Music Criticism Special Course Now Open!
Developing the critical, analytical and openmindedness of students. Enable them to find their own style and obtain practical experiences. Learning from other critics (from the past and present) and reflect the own writing process.
Spring semester 2016
OPENNESS
CREATIVITY
COURAGE
RESPOSIBILITY
HOW TEXTS 鈥淎RE BORN鈥 AND HOW THEY ARE EDITED
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, ART, DANCE, PERFORMANCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY EVENTS, FILM
Developing the critical, analytical and openmindedness of students. Enable them to find their own style and obtain practical experiences. Learning from other critics (from the past and present) and reflect the own writing process.
Introduction to different styles and forms of criticism, tasks of the critic, responsibility and possibilities, and the question of objectivity. Experiencing practically how text are 鈥瀊orn鈥, what is the background of a critic, his/her inspiration and motivation, and which role plays editing and formalization/issuing of texts. Learning from other critics (from the past and present). Analysis of contemporary music as a broader phenomenon (from academic to rock/pop music). Focus on writing about contemporary music and contextualizing it as part of contemporary art (music, art, dance) as a whole.
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TLU student registration: 脮IS
Read MuKriErikursus 2007鈥2015 articles (in Estonian and English):
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Subject code KUM7104, 4 EAP, master program
LECTURER: Gerhard Lock, gerhard.lock@tlu.ee
WHERE: TLU BFM music room in Terra building Narva str. 25 T-511
WHEN: Fridays 19.15-20.45 (since March 17.15-18.45)
First meeting was January 22, 2016, but you can join the course with beginning of the prepatory week. Second meeting Friday January 22, 2016, 19.15-20.45 T-511.
The course is open for students with diverse background and from different universities in English and Estonian at MA and BA level. The course is enabled also as partly e-course.