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Is Score Study Important in Today’s Composing Environment?
Paul Chihara
Paul Chihara is Professor of Music Theory and Composition and Chair of the Composition Area at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also an accomplished composer for both the concert hall and for films, who studied with Nadia Boulanger, Ernst Pepping, and Gunther Schuller. His compositions have won numerous awards and have been played by notable ensembles around the world, and he has also written several groundbreaking ballets including Shin-ju and The Tempest. In addition, he has composed scores for nearly 100 feature films, including films by Sidney Lumet, Louis Malle, and Hayao Miyazaki.
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Description: Paul Chihara, Professor of Composition at UCLA, discusses the waning importance of score study to the work of a composer, due to new technologies that privilege listening over visual means of assessing the structure of a work. He also speaks about the use of minimalist music in television scoring, and what aspects of this music are most important to setting an appropriate mood through intelligent use of sounds.
Shoot Date: November 2007 |
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