Thesis Colloquium


Music 239, Winter Quarter 2011
Thursday, 3:30-4:50 PM
Music and Media Building, Room 316
University of California, Irvine

Professor Christopher Dobrian
211 Music and Media Building
(949) 824-7288
dobrian@uci.edu

Office hours: by appointment.


Course Description

Music 239 - Thesis Colloquium

Presentation of current research/creative activity. Second-year ICIT students present their thesis work-in-progress for discussion and criticism. Faculty and visiting artists/scholars also present their current work. Students are graded on their presentation and informed participation in critiques.

This colloquium was designed to serve two purposes: 1) to be a forum for presentation of new scholarly and creative work for information, discussion, and critique, and 2) to help second-year Master's students, particularly in ICIT, develop and refine their written Master's thesis, both by critically evaluating the work of others and by receiving critical evaluation of their own work.


Course Syllabus

Winter Quarter 2011

Week 1 - Thursday, January 6: Michael Dessen, professor
"New compositions for electro-acoustic trio"

Week 2 - Thursday, January 13: Kojiro Umezaki, professor
Topic to be announced

Week 3 - Tuesday, January 20: Ian Hattwick, graduate student
MFA thesis work in progress

Week 4 - Thursday, January 27: Chris Lavender, graduate student
MFA thesis work in progress

Week 5 - Thursday, February 3: Matias Vellutini, graduate student
MFA thesis work in progress

Week 6 - Thursday, February 10: Nazo Zakkak, graduate student
MFA thesis work in progress

Week 7 - Thursday, February 17: Michael Hernandez, graduate student
MFA thesis work in progress

Week 8 - Thursday, February 24: Marcelo Wanderley, visiting scholar
"Percussive gesture analysis and synthesis"

Week 9 - Thursday, March 3: Amy X Neuburg, visiting artist
"Expressive Use of Technology in Live Music Performance"

Week 10 - Thursday, March 10: Jesse Green
MFA thesis work in progress


Christopher Dobrian
December 12, 2010
dobrian@uci.edu