| Proposed Minor in Experimental Music |
| Experimental Music Minor Media and Fine Arts Department College of Arts and Sciences Metropolitan State University The Experimental Music Minor is directed at all artistic disciplines and presentational media available to musicians today to express themselves. A core of experimental music studies combines the history and development of musical forms and styles with the applied experimental study in advanced creativity. More focused music studio experience gives students a creative context for direct engagement of experimental materials, methods and musical practices. A creative capstone project presented in the Nobles East XMIArts Studio allows for a wide range of experiences and learning to form into an evening of original student work. Classroom instruction is augmented by applied studio experiments and creative projects, often in conjunction with guest artists of the Strange Attractors International Festivals of Experimental Intermedia Art, experimental music workshops or community arts events. Students will have a unique opportunity to shape their creative vision in a stimulating environment of aesthetic, critical and cultural perspectives. Through regular workshops, concerts, exhibitions and experimental events, students will be exposed to the very latest developments in an emerging field of musical study. Faculty Marilyn Habermaus-Scher, David Means, Wendy Morris, John O’Brien and guest artists. Curriculum Musc 322 Topics in Music 4 semester credits Musc 330 Experimental Music 4 semester credits Imda 352 Seminar in Creativity 4 semester credits OR Imda 430 Collaboration 4 semester credits Musc 424 Improvisation and Composition 4 semester credits Imda 459 Creative Capstone 4 semester credits 20 total semester credits Utilizing the expertise and talents of guest artists, scholars and intermedia specialists, faculty will tailor each student’s learning experience to provide a unique opportunity for artistic development and expression. Often courses will be team-taught, providing students with an expanded range of faculty input and disciplinary knowledge. Critical and cultural perspectives will be woven into a rich rich texture of experimental creativity. The materials, methods, techniques, forms and practices used in developing experimental music will be examined and used as models for student projects and productions. Resources and Facilities Educational resources available to students include the Nobles eXperimental interMedia Archives, consisting of over 100 publications, video and audio tapes drawn from guest artist performances, writings and presentations, and linked to web sites containing the resources of the Experimental Intermedia Foundation (New York City), LOGOS Foundation Center for New Music Production (Ghent, Belgium), and Newsence Intermedium (Washington). Local events and productions by the Walker Art Center and Intermedia Arts Minnesota, among others, will provide additional examples of recent and emerging developments in experimental music and the iintermedia arts. The Experimental Music Minor will use the facilities and programming of the Nobles East eXperimental interMedia Studios adjacent to Metropolitan State's St. Paul campus for its primary learning environment. The Nobles East studio origanated as a morgue in the 1920s and has been used by university student organizations before rennovation in conjunction with the demolition of the 8000sq. ft. Nobles main facility to make way for Metro's new library. Link to Experimental Intermedia Arts Minor Proposed Implementation Date, Fall 2003 |