toke Møldrup
Course content: This course focuses on building bridges between the craft of music making in the past and the art of interpretation today. Through concrete tools, through stepping in the shoes of the well-educated musician of 17th and 18th century, you will gain knowledge about composition, performance, context and concrete practice, all with the purpose of gaining stylistic fluency and vocabulary.
Dates of the Live Sessions (Zoom): 24.10.2024, 07.11.2024, 05.12.2024; Start: 16:00 CET
Art of Improvisation
Institution: The Royal College of Music London
Study level: Bachelor
Course tutor: Richard Thomas, Mark Armstrong, Paul Robinson, Tim Watts
Course content: This course is aimed at both composer/performers and Principal Study Performers who have an existing command of their instrument but would like to develop improvisational skills. A prerequisite for opting for this course is a willingness to go outside of your comfort zone. The course is mainly assessed through submitted recordings of improvisations within the following headings: Jazz Improvisation (Mark Armstrong), Baroque ornamentation (Richard Thomas), Sonic Meditations (Tim Watts) and Improvising to external stimuli (Paul Robinson). Those of you with existing experience of improvising will be encouraged to select an option unfamiliar to you. Although the practical side of the course is based in practices from Western Music, the asynchronous content will consider improvisational practices in a wider global context.
Dates of the Live Sessions (Zoom): 07.10.2024, 28.10.2024, 18.11.2024, 09.12.2024; 17:30-19:00 CET
Ableton Sessions – Creative jamming with Ableton Live
Institution: Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Study level: Bachelor, Master
Course tutor: Ferry Ridderhof
Course content: Ableton Live is currently one of the most creative Digital Audio Workstation software available. The Ableton Sessions course focuses on the use of the session view within Ableton. The main objective of this course is to playfully discover the creative power of Ableton without the immediate concern for a perfect final product. Step by step, you'll learn how to assemble the various layers of a musical work in your own unique way.
Dates of the Live Sessions (Zoom): 08.10.2024, 05.11.2024, 03.12.2024; 17:30-19:00 CET
Harlem Renaissance
Institution: Manhattan School of Music
Study level: Bachelor
Course tutor: Delano Copprue
Course content: This course offers students an opportunity to study major works of the Harlem Renaissance. With an emphasis upon literature, bolstered by excursions into music and the visual arts, we will examine the historical and cultural contexts, the philosophical and spiritual strivings that animate this vibrant, affirmative cultural flowering. Discussions will range from aesthetics to criticism, with particular focus upon artistic voice and vision. Along the way, we will reflect upon the enduring legacies of the Harlem Renaissance within the broader landscapes of creative activity.
Dates of the Live Sessions (Zoom): Bold denotes required attendance.
- 11.10.2024 - Introductions (16:00-17:30 CET)
- 25.10.2024 - Collaborative Presentations — How to build a creative culture (16:00-17:30 CET)
- 15.11.2024 - Course review, final project introduced (16:00-17:00 CET)
- 06.12.2024 - Final student presentations — The enduring legacy of the Harlem Renaissance (16:00-17:30 CET)
REGISTRATION FOR mdw STUDENTS
Please register via email to globalconservatoire@mdw.ac.at until 12th August 2024 (name, matriculation number, study field, study cycle, contact details)
The capacity of the courses is limited, the principle "first come, first served" applies!