Studio Teaching with Peter J. Evans:
Dissonance, Math, Design, Counterpoint,
Timbre & Vowels, ‘Weird’, Experimental, Silly

Compositional Styles and Approaches:

• • Neumes
  • Counterpoint (of all eras)
  • Tonal
  • Jazz Harmony
  • Atonality/Serialism
  • Homophonic Forms
  • Popular Forms
  • Isorhythmic Constructions
  • Free Constructions
  • Indeterminacy and Aleatory
  • Mathematical

Composition, Aesthetical:

• • Post-Varese, Post-Cage, Post-Zappa
  • Burgundian, Burgundian-American, American tradition
  • Electric-Acoustic
  • Experimental
  • Humorous, Parodic and Ironic

Music Theory, Technical:

• • Counterpoint and Composition in the Style-Of for all eras
  • Analysis of all eras, Modal, Tonal, Atone, Jazz
  • Spectrographic Analysis
  • Linear-Harmonic (Schenkerian) Analysis

Performance, Technical:

• • Sight-singing and Dictation, Rhythmic Precision and Polyrhythms
  • Clarinets, Saxes, Guitars
  • Piano Harmony

Performance, Aesthetical:

• • Coaching for solo and chamber performances, written and/or improvised
  • Free Improvisation and Experimental Music

Bibliography, selected:

• • Sonic Design, Robert Cogan and Pozzi Escot
  • New Images of Musical Sound, Robert Cogan
  • Poetry of Simple Mathematics in Music, Pozzi Escot
  • Gradus ad Parnassum, J.J. Fux, as trans by Alfred Mann
  • Edgard Varese: Composer, Sounds Sculptor, Visionary
  • Treatise on Musical Composition & Manual of Dissonant Counterpoint,
    Charles Seeger
  • The Music of John Cage, James Pritchett
  • Forces In Motion: The Music And Thoughts Of Anthony Braxton, Graham Lock
  • The Real Frank Zappa Book
  • Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes, Richard Kostelanetz

General Guidelines for (Music) Students

• • Plan on being early, and set transportation schedule accordingly
  • Integrate all forms of musical activity, classes/lessons/rehearsals/practice/gigs/etc, making learning more efficient
  • Consider all musical things regardless of era, genre or locale
    start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Music
  • Explore other learned genres, Analysis can be applied to any realm::
    • literature, drama, cinema, photography, painting, collage, philosophy, language, etc.
  • Keep a sense of humor and humility about yourself
  • Communicate openly and frequently with your teachers