Applied+Composition

Welcome to the Resource Page for
=APPLIED COMPOSITION= with Dr. Scott Watson


 * “The happiest genius will hardly succeed by nature and instinct alone in rising to the sublime. Art is art; he who has not thought it out has no right to call himself an artist. Here all groping in the dark is vain; before a man can produce anything great, he must understand the means by which he is to produce it.” **
 * ~ Johann Goethe **

__ A typical class meeting involves: __ 1) Listening and/or Score Analysis - What can music of lasting worth teach us? 2) Discussion/Explanation of Relevant Topic - Orchestration, instrument transpositions, note collections, compositional device, etc. May involve podcast or slide show. 3) Examination/discussion of Student's Music - What sort of project would be profitable and appropriate to undertake? What have you been writing; present/explain? Where might you go from here? Do you have a sense of the whole piece yet? 4) Practical Stuff - Schedule future meetings, notation software questions, questions, etc.

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Directions to Parkland High School, 2700 N. Cedar Crest Blvd., Allentown, PA 18104