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Course Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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This is a comprehensive listing of all active, credit-bearing courses offered by Oberlin College and Conservatory since Fall 2016. Courses listed this online catalog may not be offered every semester; for up to date information on which courses are offered in a given semester, please see PRESTO.
For the most part, courses offered by departments are offered within the principal division of the department. Many interdisciplinary departments and programs also offer courses within more than one division.
Individual courses may be counted simultaneously toward more than one General Course Requirement providing they carry the appropriate divisional attributes and/or designations.
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THEA 200 - Acting 2: Scene Study FC ARHU
4 credits
The class will focus on observation, personalization, activation, and moment-to-moment realization of character. It will explore the process of crafting a character, rehearsal techniques and scene study utilizing contemporary plays.
Prerequisites & Notes: THEA 100 and consent of instructor only.
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THEA 201 - Acting 2: Advanced Scene Study FC ARHU
4 credits
This course builds on skills learned in THEA 200 and focuses on the plays of American Masters.
Prerequisites & Notes: THEA 100 and THEA 200.
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THEA 207 - Acting Ensemble HC ARHU
2 credits
Student actors in this class will collaborate with the student directors in THEA 307: Directing 2. First module will involve staging exercises and scene work. Second module will involve the preparation of one act plays presented in rep in the Little
Theater.
Prerequisites & Notes: THEA 100. Theater 207 meets concurrently with THEA 307 because THEA 207 serves as the Acting Ensemble for THEA 307.
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THEA 207F - Acting Ensemble FC ARHU
4 credits
This course gives full credit to student actors who perform in scenes for Theater 307, Directing 2. The students enrolled in this class will work for the entire semester and the course will be taken for a letter grade. Students are selected by audition.
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THEA 207H - Acting Ensemble HC ARHU
2 credits
This course gives half credit to student actors who perform in scenes for Theater 307, Directing 2. The students enrolled in this class will work one module and the course will be P/NP. Students are selected by audition.
Prerequisites & Notes: THEA 100. Note: THEA 207 meets concurrently with THEA 307 because THEA 207 serves as the Acting Ensemble for THEA 307.
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THEA 208 - Directing I FC ARHU
4 credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the art and craft of directing. Students will explore the theory and function of the director as well as become familiar with the step by step process that a director must take to create a piece from first read into production. Students will develop strategies for analyzing scripts, visualizing design concepts, as well as engage in exercises to create dynamic staging and begin building a vocabulary for working with actors. Consent of instructor required.
Prerequisites & Notes: THEA 100
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THEA 212 - Stage Management FC ARHU
2 credits
This course is an introduction to the practice of stage management for theater, dance, musical theater, and opera. Topics covered include: organization, communication, interpersonal relations, the production process, rehearsal and performance procedures, and documentation. This course will culminate in a final stage management project and a prompt book for a play or another comparable project.
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THEA 212H - Stage Management - Half HC ARHU
2 credits
This half course is an introduction to the practice of stage management for theater, dance, musical theater, and opera. Topics covered include: organization, communication, interpersonal relations, the production process, rehearsal and performance procedures, and documentation.THEA 212LA can be taken in conjunction with this course.
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THEA 212LA - Stage Management Practicum HC ARHU
2 credits
This course can only be taken by students who have completed THEA 212. It consists of the practicum component of THEA 212: an introduction to the practice of stage management for theater, dance, musical theater, and opera. Topics covered include: organization, communication, interpersonal relations, the production process, rehearsal and performance procedures, and documentation. This course will culminate in a final stage management project and a prompt book for a play or another comparable project.
Prerequisites & Notes: This is a stand alone practicum that can only be taken by students who have completed THEA 212.
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THEA 215 - Horror Film and Disability FC ARHU
4 credits
This course explores the representation of the disabled body in American horror film. The course will begin with introducing Disability Theory, considering the social and cultural significance of disfigurement and freakishness, then look at how this informs expectations of disability on screen. We will look at films from all eras: Frankenstein, Freaks, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Changeling, Halloween, Monkey Shines, Jessabelle, Don’t Breathe and others.
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THEA 222 - Introduction to Design FC ARHU
4 credits
An introduction to designing for the performing arts. Lectures and readings cover elements of theater design, i.e., scenery, costumes, and lighting used to express creative ideas. Projects provide a chance to experiment with the building blocks of design. Text analysis and concept also are covered from a visual perspective. A preliminary course to further studies in scene, costume, or lighting design.
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THEA 225 - Individual or Group Projects HC ARHU
2 credits
Intended for intermediate or advanced-level work by individuals and small groups not easily covered in the private reading option. Projects must be approved by the sponsoring faculty member before registration.
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THEA 232 - Costume Design FC ARHU
4 credits
This course is an introduction to the art of designing costumes for the theater, with a primary focus on the process of creating the visual world of a play in both aesthetic and practical terms. Ranging from basic art concepts, through text and character analysis, research and design development to finished designs, the course will emphasize the conception of ideas that help project the style and meaning of a production. Readings, lectures, discussions, design exercises and projects will comprise the material for this course, which demands high student initiative.
