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The Contemporary Practices (CP) concentration aims to equip students with the skills to perform, compose/improvise, and analyze music across diverse traditions and styles.
CP students will engage with history, cultural studies, theory, improvisation, and composition courses while joining ensembles and performance workshops - developing both academic understanding and practical musicianship across multiple genres.
Alongside foundational music classes, CP students must complete three thematic Modules, or specialized course sequences:
Global Art Musics [including art music history/culture, workshops, ensembles, and specialized theory courses]
Experimental and Contemporary Musics [covering modern/popular music studies, plus production, technology, and songwriting workshops]
Spontaneous Composition/Improvisation [featuring improvisation theory/practice and ensemble work in improvisation-based traditions]