H82144z Interdisciplinary ensemble (fusion of jazz and contemporary music, composition and improvisation)

Faculty of Music
Winter 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
MgA. Ing. Radim Hanousek (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jazz Interpretation Department – Faculty of Music – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Jazz Interpretation Department – Faculty of Music – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Prerequisites
openness to improvisation, interpretation, timbre and various notations, collective approach to the ensemble
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
to create an interdisciplinary ensemble from JAMU students focused on searching for new sounds, interpretative and notation (graphical scores, instructions) options
development of extended techniques for individual instruments
linking composition and improvisation
Learning outcomes
orientation in graphic and conceptual scores and unusual notation systems
using extended techniques
the ability to improvise as instructed
Syllabus
  • rehearsal of compositions of the current generation of creators dealing with the issue of connecting composition and improvisation and non-traditional notation (Roland Dahinden, Didrik Ingvaldsen, Michal Wróblewski, Adrian Demoč, Radim Hanousek,…)
  • cooperation with foreign lecturers in the form of multi-day workshops
  • active approach to finding and creating suitable music material
Literature
  • ABÝ, Zdeněk K. a SLABÝ, Petr. Svět jiné hudby. Volvox Globator, 2002
  • KOFROŇ, Petr a SMOLKA, Martin. Grafické partitury a koncepty
  • COX, Christoph a WARNER, Daniel. Audiokultúra
  • Christa HARING, Anthony Braxton’s Ghost Trance Music: 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006, Filigrane. Musique, esthétique, sciences, société. [En ligne], Numéros de la revue, Jazz, musiques improvisées et écritures contemporaines, mis à  jour le : 26/01/2012,
  • LOCK, Graham. Forces in Motion. Da Capo Press, 1988
Teaching methods
course, block rehearsals during the semester (deadlines after prior agreement with the students), attendance at least 70%
Assessment methods
credit
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022.
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