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THEA 234 - Fiber Arts: the Artist Responds to Times of Trouble and Social Upheaval HC ARHU
2 credits
From global pandemics to world social issues, artists have used fiber to create personal responses. From quilts and social knitting to performance art, puppetry, and redesigning fashion, the student will research, respond, conceptualize, develop, and practice, thoughtful, engaged uses of fiber
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THEA 236 - Scene Design 1 FC ARHU
4 credits
In this course you will be introduced to, and begin developing, many fundamental skills that are necessary in creating sets for plays, musicals, and operas. Emphasis will be on both basic manual skills and craftsmanship, as well as interpreting texts and music visually. These tools will help you discover how best to translate and articulate your creative ideas both visually and verbally to directors, fellow designers, technical staff, and audiences.
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THEA 238 - Improvisation for the Theater FC ARHU
4 credits
Designed for students new to improv, this performance class teaches fundamentals of improv for the stage. We will begin the semester focused on short form and then learn various long form structures. Long form structures will include La Ronde, the Spokane, and the Harold. The class will teach several key concepts such as game, ?yes and,? character, object work, and offer & acceptance.
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THEA 240 - Arts Management I FC ARHU
4 credits
Students will be introduced to and develop an understanding of the critical areas that comprise Arts Management including; Organization Structure, Management Theory, Budgeting and Fiscal Theories, Marketing and Audience Development. They will also begin to develop the ability to understand and navigate the challenges of competing priorities in today?s world, specifically, reconciling aesthetic, managerial and economic considerations.
This course is cross-listed with DANC 240
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THEA 244 - Movement for Ensemble FC ARHU
4 credits
This is a class where we will explore the body as instrument. A highly physical class, it will focus in part on developing individual strength and flexibility, as well as how to collaborate and work together as an ensemble. Previous coursework in Theater 100, 238, or 268 is preferred. Students are required to bring a willingness to sweat, play, and let go of inhibitions.
Prerequisites & Notes: Previous coursework in THEA 100, 238, or 268 is preferred.
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THEA 245 - Queer and Trans Performance Practice FC ARHU
4 credits
In this course, we examine drama and performance art from queer and transgender artists in the United States. What makes art queer? What lessons can all artists learn from LGBTQ+ performance? We will examine the work of playwrights and performance artists including Tarell Alvin McRaney, Diana Oh, Taylor Mac, Cassils, and Muriel Miguel among others, We will place these works in dialogue with queer theory, transgender studies, and queer of color critique. The class will culminate in a showcase of scenes and original performances.
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THEA 250 - Artistry and Economics of Creative Placemaking FC ARHU
4 credits
For this class, we will examine and learn basic business and entrepreneurship practices that will allow artists and communities to engage in meaningful creative placemaking endeavors that have the potential to shape the physical and social character of a neighborhood, town, city, or region around arts and cultural activities. Field Trips required.
Does this course require off campus field trips? Yes
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THEA 250OC - Artistry and Economics of Creative Placemaking FC ARHU
4 credits
For this class, and in conjunction with the Creative Placemaking class taught by Louise Zeitlin, we will examine and learn basic business and entrepreneurship practices that will allow artists and communities to engage in meaningful creative placemaking endeavors that have the potential to shape the physical and social character of a neighborhood, town, city, or region around arts and cultural activities. Field Trips required.
Does this course require off campus field trips? Yes
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THEA 252 - Foundations of Theater FC ARHU
4 credits
A lecture course tracing the links between theater and ritual performance from the earliest human civilizations through Elizabethan England. We will focus on theatrical texts, performances spaces, and theoretical treatises from various world cultures. European, Egyptian, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Hopi, and Mayan performances will be studied in relation to the social and intellectual history of each major era and culture.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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THEA 253 - Global Theater Histories: Early Modern to Contemporary FC ARHU
4 credits
A lecture course tracing the links between theater and ritual performance from the English Reformation to the current day. We will focus on theatrical texts, performances spaces, and theoretical treatises from various world cultures. American, European, Indian, Nigerian, Chinese, Japanese, and Native American performances will be studied in relation to the social and intellectual history of each major era and culture.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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THEA 260 - Lighting Design FC ARHU
4 credits
This class studies the theories and techniques of lighting design for the performing arts. Lectures cover the design process, which includes space, script, music and movement, script analysis, design collaboration, and design execution. Lectures on composition, color, and drafting are supplemented with lighting design projects undertaken by members of the class. Final project is a realized design in the Little Theater or other appropriate Oberlin College venue. Students are required to serve as lighting design assistants to mainstage lighting designers throughout the semester.
Prerequisites & Notes: THEA 174
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THEA 264 - African American Drama FC ARHU CD
4 credits
This class surveys plays written by Black Americans from the post-slavery period through the late 20th century. An overview of the history of African-American performance is followed by reading and discussion of current criticism and a wide selection of plays by writers such as James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Adrienne Kennedy, Langston Hughes, Ntozake Shange, August Wilson, and George Wolfe. Requirements include papers, journals and scene work.
This course is cross-listed with AAST 264
This course is appropriate for new students.
