初级及高级研讨会

This studio course is for highly motivated students who have had prior training in art. 教学的重点是观察性学习, 技术的精细化, 以及艺术和构图的形式元素. Students will have the opportunity to explore a variety of media including graphite, 木炭, 蜡笔画, 墨水, 水彩画, 丙烯画, 和粘土. They will be encouraged to utilize the Art Studio outside of class time, 推进他们的工作和发展一个投资组合.

Students will work on a selective group of 2D projects designed to build and/or round out their art portfolios. Learner-centered projects will reflect student-driven content and media. Selected portfolio works must demonstrate clear understanding of 2D design concepts, 仔细的规划, 强大的组合, 以及深思熟虑的执行. 2D设计问题可能包括, 但不限于:Unity, 各种, 节奏, 比例, 规模, 平衡, 强调, 对比, 重复, 图地关系.

Students are asked to analyze Shakespeare from the standpoint of literary criticism, but how does a performing artist approach the Bard’s work? Does an academic approach the work differently from an actor or director? Where do their respective approaches differ or coincide? How does Shakespeare’s biography and knowledge of his era affect performing his work? What unique skills are required to act in a verse drama as compared to a contemporary work? These are the kind of questions we explore in this yearlong course. Students will prepare and perform a sonnet and monologue in class and perform in an end-of-year ASM. Suggested reading will include: Russ McDonald’s Bedford Companion to Shakespeare, 约翰·巴顿演莎士比亚, 巴里·埃德尔斯坦的《BBIN集团官方网站》.

为期一年的课程分为两个部分:

Exploration: The first semester will focus on the mechanics of reading music, 从识别所有谱号的音高, 节奏训练, 区间分析和识别, 以及17和18世纪的和声和部分写作. We will examine the chorales and works of Bach and other Baroque composers from an analytical perspective in order to sharpen our own 理论 and 谐波 skills, as well as to gain greater perspective on and knowledge of the Common Era aesthetic.

Application and Analysis: The second semester will be spent analyzing some of the greatest works of the tonal era from a variety of perspectives including, 等, 理论, 谐波, 动机的, 以及组合方法. 除了, students will try their hand at composition in a variety of basic forms and styles, culminating in a final project: either the analysis of a work of their choosing, 或者是新作品的组成.

整个学期, students will be exposed to various types and styles of Western Art Music, 它的历史, 还有许多不同的理论, 组成, 分析方法.

Want to know how to transpose anything perfectly the first time? 不想再被一个节奏所迷惑? Want to be able to sight-sing a new piece without hearing it first? Want to be able to read an orchestral score and know what it sounds like without a recording? This year-long course teaches the advanced musicianship skills needed in the professional musical world. The curriculum is based on the musicianship courses taught at The Juilliard School, 巴黎音乐学院, 和枫丹白露, the conservatories responsible for training such musicians as Stravinsky, 科普兰, 拉威尔, 伯恩斯坦, 拉赫曼尼诺夫, 和德彪西. 这些音乐技巧一直流传下来, virtually unchanged since the early 17th century (yes, 巴赫学会了这些, 太!). Skills taught will include but are not limited to solfège, 视唱, 谱号阅读, 节奏的表现, 阅读分数, 换位, 依教规的即兴创作, 键盘和声, 进行, 多节奏认知. 而读乐谱的能力会很有帮助, 没有必要, as we will be re-learning the correct way to read in the first week or two.

Students will take independent lessons in musical composition on a weekly basis. 除了, class meetings with all enrolled students will be held to discuss important 组成 concepts, 探索当代曲目, and meet and interact with guest composers from the Boston area who will present their music and lecture on a topic of their choosing.

本课程将探讨歌剧的类型, from its origins in Medieval Liturgical Drama through more recent works by living composers. 音乐将在社会中被处理, 音乐学, 历史, 以及合成语境, and students will be watching several operas (on DVD or other media) over the course of the year. There may also be opportunities to go to the opera in Boston or New York. 具体的歌剧时代将包括, 等, 巴洛克歌剧(珀塞尔, 蒙特威尔第, 和亨德尔), 古典歌剧(莫扎特), 萨列里, 和罗西尼), 美声唱法(多尼采蒂, 威尔第, 贝里尼), 瓦格纳式的歌剧, 浪漫主义和后浪漫主义(普契尼), 柴可夫斯基, 德彪西), 新歌剧视角(斯特拉文斯基), 勋伯格, 伯格, 伯恩斯坦, 弗洛伊德, Corigliano).

Students will read, review, and discuss research articles on current topics in science. 与每组文章对齐, students will tour various research labs to explore different areas in STEM and consider the different projects they could work on in the summer following junior year. 在春天, students will begin to focus on exploring one particular lab to prepare for summer work. The goal of this course is to prepare students for 进行 independent research in a STEM lab over the summer under the guidance of a professor, 哪些将作为毕业论文的基础. 仅限11元.

Students will discuss the practical steps of a longer research paper, 包括:制定一个研究问题, 寻找和评估合适的资源, 阐述论证的步骤, 创建和注释参考书目. We will explore BU’s Mugar Library and Gutman Archive. Each student will develop a research plan and bibliography for summer work on a potential Senior Thesis. 仅限11元.