Music Theory through Performance and Composition

The intent of this course is to understand the fundamentals of tonal music by creatively using the theoretical concepts explored in class. The student will write melodies, harmonize and arrange both their own music and already existing songs and instrumental music. Voice-leading will be examined in context as students gain a more detailed understanding of the basics. We will place a lot of emphasis on listening to music and attempting to understand what we're listening to, so as to better enable model composition and theoretical understanding of tonal music.