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2009 Summer Session Course Listings
Note: Northwestern day school students need permission from the dean of their school to enroll in School of Continuing Studies courses. SCS courses are indicated by a -CN after the course number (example: ACCOUNT 204-CN Sec. 28). The majority of Summer Session courses do not need dean approval.
Music: Courses for Nonmajors
Bienen School of Music
GEN MUS 170-0 Sec. 26
Introduction to Music
CAESAR Class Number: 41448
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/31
MTuWThF noon - 1pm
Bruce Duffie
This course will be held in Music Building room 43.
The course is designed to provide an overview of our musical culture, with an emphasis on concert music from about 1600 to the present. It will deal with the materials of music and the history of the "classical music tradition." Instruments and voice types will be examined, and performers will give in-class presentations. The course will include lectures illustrated with recorded examples, listening assignments in the Music Library, and demonstrations of specific instruments in the class. There will also be reading of articles and interviews as well as topics and ideas within the scope of this area. Going to live concerts will also be strongly encouraged. No prerequisites. This course counts toward the Weinberg College literature and fine arts distribution requirement, Area VI.
GEN MUS 175-0 Sec. 23
Cancelled
Selected Topics: The Maestro Myth
CAESAR Class Number: 42768
3 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/10
MTuWThF noon - 2pm
David Cubek
This course will be held in Music Building room 219.
Borrowing the title from Norman Lebrecht's renowned book, this course will investigate the historical circumstances that shaped the aesthetic viewpoints of celebrated orchestral conductors from Felix Mendelssohn and Richard Wagner until Riccardo Muti and Gustavo Dudamel. Based on audiovisual materials and writings by and about representative artists, students will explore and reflect upon the conditions that gave rise to some of the most celebrated, powerful, yet controversial figures in Western art since the second half of the 19th century. The course will offer a unique opportunity for non-musician students to deepen their knowledge of orchestral music through the careful examination and comparison of a variety of interpretations of symphonic masterworks, while deconstructing the cultural and political factors that have influenced the art of music making in our era.
GEN MUS 175-0 Sec. 26
Selected Topics: Songwriting Seminar
CAESAR Class Number: 41686
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 7/31
TuTh 1 - 3pm
Additional days: Friday 1-2 p.m.
Benjamin Johnson
This course will be held in Music Building room 125.
This class is geared towards students who are interested in writing songs in any genre (Rock, Pop, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Folk, R&B, Soul, etc.) as well as delving into the details of lyrics, harmony, instrumentation, and form of the music that influences them. Although no traditional musical training necessary, as a class we will attempt to address all aspects of the music in as much detail as possible while using common terms. The aural analysis and discussion will focus on the poetic and musical devices which make a song successful, regardless of genre. In addition to in-class discussion and listening, students will write two original songs for performance and/or recording. Each student has the opportunity to ghost-write for a classmate or performer of his/her choice, or perform his/her own work.
GEN MUS 175-0 Sec. 36 
Selected Topics: Top 10 Lists of 20th C. Classical Music Performers
CAESAR Class Number: 41714
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/30
MTh 6:30 - 9pm
Richard Boldrey
This course will be held in Music Building room 43.
A unique opportunity to listen to (and in some cases watch) performances of classical music by the greatest performers of the 20th century. Not only learn about these superb musicians, but experience some of these most memorable performances. Hear ten of the greatest pianists (including perhaps the greatest musician ever, Vladimir Horowitz). Hear ten extraordinary string players (including the incomparable Jascha Heifetz). Hear singers (including Enrico Caruso), chamber ensembles (including the Budapest Quartet), vocal ensembles (including the Vienna Boys' Choir), orchestras (including the Berlin Philharmonic) and conductors (including Arturo Toscanini), even composers (including Leonard Bernstein, a great pianist and conductor as well). Become acquainted with the top players of other instruments as well, including organ, harp, French horn, clarinet, harpsichord, even sitar and theremin. This is your chance for a guided tour of some of the most incredible musical performances of the past hundred years.
GEN MUS 175-0 Sec. 46
Selected Topics: The Music of Radiohead
CAESAR Class Number: 41684
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/31
MW 1 - 3pm
Additional days: Friday 2-3 p.m.
Shawn Jaeger
This course will be held in Music Building room 125.
The British rock band Radiohead is one of the most popular and respected bands active today. This course will survey Radiohead's work, focusing on their seven full-length albums: In Rainbows (2007), Hail to the Thief (2003), Amnesiac (2001), Kid A (2000), OK Computer (1997), The Bends (1995), and Pablo Honey (1993). In addition, the course will examine guitarist Jonny Greenwood's concert music, including his acclaimed orchestral soundtrack for Paul Thomas Anderson's Oscar-winning major motion picture There Will Be Blood (2007). Finally, the course will explore the influence of Radiohead on musicians outside of the pop/rock domain, as well as broader economic and aesthetic issues raised by the distribution of In Rainbows online.
Indicates an Evening Course.
Indicates a Study Abroad Course.
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