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THEA 265 - Playwrighting Workshop FC ARHU
4 credits
This workshop builds skills in writing for theater and performance, from developing an idea, to editing scenes based on feedback, to preparing a play for for the process of production. This class can be a chance to start a new project or develop existing material. Bringing in scenes to read aloud each week, students learn the process of writing a completed work. Examples of theatrical work and experimental performance are offered throughout, with a focus on queer, trans, and BIPOC artists.
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THEA 266 - Freak Show Performance FC ARHU
4 credits
This class will explore the history and legacy of freak show performance. We will read historical and theoretical writings about freak shows and freakishness and apply these ideas to analyze modern re-creations of the freak show on Broadway, in reality television, at museums, and elsewhere. We will look at plays and films depicting notable performers such as Sarah Baartman (the Hottentot Venus), Joseph Merrick (the Elephant Man), Chang and Eng Bunker (the Siamese Twins), and Daisy and Violet Hilton.
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THEA 267 - American Musical Theater FC ARHU
4 credits
This course explores musical theater in America and its relation to social change by examining selected productions, their creators, and performers. The course follows a chronological organization in order to trace the development of musical theater over the past century. The goal of this course is to help you appreciate, analyze, and evaluate musical theater. We will view videos of musical theater (most adapted to film) to frame the course. Attendance of one live musical performance will be required
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THEA 268 - Black Arts Workshop FC ARHU CD
4 credits
The Black Arts Workshop combines theory and performance in African American cultural styles. Readings and discussions encompass Afrocentric philosophy, history, religion and aesthetics, dance, music, visual arts and drama. Classroom exercises focus on meditation, movement, dance and acting skills. In the latter part of the semester there is a focus on Black theater including scene work. Written work is required. Final projects are to be creative in nature.
This course is cross-listed with AAST 268
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THEA 269 - Voice for the Actor HC ARHU
2 credits
This course introduces basic principles of voice production for actors: breathing, relaxation, coordination, resonance and centering. Exercises are designed to integrate mind/breath/sound/body in the act of purposeful communication: daily progression from pure sound to text work. Emphasis on freeing the students’ natural range and expressiveness.
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THEA 270 - Speech and Dialects For The Actor HC ARHU
2 credits
A course designed to introduce the student to the fundamentals of General American speech through the study of the International Phonetic Alphabet. The first module of the course will address individual speech challenges and the second module will investigate the process of learning dialects for the stage.
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THEA 277 - American Drama FC ARHU CD WINT
4 credits
Selected works of major American playwrights. Emphasis will be placed on close reading, as well as on the significance of each play in regard to political and social movements of the time and the evolution of the American theater. Among the playwrights to be considered: Odets, O’Neill, Williams, Hellman, Albee, Shepard, Baraka, Bullins, Fornes, Kushner. Please note: Not open to students who have taken ENGL 365.
Prerequisites & Notes: Students should have completed a Writing Intensive course or gained Writing Certification in any course in the humanities. Requirements can be waived with instructor consent. Not opened if student took ENGL 365 Counts toward Critical Inquiry portion of Theater Major
This course is cross-listed with ENGL 277
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THEA 278 - Playwrighting and Performance in the Time of the Black Lives Matter Movement FC ARHU CD
4 credits
In this exciting time in the fight for social justice centered on the Black Lives Matters Movement, students will write/create their own original plays and performance pieces responding to current and historical events.Students from all backgrounds are invited to explore how the worlds of theater and performance are making work steeped in the quest for Black equality in a climate of other great challenges-including works on virtual platforms.Student work in this class may be recorded or performed in the Summer Term show, “The Word and the Beat.”
This course is cross-listed with AAST 278
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THEA 281 - Rehearsal and Performance HC ARHU
2 credits
Intermediate and advanced level work in preparation and public performances of a production directed by a member of the theater faculty.
Prerequisites & Notes: May be repeated once only for credit. P/NP grading.
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THEA 281F - Rehearsal and Performance-Full FC ARHU
4 credits
Intermediate and advanced level work in preparation and public performances of a production directed by a member of the theater faculty.
Prerequisites & Notes: May be repeated once only for credit. P/NP grading.
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THEA 281H - Rehearsal and Performance-Half HC ARHU
2 credits
Intermediate and advanced level work in preparation and public performances of a production directed by a member of the theater faculty.
Prerequisites & Notes: May be repeated once only for credit. P/NP grading.
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THEA 282 - Shifting Scenes: Drama Survey FC ARHU CD WINT
4 credits
This course will study the development of drama from the ancient Greeks to the present with the aim of promoting understanding and analysis of dramatic texts. By studying the major forms of drama – tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy – within their historical and cultural contexts, we will explore the elements common to all dramatic works, as well as the way in which those elements vary and evolve from one time and place to another.
Prerequisites & Notes: Students should have completed a Writing Intensive course or gained Writing Certification in any course in the humanities. Requirements can be waived with instructor consent. Counts towards Critical Inquiry portion of Theater Major.
This course is cross-listed with ENGL 282
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THEA 290 - Preparing for Life in Theater Arts HC ARHU
2 credits
Getting work, getting paid and being resilient in the unstable work-world of the performing arts. This 1-module class is designed to help students prepare themselves for a life in the performing arts by focusing on some nitty-gritty details: preparing for interviews, building portfolios and resumes, social media networking and self-promotion, taxes, budgeting, and grant writing.
