THST 351 Advanced Musical Theater Making

2 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course

This class will challenge each student to generate a full length musical, song cycle or play with music over the course of the semester. Through weekly creative output and critique students will hone their songwriting and dramaturgical skills. The course will focus on musical and dramatic form and explore advanced musical and textual concepts such as odd meter, structured improvisation, rhyme analysis, advanced chord relationships, counterpoint, and orchestration. The class culminates in a public presentation of individual projects.

Prerequisites THST*251

This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
This course requires permission by the offering program office.