LMU0122 - Maqam Composition with Issa Boulos
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Delivery Options
WEB-Online (Live Meetings w/ No campus attendance)
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Course Description
A project-based composition class in maqam. You will learn how to compose and explore practical applications and possibilities of maqam. Interests of students in any maqam school will be accommodated, from Egypt, al-Mashriq, al-Maghrib, and Iraq, to Ottoman, Turkish, and Byzantine styles. You will develop skills in building maqam phrases and contours and explore a variety of compositional devices. Students are encouraged to write in defined forms such as the sama‘i, longa, bashraf, muwashshah, etc., but not required. At the end of the course, the focus will shift to arranging music for a variety of ensembles and solo instruments and arranging the material for playing. The use of harmony in ensemble arrangements will be addressed as needed. The course is for any musician who can play an instrument including voice. .Students will be asked to use the notation software MuseScore, Sibelius, or Finale.Loading...
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Issa Boulos is an international award-winning composer, lyricist and songwriter. His works have been performed by various groups and orchestras around the world. He studied piano, ‘ud and voice at an early age and later pursued music composition with Gustavo Leone, Athanasios Zervas, and William Russo at Columbia College Chicago and with Robert Lombardo and Ilya Levinson at Roosevelt University. He earned his Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from Leiden University. Throughout his career, Issa has injected new life into his music by incorporating traditional instruments in innovative ways. He has composed music for full orchestra, chamber, mixed ensembles, and written hundreds of songs including several hits. Among his commissions are four pieces for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, composition/performance for the Silk Road Ensemble, and original scores for award-winning documentaries, plays, feature films and musicals. Through these efforts, Issa has gained recognition in the United States, the Middle East, and Europe. He has served as a lecturer at the University of Chicago for nearly a decade and co-founded the Qatar Music Academy and acted as its Head of Music since its inception in 2010. Mr. Boulos serves as Coordinator of the Harper Community Music and Arts Center.