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THEA 300 - Acting 3: Advanced Scene Study FC ARHU
4 credits
This course builds on skills learned in THEA 200 and focuses on the plays of American Masters.
Prerequisites & Notes: THEA 100, THEA 200.
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THEA 301 - Acting 3: Shakespeare FC ARHU
4 credits
This course will introduce skills needed to perform Shakespeare: imaging, phrasing, scansion, and rhetorical analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes: THEA 200
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THEA 304 - Professional Aspect of Theater HC ARHU
2 credits
This course will examine all aspects of creating a professional life in today’s theater culture: detailed instruction in audition/interviewing technique, preparation for admission to graduate training, creating an on-line profile, where to live, how to support your career, the fundamental professional tools of the picture and resume and career paths within the field. The second module will focus on the development of a showcase performance.
Prerequisites & Notes: THEA 100, THEA 200, THEA 269 and consent of instructor.
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THEA 305 - Interpreting Tom Tom: An Epic of Music and The Negro FC ARHU CD
4 credits
This seminar will examine the groundbreaking opera of Oberlin Conservatory alumna, author, composer, and musicologist Shirley Graham Du Bois (1934). In 1932, she was commissioned to compose and direct “Tom Tom,” the first opera by a Black woman that chronicles the Negro experience across a centuries-long history from the transatlantic slave trade to the Harlem Renaissance.This course invites students to comprehensively explore the contexts in which “Tom Tom” resides through ethnomusicological and dramaturgical research methods.We will interpret the score and libretto with significant attention to Graham’s construction of Africana vernacular music, literary and performance traditions within an emergent American classical music scene, and her implementation of ritual and Pan-Africanist ideologies.Activities will include comparative readings between music, theatre, and cultural studies, stylistic and textual analysis, research papers, class presentations, and discussion.Particular emphasis will be given to developing individual research projects.
Prerequisites & Notes: Consent of the instructor required.
ETHN 305: At least one course in MHST or ETHN at the 200 level, with MHST 290/91 especially advantageous.
AAST/THEA 305: Preference will be given to students who've taken AAST/THEA 264, 268, 278, or THEA 309.
This course is cross-listed with AAST 305, ETHN 305
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THEA 307 - Directing II FC ARHU
4 credits
During first module, students will be introduced to different modes of textual analysis and how these lead to key artistic choices in rehearsal. Assignments will focus on careful play reading, staging and coaching actors. During the second module, classes will monitor the progress of student-directed one act plays to be performed.
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THEA 309 - Theater of the Millennium FC ARHU
4 credits
This class will explore dramatic literature written by living American playwrights: Tony Kushner, George Wolfe, Anna DeVeare Smith, Emily Mann, Horton Foote, Jose Rivera, Oliver Mayer, Eve Ensler, August Wilson, Caryl Churchill, Maria Irene Fornes, Adrienne Kennedy, Amiri Baraka, Kia Corthron, and Suzann Lori-Parks among others. Plays will be contextualized and complemented by critical and historical readings. In addition to discussions and written assignments, scene work will be an important component of the class.
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THEA 312F - Stage Management Practicum FC ARHU
4 credits
For student stage managers currently working on Main Stage productions sponsored by the Theater and Dance Departments. THEA 212 and consent of instructor required.
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THEA 312H - Stage Management Practicum HC ARHU
2 credits
For student stage managers currently working on Main Stage productions sponsored by the Theater and Dance Departments.
Prerequisites & Notes: THEA 212 & consent of instructor required.
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THEA 313 - Advanced Acting: Heightened Movement, Heightened Text FC ARHU
4 credits
A good actor must know how to effectively engage in heightened verbal and non-verbal conversations on stage. This course goes in depth to perfect a student’s ability to fully engage and use their voice and body as a tool for creative expression of character, emotion, and relationship onstage. Students will use unique exercises to increase balance, strength, confidence, and range of motion while also learning advanced techniques in stillness, gesture, rhythm, and movement that will inspire creative delivery of emotionally charged and/or poetic texts.
Prerequisites & Notes: Any 200-Level THEA course
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THEA 315 - Acting III: Black and Brown Playwrights FC ARHU
4 credits
In this class, we will work on and explore scenes written by African-American and Latino playwrights such as Lynn Knottage, August Wilson, Suzanne Lori-Parks, Jose Rivera, Ntozake Shange, Nilo Cruz, and Alice Childress. While staging scenes, students will develop their method of acting, as well as discuss the issue of cultural awareness on the actor’s process specifically, what role race and culture play in the shaping of character and relationship. Student assignments include reading plays, writing in a journal, as well as reading plays, writing in a journal, as well as performing scenes.
Prerequisites & Notes: THEA 200.
This course is cross-listed with AAST 315
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THEA 316 - Modern Drama II: Brecht to Pinter FC ARHU WINT
4 credits
This course will study the development of drama from World War II to 1975 from both a literary and a theatrical point of view. Playwrights will include Brecht, Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, Churchill, Pinter, Fornes, and Adrienne Kennedy. Post-1900.
