Sessional Lecturer: Songwriting

Date Posted: June 8, 2023
Req : 31852
Faculty/Division: Faculty Of Music
Department: Theory and Composition
Campus: St. George
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Description:

Course Number and Name: TMU
409H1 Songwriting

Course

Description:

The course focuses on song as the pre-eminent form of 20th Century musical expression in several different genres and musical traditions. Students are exposed to a range of techniques for composing songs in a variety of genres and styles: the parallel and reciprocal relationship and development of textual and sonic materials; writing for the amplified voice; prosody and intelligibility of the text in a song setting;

addressing a target audience; genre and stylistic convergence in the Internet Age, etc. Traditional song writing formulas and other musical structures are examined under the light of psychoacoustic perception and auditory function of the brain and strategies of how art-music composers can apply their advanced compositional skills to achieve similar psychoacoustic results with more unconventional means will be discussed and developed throughout the course.

Class

Schedule:

Mondays 9-11am in the Fall term

September - December 2023

TA support: Yes

Qualifications: Graduate degree in music composition or related field. Extensive work as a composer in a range of genres and styles (e.g., popular songs, film scores, commercial music). Expert knowledge of production technologies. Demonstrated excellence teaching music composition and music technology.

Duties: Define course objectives; prepare course materials; provide clear guidelines on course requirements and regulations; teach and coordinate all classes as scheduled; administer and evaluate student assignments; prepare and submit final grades in accordance with policy. Maintain reasonable hours of student consultation outside scheduled class hours. Practical teaching of subject in a tutorial environment.

A complete application includes your responses to the application form and a copy of your most current Curriculum Vitae;  to apply .

Closing Date: 06/26/2023

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