Mar 28, 2024  
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MUSI 125 - The Sound of Space: Intersecting Acoustics, Architecture and Music


1 unit(s)
(Same as  ART 125  and PHYS 125 ) The disciplines of acoustics, architecture, and music are often treated in isolation, resulting in the loss of many synergistic connections. This course will bring these three different but intersecting disciplines together in an exciting new way through a collaborative team-teaching process. The course will explore the physical nature of music in the built environment, focusing on the generation, transmission, and reception of music in a variety of spaces across campus. An introduction will first be given for each discipline, then the intersections of these seemingly disparate, yet closely related fields will be studied through a combination of lecture, group discussion, and hands-on investigation. Student teams will adopt a key acoustical space on campus, which they will present during a processional performance by a Vassar choral group open to the public at the end of the semester. Christine Howlett, Andrew Tallon.

Two 75-minute periods.

Not offered in 2018/19.



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