Prerequisites & Notes: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “Advanced Courses.”
This course is cross-listed with ENGL 328
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THEA 317 - Directing 2: Texts and Concepts FC ARHU
4 credits
This class will engage students in the detailed analysis, and research of dramatic texts, in order to develop advanced skills in interpretation and conceptualization. Extensive readings will introduce formal, transactional, behavioral and psychoanalytic modes of analysis. Plays examined will include major works by Shakespeare, Williams, Chekhov, and Pinter. Weekly response papers and research assignments will culminate in a final twenty-page concept term paper and oral presentation. This is a non-performance, reading intensive seminar.
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THEA 319 - Acting and Directing for the Camera FC ARHU
4 credits
In this advanced studio class, students will be introduced to the fundamental demands of acting and directing for the camera. Weekly on-camera assignments will focus on the differences between stage and film/video work. The course will also cover the basic mechanics of traditional narrative film, including visual story-telling, shooting scripts, staging for the camera, story boards, continuity style and running a shoot. Students will collaborate on class assignments, each in turn, serving as actors, directors, or camera/sound operators.
Prerequisites & Notes: THEA 200- Acting 2 (or, for declared CINE majors, THEA 100 - Acting 1 & CINE 298 - Video Production Workshop 1.
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THEA 319F - Acting & Directing for Camera FC ARHU
4 credits
THEA 319F is a full semester course intended for students with an interest in directing narrative film; no previous acting courses required. The first module of THEA 319F will be an intensive intro course in the basics of acting and directing - mostly w/o camera - based in popular American method acting technique. Students will acquire the working knowledge, skills and confidence to work with more skilled actors.
Second module we will add cameras/sound and acting students who will take the HALF course, THEA 319H. The course will shift its focus exclusively to the adjustments required for on-camera work. Both for acting and directing. All students will collaborate on a sequence of short narrative assignments, with the full course students serving as the directors and the half course students as their actors.The course will also cover some basic mechanics of traditional narrative film such as shooting scripts, story boards, staging for the camera (esp. “continuity style”) and the logistics of casting and running a shoot.
Prerequisites & Notes: CINE 298 (or equivalent)
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THEA 320F - Special Projects - Full FC ARHU
4 credits
Written Proposal and consent of the instructor required.
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THEA 320H - Special Projects - Half HC ARHU
2 credits
Written Proposal and consent of the instructor required.
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THEA 325 - Advanced scene study: Non-traditional Approaches to Classic Texts FC ARHU CD
4 credits
This is an advanced acting class that uses canonized playwrights such as Shakespeare, Sophocles, and Chekov to allow students to explore the history, process, and implications of re-casting roles in regards to race and gender. In class we will read, rehearse, and perform scenes. Special attention will be paid to identifying actions while embracing heightened language, as well as discussing the implications of incorporating race and gender into the construction of character within the world of any given text. Though Acting 100 and 200 are recommended, students may receive consent by emailing the professor their interest and background.
Prerequisites & Notes: THEA 100/200.
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THEA 328 - Musical Theater FC ARHU
4 credits
A studio class introducing the fundamental techniques of musical theatre performance. The course will cover song interpretation, as well as action-driven acting technique through scene study of classic and contemporary American musical theatre masterworks.
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THEA 329 - Script Analysis & Dramaturgy FC ARHU
4 credits
Dramaturgy is the study of dramatic composition and the representation of the main elements of drama, shaping a story into a form suitable to be performed on the stage. This seminar based course will focus on dramatic structure, dramatic theory, and historical and cultural research. We will move methodically through several texts, including Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Waiting for Godot, A Doll House, Sizwe Banzi is Dead, Manifest Destinitis, and The America Play. We will begin by looking at texts themselves, then move toward analysis, research, and interpretation.
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THEA 332 - Advanced Character Development with the Michael Chekhov Technique FC ARHU
4 credits
This course will develop the student’s vocabulary in Michael Chekhov Technique with the goal of broadening and deepening the specific artistic choices of the acting student to create authentic and truthful characters. The student will be introduced to and begin to develop a mastery of: Psychological Gestures, the Four Brothers, the Inner Body, Imaginary Centers, Qualities of Movement, and Character Archetypes. Students will be asked to actively embody and practice these techniques with spoken poetry, traditional scenes, and self-generated texts. Priority will be given to those students who have successfully completed THEA 100 and THEA 200, and who are declared majors.
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THEA 336 - Scene Design II FC ARHU
4 credits
Scene Design 2: This class is a continuation of Scene Design 1 and explores how Scenic Design addresses the challenges of multi-set plays, musical theater and dance. Students will develop analytical, conceptual, communication, and artistic skills by creating Scenic Designs for a variety of styles and theater genres. Collaboration and creative problem-solving techniques are developed through an iterative design process. Final designs are expressed through sketches, 3-dimensional scale models, scale drawings and color renderings and will result in portfolio-worthy projects.
