Open Improvisation Strategies and the Art of Saxophone Quartet

ILWD-376

The ensemble will focus on a new awareness of organizing one’s ideas in a spontaneous chamber ensemble (with no rhythm section) with an emphasis on sound/blend, extended techniques, rhythm and new music compositional approaches. The course will culminate with a concert at a Berklee recital/workshop or a venue to be determined where the materials and practices covered in the course will be put to action within the collective experience of the saxophone quartet.

Credits
1
Prerequisites
ILWD-311 and overall ensemble rating 4 (saxophone principals), or saxophone doubling abilities and written approval of course chair (non-saxophone principals)
Required Of
None
Electable By
All B.M. and P.D. students
Semesters Offered
Fall, Spring
Location
Boston
Department
WWND
Course Chair
Walter Smith
Taught By