Make your last assignment spatial: Using effects like echo, equalization, and reverb, as well as volume-based panning, add spatial elements to your last assignment. Turn in a final version of the piece by 10pm on Sunday May 19th
Final Project Proposal: Your final project for Music 8 will be to write a somewhat more substantial composition. This can be an extension of one of the assignments, or it can be something totally different. The key requirements / goals for this project are:
- It should be something that you consider to be music, and that you can convincingly argue is music. If you're inclined to do something more "out there" (which I would welcome!), take a look at some of these links for inspiration:
  - I Am Sitting In A Room (for which you should definitely check out the Wikipedia Article to understand what's happening)
  - The Metaphysics of Notation
  - The Ursonata: score and performance. Is this music? Poetry? Both? Neither?
  - The difference between hearing and listening
- We should be able to hear it somehow. If you're writing for instruments, I strongly encourage you to either write for an instrument you play, for piano, flute or cello (for which I can find players), or for a friend who plays a different instrument.
- There should be a "score" of some form. This could be traditional western music notation, or it could be something more adventurous, like a graphic score, or a series of instructions for how to produce the sound. If you're creating a piece of electronic music, you should be able to present, along with the music, a visual representation of the structure and material of the piece. E.g. refer to Ligeti's Artikulation. This must be more than a screenshot of the software you're using.
- Keep it manageable: it will essentially be a three-week project, so propose something that excites you, but that is realistic to finish in that time-frame.
By 5pm on Sunday May 19th, I would like you to e-mail to me (attached as a PDF) a roughly 300-word proposal for your final project that addresses:
- The inspirations for your project, preferably with one or two links
- The sound materials you will use (or the instrument or ensemble you will write for)
- The tools you will use to create the music. (Pencil and paper? A notation program? Audacity?)
- How long will the piece be?
- How are we going to hear the music? (e.g. who's performing it)
- How are we going to see the music? (what will the score look like)
- What do you need from me to help you complete the project?

Due Week 8