Prerequisites & Notes: Scene Design 1 (Thea 236) OR Intro to Theatrical Design (Thea 222)
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THEA 340 - Arts Management II FC ARHU
4 credits
Students will be introduced to and develop an understanding of the critical areas that comprise Arts Management including; Organization Structure, Management Theory, Budgeting and Fiscal Theories, Marketing and Audience Development. They will also begin to develop the ability to understand and navigate the challenges of competing priorities in today’s world, specifically, reconciling aesthetic, managerial and economic considerations.
Prerequisites & Notes: THEA 240, Arts Management
This course is cross-listed with DANC 340
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THEA 341F - Directing III - Full FC ARHU
4 credits
Individual study in directing. Student directors will meet weekly with a faculty advisor to discuss and monitor their projects through the various stages of production: script analysis, concept, design, casting, rehearsals, tech and performance.
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THEA 341H - Directing III - Half HC ARHU
2 credits
Individual study in directing. Student directors will meet weekly with a faculty advisor to discuss and monitor their projects through the various stages of production: script analysis, concept, design, casting, rehearsals, tech and performance.
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THEA 348 - Modern Drama: Ibsen to Pirandello FC ARHU WINT
4 credits
This course explores the different ways in which ‘reality’ was staged by playwrights including Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg, Shaw, and Pirandello. We will consider how modern theatrical movements such as realism, naturalism, expressionism, and metadrama sought to represent ‘reality,’ focusing on evolving stagecraft. Emphasis will also be placed on the historical and cultural contexts surrounding the early stages of modern drama. Diversity, 1700-1900 OR Post-1900 (not both).
This course is cross-listed with ENGL 348
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THEA 349 - Contemporary Drama: 1980-Present FC ARHU CD WINT
4 credits
This course will study the developments mainly in British and American drama during the last ten to fifteen years. Plays will be discussed from both a literary and theatrical point of view, with attention to their historical, cultural, and political context. Among the playwrights we will be reading, a tentative list might include Tony Kushner, David Henry Huang, Maria Irene Fornes, Caryl Churchill, Edward Albee, Suzan-Lori Parks, Sarah Ruhl, and Yasmina Reza. Diversity, Post-1900.
This course is cross-listed with ENGL 349
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THEA 368 - Black Arts Workshop II FC ARHU CD
4 credits
This course continues the inquiry begun in AAST/THEA 268 focusing on the Western Hemispheric inheritance from traditional African cultures. This course will focus on performance in sacred and secular cultures of the African diaspora in the mid-to-late 20th century. The class will hone performance skills through in-class exercises and assignments, and intellectual and critical skills through reading, discussions, presentations, journals and critical papers examining aesthetic and cultural performance theories. The course will culminate in a final performance.
Prerequisites & Notes: AAST/THEA 268 or other AAST Fine Arts classes taught by Professors Coleman or Sharpley.
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THEA 370 - Acting Shakespeare - Solo-work HC ARHU
2 credits
Note: Limited to the 16 students in THEA 207 and THEA 307 to continue their work as a group but instructor will consider special cases such as a theater major returning from a study away program. Open only to actors.
This course will introduce a sequential methodology for handling Shakespeare’s Verse (and other heightened language), based upon clarity, poetry and dramatic action. These skills will then be integrated with American method skills of acting - and applied to solo work on monologues and sonnets. Assignments will also include detailed textual analysis. This class is intended for students who’ve already studied acting at the College level (THEA 100).
Prerequisites & Notes: THEA 100
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THEA 371 - Consent and Sexuality in Theater FC ARHU
4 credits
How do we tell stories of intimacy in the aftermath of the #MeTooMovement? What are the strengths and limitations of consent discourse for addressing sexual violence? This course investigates these questions of consent and sexuality through the lens of theatrical performance. In this creative and critical course, we will examine intimacy and power in contemporary plays, and will also learn best practices for staging intimacy in theater and film, know as
intimacy choreography.” Students will gain an understanding of queer, intersectional, and postcolonial frameworks for sexual justice.
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THEA 372 - The Word and The Beat HC ARHU CD
2 credits
“The Word and the Beat: Performing in the Hip Hop Aesthetic” is a first module class in which students will produce and perform original work.Preference may be given to students who have taken previous courses in Black Culture and Performance, but newcomers are welcomed as well.Students will be consented, not auditioned.This class may count toward the Performance requirement in the Theater Major and/or Fine Arts requirement in the Africana Studies major.
This course is cross-listed with AAST 372
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THEA 375 - Playwriting and Theater-Making in Time of Crisis HC ARHU
2 credits
In this course, students will create their own plays and performance pieces exploring ways that theater artists respond to times of crisis. Each student will be expected to create three short pieces and one longer piece, all of which will be read by the class as well as the professor. There will also be assigned readings and responses.
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THEA 410 - Senior Capstone in Acting: Professional Aspects of Acting FC ARHU
4 credits
Seminar course covering broad field of topics pertinent to the pursuit of a career in theatrical and media performance. Particular emphasis placed on the development of a portfolio of audition materials and the acquisition of audition skills.
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisites: THEA 100, THEA 200
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THEA 411 - Senior Acting Capstone: Senior Showcase HC ARHU
2 credits
Students will create, prepare and perform a showcase featuring audition materials and self-generated performance work. The course will culminate in a public showing of the showcase.
