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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.
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The Maqam Composition with Issa Boulos  course is not currently open for enrollment, but we can arrange for any number of lessons you would like, click here for more information or contact Issa Boulos at iboulos@harpercollege.edu. If you’re a new student wanting to register for private lessons click here to fill out the new student form. If you would like us to notify you when enrollment opens, click and on the Request Information button below.

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