Courses Offered in Fall 2026 (115AY 1S)

Course Overview and Objectives

Throughout music history, advances in music technology have continually influenced the content and presentation of musical works. This course focuses on advanced programming in Max/MSP/Jitter for audio and visual applications, guiding students to understand various theories of digital synthesis and to develop the ability to program their own digital effects, synthesizers, and related tools.

The course aims to enable students to further apply these technologies in the creation of sound works and music, or in real-time interactive music. By integrating traditional instruments with digital technology, students will explore new artistic possibilities that combine tradition and technology.

Course Overview and Objectives

This course continues the content of the previous “Contemporary Instrumental Composition Workshop,” with contemporary chamber music composition as its core focus. Centered on two main themes—performance practice and compositional exercises—the course serves as a platform for collaboration and communication between composers and performers.

The course primarily explores the possibilities of instrumental sound production through the interpretation of both traditional and contemporary performance techniques, while also examining how these sounds can be applied in actual composition and performance. Course content includes:

1. Understanding the principles of instrumental sound production and deriving advanced extended techniques for instruments.
2. Discussing scores and inviting performers to sight-read short excerpts from contemporary works, supplemented by related videos or demonstrations by invited performers.
3. For composition students: practicing the integration of sound materials by classifying, blending, organizing, and applying them in actual compositional exercises.
4. For performance students: practicing contemporary techniques, raising questions during score reading, and engaging in discussion and review after performance.