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: THEA 410
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THEA 420F - Honors - Full FC ARHU
4 credits
Intensive independent work in theater on a research thesis or creative project to be decided upon in consultation with an advisor.
Prerequisites & Notes: Admission to the Honors Program.
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THEA 420H - Honors - Half HC ARHU
2 credits
Intensive independent work in theater on a research thesis or creative project to be decided upon in consultation with an advisor.
Prerequisites & Notes: Admission to the Honors Program.
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THEA 425F - Senior Project-Full FC ARHU
4 credits
For those students approved for Senior Projects that are NOT designated as Honors. Approval process begins in the spring prior to the senior year. Interested students must complete an application form and submit it by the last day of classes of fall semester of their junior year. Those students approved will be notified by the faculty and a project advisor will be assigned.
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THEA 425H - Senior Project-Half HC ARHU
2 credits
For those students approved for Senior Projects that are NOT designated as Honors. Approval process begins in the spring prior to the senior year. Interested students must complete an application form and submit it by the last day of classes of fall semester of their junior year. Those students approved will be notified by the faculty and a project advisor will be assigned.
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THEA 980 - Japanese Traditional Performing Arts FC
4 credits
Students will learn about the history and aesthetic conventions of traditional performing arts, presented
as living traditions in the context of contemporary Japanese society, using a combination of textual and
audiovisual materials. The course will provide ample opportunities to attend performances, visit artisans
laboratories, and participate in workshops with renown Japanese artists, to complement a solid academic
background about the arts with a more direct, hands-on approach to the topics covered.
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THEA 995F - Private Reading - Full FC ARHU
4 credits
Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via PRESTO. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
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THEA 995H - Private Reading - Half HC ARHU
2 credits
Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via PRESTO. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
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APST 100 - The Craft of Composition HC
2 credits
The Craft of Composition
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APST 101 - Beginning Piano HC CNDP
2 credits
A one-semester course for Arts and Science students with no previous piano experience.
Prerequisites & Notes: Consent of instructor required.
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APST 102 - Beginning Piano II HC CNDP
2 credits
A one-semester course for college majors with some piano experience. This course may be taken as a continuation of APST 101, Beginning Piano, or with consent of instructor.Prerequisites and notes: A one-semester course for Arts and Sciences students who have taken APST 101 or received instructor’s approval.
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APST 110 - Piano Class HC CNDP
2 credits
A basic one-year course (should be taken in the freshman year) including technique, sight reading, harmonization, improvisation, accompaniment, and piano repertoire. Section numbers below (last two digits) relate to placement levels.
Prerequisites & Notes: Admission by placement/audition. Open only to Conservatory students who must complete a piano requirement. Consent of instructor required.
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APST 111 - Piano Class HC CNDP
2 credits
A basic one-year course (should be taken in the freshman year) including technique, sight reading, harmonization, improvisation, accompaniment and piano repertoire. Section numbers below (last two digits) relate to placement levels.
Prerequisites & Notes: Admission by placement/audition. Open only to Conservatory students who must complete a piano requirement. Consent of instructor required.
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APST 112 - Keyboard Accompanying (Vocal) HC CNDP
2 credits
Following a brief placement audition, pianists are paired with singers according to the needs of the voice department. Students may also make arrangements to accompany specific singers, subject to accompanying faculty’s approval. Accompanying projects are supervised by the voice teacher and accompanying faculty. Five hours of weekly contact time are expected, including rehearsals, voice lessons, coachings with accompanying faculty, but not practice time.
Prerequisites & Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to all keyboard players. Consent of instructor required.
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APST 113 - Keyboard Accomp (Instrumental) HC CNDP
2 credits
Assignments will be made from repertoire requests submitted by the applied faculty. Students are encouraged to make arrangements to accompany specific instrumentalists, subject to accompanying faculty’s approval. Accompanying projects will be supervised by the instrumental teacher and accompanying faculty. Five hours of weekly contact time are expected, including weekly master classes with accompanying faculty, rehearsals, lessons, coachings, but not individual practice time.
Prerequisites & Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to all keyboard players. Consent of instructor required.
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APST 117 - Vocal Health and Function CC CNDP
1 credit
An introduction to principles of vocal function and health for the aspiring professional singer.Prerequisites and notes: This course is a prerequisite to LANG 100 English Diction. Preference is given to students for whom this course is a requirement.
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APST 118 - Vocal Studies Seminar CNDP
1 credit
Team-taught by members of the Vocal Studies Division and invited guests, this seminar provides voice majors information that will help them succeed at Oberlin and in their future performing careers. Among the topics covered are Learning and Practice Strategies, Vocal Health and Nutrition, Recital Planning, Vocal Coaching, and Resumes/Bios/CVs.
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APST 119 - Movement for Singers HC CNDP
2 credits
This course will consist of an introduction to techniques and methods of movement specifically designed for singers, incorporating basic yoga postures, mindfulness, basic ballet positions, improvisation, and how these relate to musical and vocal freedom. Students will develop a vocabulary to describe the body and specific movement exercises, analyze postural and alignment patterns, learn to organically respond to music using improvised movement and gestures, and incorporate these movements to facilitate increased vocal ease and confidence on stage.
