Past course schedules:
Fall 2021 Sonic Arst Class Schedule Spring 2022 Sonic Arts Class Scheule
Fall 2022 Sonic Arts Class Schedule Spring 2023 Sonic Arts Class Schedule
List of Courses (Subject to Change)
*In addition to the following, students are also encouraged to take courses at the CUNY Graduate Center: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Doctoral-Programs/Music-(Ph-D-D-M-A-)/Course-Offerings-and-Schedule
Sonic Arts courses
MUSC 7014X: Musicianship for Sound Artists
MUSC 7015X: Techniques for Recording Music/Audio Engineering
MUSC 7015X: Techniques for Recording Music/Audio Engineering
MUSC 7016X: Advanced Audio Recording Techniques and Engineering
MUSC 7331X: Sonic Arts Composition I
MUSC 7332X: Sonic Arts Composition II
MUSC 7333X: Sonic Arts Composition III
MUSC 7334X: Sonic Arts Composition IV
MUSC 7371G: Audio Sculpting Techniques
MUSC 7372G: Sound Synthesis Techniques
MUSC 7373X: Building Electronic Music Instruments
MUSC 7374X: Generative Music Composition
MUSC 7375X: Interactive Computer Music
MUSC 7376X: Advanced Interactive Computer Music
MUSC 7377X: Seminar in Sonic Arts (rotating topics, by semester) *
MUSC 7379X: Seminar in Audio Production (rotating topics, by semester)
MUSC 7635X: Special Topics in Sonic Arts (rotating topics, by semester) *
MUSC 7644X: Analysis of Electroacoustic Music
MUSC 7647X: Sonic Arts Composition Seminar
MUSC 7660X: History of Electronic and Computer Music *
MUSC 7661X: History of Sound Art
MUSC 7662X: History of Popular Music and Technology
MUSC 7664X: Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Music
MUSC 7744X: Electroacoustic Music Ensemble
MUSC 7870X: Sonic Arts Capstone Seminar
MUSC 7875X: Sonic Arts Capstone II
* Recent topics for “Seminar in Sonic Arts” include Composing with Psychoacoustics, Composition techniques and approaches, Sound Sculpture, Graphic scores, Advanced Building Electronic Music Instruments, and Sensors for Artists and Musicians.
* Recent topics for “History of Electronic and Computer Music” include Gender in Electronic Music and Ambient Music.
* Recent topics for “Special Topics in Sonic Arts” include Production Sound for Media, and Designing Musical Sounds
* Recent topics for “Seminar in Audio Production” include Pro Tools Proficiency, Ableton Live, and Mixing and Mastering Hip Hop and Electronica
Media Scoring courses. Media Scoring is the “sister” MFA of Sonic Arts, and most of these courses may also be taken by Sonic Arts students:
MUSC 7017X: Recording Music for Media
MUSC 7203X: Conducting for Recording Sessions
MUSC 7225X: Advanced Keyboard Workshop I
MUSC 7226X: Advanced Keyboard Workshop II
MUSC 7341X Scoring Composition Seminar
MUSC 7342X: Media Scoring Lessons I
MUSC 7343X: Media Scoring Lessons II
MUSC 7344X: Media Scoring Lessons III
MUSC 7345X: Media Scoring Lessons IV
MUSC 7352X: Orchestration for Cinema I
MUSC 7353X: Orchestration for Cinema II
MUSC 7354X: Scoring for Motion Pictures and New Media
MUSC 7370X: Music Technology for Media
MUSC 7378X: Sequencing & Sampling
MUSC 7385X: Sound Design I
MUSC 7386X:Sound Design II
MUSC 7440X: Music Business for Media
MUSC 7636X: Special Topics in Music for Media
MUSC 7646X: Seminar in Music for Media
MUSC 7663X: History and Analysis of Cinema Scores
MUSC 7871X: Media Scoring Capstone I
MUSC 7872X: Media Scoring Capstone II
MUSC 7873X: Music Production Workshop I
MUSC 7874X: Music Production Workshop II
Performance and Interactive Media Arts (PIMA) is another MFA at our school, some of whose courses Sonic Arts students may take.
