Here's the Catalog Program Description. For daily details, please see our Moodle site. (Moodle is a secure site, available to registered students who have completed the week 1 workshop.)
Fall end-of-quarter description (for transcripts of students finishing the program), complete with credit equivalencies. Winter credit estimate
Music or sound? Signal or noise? Is there a difference? How can we tell? What are elements of music? Harmony and rhythym, patterns in tone and time? Need music be meaningful or pleasing? To whom? What are the social functions of artists and scientists? (How) can scientists and artists offer each other new resources for their creative processes? These are some of the questions that will guide our inquiries fall quarter.
Acoustic waves permeate the physical world. Some systems resonate with particular frequencies, and some systems interact to drive oscillations in each other. What are the nature of oscillations, especially acoustic oscillations? What can drive, sustain, damp, or transform acoustic oscillations? How can we describe them mathematically? How can we use mathematics to create acoustic patterns, from noise to music? Inquiries such as these will motivate our physical and intellectual explorations and performances.
Adjustments may be made in the 3:00-5:00 block of Thursdays and Fridays for seminar or special activities - see Syllabus and Moodle for details
Evolving Winter Syllabus
Notice that the first week, midquarter, and the last few weeks of the program may have unusual schedules and/or meeting places. Otherwise, please refer to the SCHEDULE above for meeting times and places. Week 1 - Week 2 - Week 3 - Week 4 - Week 5 - Week 6 - Week 7 - Week 8 - Week 9 - Week 10 - Week 11 |
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Tues. 6 Jan. |
Introduction and logistics in COM 110 | ||
| Seminar on Finkel reading/writing/learning community (handouts available in class) | |||
Wednesday 7 Jan. |
Field trip to Seattle Art Museum (12:00) | ||
Thursday in Com 209 1:00 - 5:00 |
Read Benjamin Lee Whorf:
Read Larry Richards: * Definitions of Cybernetics Read Articles from Cybernetics of Cybernetics:
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Friday 9 Jan |
1:00 class in ACC (Lib) | ||
Tues.13 Jan. |
1:00 Overview of Physics of Sound |
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3:00 Seminar (read these in advance and come prepared with 3 Key Points and 3 Significant Questions on each)
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| Wed.14 Jan | Finish reading Kuhn (through through XII and Postscript) | ||
| Thursday 15 Jan. | 1:00 3:00-5:00 Moodle workshop in CAL required for new students, recommended for continuing students |
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| Friday 16 Jan. | 1:00-3:00 Physics of Sound in CAL (Ch.11a: 1, 2, 3, 5) for Group P, OR |
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| 3:00-5:00 Seminar: finish discussing Kuhn | |||
| Monday 19 Jan. | due: teams post PIQs on Tuesday readings on Moodle (finish readings and pre-seminar with your team over the weekend) | ||
Monday is MLK day. Volunteer opportunity:Musical Instrument Drive. This is a project to collect, repair and provide musical instruments for underprivileged youth. Volunteers are needed to help repair and restore donated instruments and teaching youth the basics of the instruments. There will be a brief orientation for volunteers. Donations of instruments are also appreciated!
To volunteer or for more information: mlkinstrumentdrive@gmail.com |
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Tuesday 20 Jan. Inauguration day! Acceptance speech at noon Eastern time (this will be over by the time class starts, so don't miss class) |
Film in COM 110: Margaret Mead - A Life Possible lecture on performance pieces for tonight. Leave by 4:00 for Seattle performance - bring something to eat. |
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| Seminar Reading for today:
* Margaret Mead: Cybernetics of Cybernetics * Mead and Bateson: Interview * Gregory Bateson: The Function of Humor... |
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| 8 pm concert in Seattle's Benaroya Hall - San Francisco Symphony plays (meet vans immediately after at 4:00 in C lot - bring food and drink)
*Aaron Copeland: Our Town *Alban Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra *Johannes Brahms: Symphony #1 |
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| Thursday 22 Jan. | 1-5: Computer music workshop in ACC for Group C | ||
| 3-5: Physics help session in CAL for Group P (Ch.11a HW due tomorrow: see Moodle for details) | |||
| Friday 23 Jan. | 1-3: Physics of Sound in CAL (Ch.11b:6,7,8,9)
for group P HW 11a due before class (HW=homework) |
