Degrees of newness.

Teaching on some interesting new courses at the RCS this term, including our new Special Repertoire topic for 3rd year BMus students. Stuart MacRae and myself are delivering a series of lectures and seminars, entitled: Textures and Timbres (after the excellent orchestration book by the late Henry Brant). First lecture today on Modernism/Post-Modernism. Delivering another new course this week - Free Composition - with another composer, John De Simone.