PIMA 7010G: Sound, Image, Space, and Performance; Interactive Media Programming I
PIMA 7020G: Artistic Process and Contemporary Community: Interactive Media Programming II
PIMA 7030G: Collaborative Interactive Media Performance
PIMA 7040G: Independent Investigations in Interactive Media
PIMA 7110G: Independent Projects
PIMA 7120G: Independent Projects
PIMA 7130G: Independent Projects
PIMA 7210G: History, Theory, and Criticism
PIMA 7220G: Teaching Practicum
PIMA 7321G: Performance Art
PIMA 7322G: Performance Art II
PIMA 7741G: Dynamic and Interactive Media Performance I
PIMA 7742G: Dynamic and Interactive Media inPerformance II
PIMA 7311G: Experimental Performance Ensemble
PIMA 7312G: Experimental Performance Ensemble
PIMA 7990G: Special Topics in Performance and Interactive
Applicable Graduate Level Music Conservatory Courses
MUSC U7000G: Bibliography and Research Techniques
MUSC 7101X: Choral Workshop
MUSC 7170T: Foundations and Methods of Music Education
MUSC 7190X: Jazz Pedagogy
MUSC 7201X: Conducting and Rehearsal Techniques
MUSC 7350T: Orchestration
MUSC 7380X: Jazz Arranging and Orchestration
MUSC U7400G: Seminar in Style Criticism
MUSC 7441X: Introduction to Music Business & Marketing
MUSC U7540X: Fundamentals of Jazz Theory
MUSC 7545X: Contemporary Jazz Theory and Musicianship
MUSC 7546X: Jazz Composition
MUSC U7603G: Seminar in Music History: Baroque Era (1600-1750)
MUSC U7604G: Seminar in Music History: Classic Era (1750-1820)
MUSC U7605G: Seminar in Music History: Romantic Era (1820-1900)
MUSC U7606G: Seminar in Music History: Twentieth Century
MUSC U7631G: Special Topics Seminar: History
MUSC U7632G: Special Topics Seminar: Theory
MUSC U7633X: Special Topics Seminar: Music Education
MUSC U7634X: Special Topics Seminar: Performance
MUSC U7641X: Seminar in Music Theory: Analysis of Tonal Music
MUSC U7642X: Seminar in Music Theory: Analysis of Twentieth-Century Music
MUSC U7643X: Seminar in Music: Philosophy of Music
MUSC U7650X: Seminar in American Music
MUSC 7651X: Seminar in Jazz History
MUSC 7700X: Opera Workshop
MUSC 7710X: Symphonic Choir
MUSC 7711X: Conservatory Singers
MUSC 7712X: Glee Club
MUSC 7720X: Percussion Ensemble
MUSC 7740X: Chamber Music
MUSC 7741X: Contemporary Music Ensemble
MUSC 7742X: Brass Ensemble
MUSC 7743X: Woodwind Chamber Music
MUSC 7745X: Guitar Ensemble
MUSC 7760X: Orchestra
MUSC 7770X: Wind Ensemble
MUSC 7780X: Jazz Big Band
MUSC 7781X: Small Ensemble Jazz
MUSC 7782G: Global Music Ensemble
MUSC 7810X: Seminar in Language and Diction for Singers
MUSC U7811X: Piano Repertory Class
MUSC 7812X: String Repertory Class
MUSC 7813X: Repertory for Major Instrument or Voice
MUSC 7815X: Studio Class
MUSC U7840X: Seminar in Performance Practices
MUSC 7850X: Ethnomusicology
MUSC 7851X: Music of the World's People
MUSC 7855X: Global Improvisation
MUSC 7860X: History of Jazz I
MUSC 7861X: History of Jazz II
MUSC 7881X: Music Internship (1 Credit)
MUSC 7882X: Music Internship (2 Credits)
MUSC 7883X: Music Internship (3 Credits)
MUSC U7911X: Independent Study (1 Credit)
MUSC U7912X: Independent Study (2 Credits)
MUSC U7913X: Independent Study (3 Credits)
MUSC U7930X: Thesis Research