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| 3-5: Seminar on Margaret Mead: Sex and Temperament. Everyone read Introduction, Part 4, and Conclusion, plus one additional chapter (see this link for your chapter assignment). | |||
| Mon.26.Jan. | due: teams post PIQs on Tuesday readings on Moodle, after your preseminar meeting | ||
| Tuesday 27 Jan. |
COM 110: Lecture/Seminar Readings: Gregory Bateson, Steps to an Ecology of Mind |
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| Thursday 29 Jan. | 1:00 Computer Music workshop in ACC for Group C | ||
| 3-5: Physics help session in CAL for group P | |||
| Friday 30 Jan. | 1:00 Physics of Sound in CAL (Ch.11c: 9,10,12,13) for group P HW 11b due before class 1:00 Computer Music workshop in ACC for Group C |
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| 3:00 Film: Battle of Chile, Part I, probably in COM 110 | |||
| Saturday 31 Jan. | Peer evaluations due by noon to your seminar faculty (via email please) | ||
| Mon.2.Feb. | due: teams post PIQs on Tuesday readings on Moodle, after your preseminar meeting | ||
| Tuesday 3 Feb. | Com 110: Lecture/Seminar Readings: See Moodle Week 5 for new assignments from Arun |
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| Thus. 5 Feb. | 1:00-3:00 Group P: Midterm conferences with select students 1:00-3:00 Group C: Computer workshop |
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| 3:00-5:00 Battle of Chile, Part 2, Com 110 | |||
| Fri. 6 Feb. | 1:00-5:00 Group Performance 1 | ||
| Mon.9.Feb. | due: teams post PIQs on Tuesday readings on Moodle, after your preseminar meeting | ||
Tuesday 10 Feb. |
Com 110: Lecture/Seminar Readings:
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| Thursday 12 Feb. | 1:00 Computer Music workshop in ACC for Group C | ||
| 3:00 Physics help session in CAL | |||
| Friday 13 Feb. | 1:00 Physics of Sound in CAL (Ch.12a: 1,2,3) for Group P
HW 11c due before class |
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| 1:00 Computer Music workshop for Group C in ACC | |||
| 3:00 Film: Missing, in Com 110 | |||
| Mon.16.Feb. | due: teams post PIQs on Tuesday readings on Moodle, after your preseminar meeting | ||
| Tuesday 17 Feb. | COM 110:Lecture/Seminar Readings from Herbert Brun: When Music Resists Meaning
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| Video: Bluebeard's Castle | |||
| Thursday 19 Feb. | 1:00 Computer Music workshop in ACC for Group C | ||
| 3-5: Physics help session in CAL | |||
| Friday 20 Feb. | 1:00 Physics of Sound in CAL (Ch.12b: 4,5,6) for Group P HW 12a due before class |
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| OR Computer Music workshop for Group C in ACC | |||
| Sunday 22 Feb. | Seattle Opera Performance (meet vans in C lot at 11:45 am; they will leave at noon and return between 6-7 pm) Bela Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle |
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| Mon.23.Feb. | due: teams post PIQs on Tuesday readings on Moodle, after your preseminar meeting | ||
| Tuesday 24 Feb. | COM 110: Lecture/Seminar reading: Mann's Dr. Faustus | ||
| Thursday 26 Feb. | 1:00 Computer Music workshop for Group C | ||
| 3-5: Physics help session in CAL | |||
| Friday 27 Feb. | 1:00 Physics of Sound in CAL (Ch.12c: 7,8,9) for Group P HW 12b due before class |
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| OR Computer Music workshop for Group C in ACC | |||
| Tues.3 Mar. | COM 110: Lecture/Seminar reading: Humberto Maturana, The Ontology of Observing | ||
| Film: Conversation between Maturana and von Foerster | |||
| Thursday 5 Mar. | 1-3: SUMMARY of Physics of Sound in CAL for Group P; discuss HW 12c | ||
| 3-5: Rehearsals in ___ | |||
| Friday 6 Mar. | Group Performances of Project 2 | ||
| Saturday 7 Mar. | Peer evaluations due by noon to your seminar faculty (email) | ||
| Tues.10 Mar. | Final Survey due today (on Moodle) | ||
| Thus.-Sun. 12-15 Mar. | ASC conference: Schedule info on Moodle Week 10 | ||
17-20 March: Evaluation conferences are required for all students. See Sign-up sheets and portfolio guidelines. Bring to your conference: |
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Draft FINAL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION (you need not include any of this information in your self-eval, as it will be part of your transcript) |
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Workload and approximate credit equivalencies:
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Faculty Contact and more Info:
| Dr. Arun Chandra | 360-867-6077 | arunc(at)evergreen.edu | COM 308 A |
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| Dr. E.J. Zita | (email is best) |
zita(at)evergreen.edu |
2272 Lab II |
Information from Registration, including course CRN 10034 (Fr). 10036 |
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