In re: Experimental Education

William Brooks

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9561-6

In re: Experimental Education

William Brooks

Music

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Abstract

The use of computers to model the compositional process, applied recursively and with a composer's active input, is akin to the reflective process that takes place in composition as taught through personal supervision. Furthermore, both partake of some aspects of "experimental" music as grounded in the work of composers like Lejaren Hiller and Iannis Xenakis. These propositions are explored with particular reference to the composition-modeling project initiated by Gerhard Nierhaus. The discussion is informed by 2012 Stanford symposium on teaching composition and by an extended account of pragmatist aesthetics, especially as articulated by John Dewey.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Patterns of Intuition
Subtitle of host publication	Musical Creativity in the Light of Algorithmic Composition
Editors	Gerhard Nierhaus
Place of Publication	Dordrecht
Publisher	Springer
Pages	329-347
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	978-94-017-9561-6
ISBN (Print)	978-94-017-9560-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9561-6
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

experimental music
education
composition
pragmatism
aesthetics
Stanford
John Dewey
William James
algorithmic composition

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William Brooks
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- Music - Professor, Former employee
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2 Conference participation
1 Symposium
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In re: Experimental Machines
William Brooks (Chair)
22 Feb 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Society for American Music
William Brooks (Speaker)
25 Mar 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference participation

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William Brooks (Invited speaker)
7 Feb 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

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In re: Experimental Education

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