Prerequisites & Notes: For Voice Majors
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APST 120 - Beginning Voice Class HC CNDP
2 credits
A one semester, repeatable course in the basics of vocal technique and performance. Exploration of good alignment, breathing, tone production, resonance and communication, developed through group warm-ups and individual song performances.
Prerequisites & Notes: Consent of instructor required (For non-majors & college students.) Course may be repeated.
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APST 120A - Time Travel for Pianists CNDP
1 credit
Time Travel for Pianists
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APST 120B - Time Travel for Pianists CNDP
1 credit
Time Travel for Pianists
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APST 121 - Performing Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas CNDP
1 credit
This course gives students the opportunity to play in a workshop setting with David Breitman at the fortepiano (pitch=A440). Each student will prepare a different movement each week (6 movements over the module). Prior experience with a period violin/bow is neither required nor expected; students may use their modern violin in this course. Differences between the modern and earlier violin will be touched on, however, and interested students may be able to borrow equipment,depending on availability.
Prerequisites & Notes: Violin majors only (permission of the principal teacher required).
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APST 121A - Bach at the Clavier CC CNDP
1 credit
An introduction to the harpsichord for pianists, focusing on the music of J.S. Bach. This course allows students to experiement with historical styles, techniques, and instruments, applying what they’ve learned to their interpretation of Bach at the piano. Topics include articulation, fingering, meter, arpeggiation, and ornamentation. Students are expected to bring to class pieces by Bach they are studying or have studied in the past.Pre-requisites: This is a one-module course, and may be repeated for credit with permission of the instructor. Students may also consider enrolling in APST 120A and/or APST 120B (Time Travel for Pianists) as a modular complement to this course. Enrollment is by instructor’s consent.
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APST 121B - Bach at the Clavier CC CNDP
1 credit
An introduction to the harpsichord for pianists, focusing on the music of J.S. Bach. This course allows students to experiement with historical styles, techniques, and instruments, applying what they’ve learned to their interpretation of Bach at the piano. Topics include articulation, fingering, meter, arpeggiation, and ornamentation. Students are expected to bring to class pieces by Bach they are studying or have studied in the past.Pre-requisites: This is a one-module course, and may be repeated for credit with permission of the instructor. Students may also consider enrolling in APST 120A and/or APST 120B (Time Travel for Pianists) as a modular complement to this course. Enrollment is by instructor’s consent.
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APST 122 - Performing Beethoven’s Cello Sonatas CNDP
1 credit
This course gives students the opportunity to play in a workshop setting with David Breitman at the fortepiano (pitch=A440). Each student will prepare a different movement each week (6 movements over the module). Prior experience with a period cello/bow is neither required nor expected; students may use their modern cello in this course. Differences between the modern and earlier cello will be touched on, however, and interested students may be able to borrow equipment,depending on availability.
Prerequisites & Notes: Cello majors only (permission of the prinicpal teacher required).
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APST 130 - Viola Class for Violinists CC CNDP
1 credit
A modular course required of all students whose principal applied study is violin. The course is designed to familiarize the student with viola technique and clef reading.
Prerequisites & Notes: If you have had experience playing the viola and can pass the playing audition during the first week, you may have the viola requirement waived.
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APST 140 - Internalizing Rhythms CC CNDP
1 credit
A workshop for instrumentalists and vocalists that focuses on the student’s ability to internalize and comprehend a range of rhythms that originate in multiple cultures. The teaching emphasizes speaking rhythm and then performing the lessons on the frame drum. The course materials are based upon a contemporary application of old-world teaching methods from North Africa, the Mid-east, and South India. The rhythms are poly-rhythmical an cyclical in nature. The playing techniques implemented are basic hand and finger techniques adapted from South Indian drumming and can be applied to a variety of percussion instruments.
Prerequisites & Notes: Consent of instructor required.
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APST 141 - Internalizing Rhythms II CC CNDP
1 credit
Continues work on the concepts of levels of rhythms and the ways to view them. The effect of these lessons is meant to give the student a greater sense of the mystical power of something simply done in a clear profound fashion. The class will explore how the split finger drum technique can be applied to other drums and percussion instruments, and watch and hear audio examples of a variety of indigenous musicians from around the world and discuss the aspects that transcend style on a global music basis. Applying the concepts shared in class, students will start to create some pieces using the frame drum and a family of other percussion instruments that the instructor will provide. Class assignments will include original short basic compositions or adaptations of known songs that show a level of mastery of the concepts presented in class.
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APST 142 - Beginning Improvisation HC CNDP
2 credits
Intended for beginning improvisers or those with only limited experience in improvisation, this class will introduce techniques and concepts that cultivate the development of basic improvisational skills: Melodic embellishment, outlining chords with melody, melodic transformation, developing vocabulary, strategies for ear training and strengthening theoretical knowledge. This class is not genre specific; examples of common practices in a variety of styles and genres will be studied. Prerequisite & Notes: Prerequisites: Open to all instrumentalists and vocalists in majors other than jazz.
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