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  • CW 221: Writing and Production Techniques in the Pop/Rock Idiom

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits: 2 credits Prerequisites: AR-112 and HR-211 Course Chair: M. Nicholl Required of: None Electable by: All Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall Description Techniques of instrumental and vocal writing, arranging, and production in the pop/rock idiom. Includes extensive score analysis of major composers and performers, discussion of stylistic techniques and orchestrations, historical perspective, problem solving, and basic production and programming concerns. The course is designed to guide the student in developing an original pop/rock writing style.
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  • CW 222: Introduction to Writing and Production for the Recording Studio

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:CW-261 or SW-361 Course Chair:M. Nicholl Required of:CWPR majors Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description Emphasis on arranging techniques that apply specifically to recording situations in various contemporary music settings and idioms. Arranger's function, current market trends, and contemporary recording techniques are discussed.
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  • CW 225: Writing in Salsa Styles

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:AR-112 Course Chair:M. Nicholl Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description A study of rhythmic styles of contemporary salsa music, including characteristics of instrumentation and the unique clave rhythmic pattern. Specific rhythmic styles analyzed will include mambo, son montuno, guajiro, bomba, merengue, and songo, among others. Musical scores of Eddie Palmieri, Juan Luis Guerra, Oscar D'Leon, Arturo Sandoval, Paquito D'Rivera, and many others will be analyzed. Students will create melodies as well as piano, guitar, bass, and percussion rhythmic patterns; they will write brass instrumental sections using the clave rhythmic pattern.
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  • CW 237: Scoring for Percussion

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits: 2 credits Prerequisites: AR-112 Course Chair: M. Nicholl Required of: None Electable by: All Offered: Spring, Fall Description Survey of the mallet, membrane, and accessory groups of the percussion instrument family. Demonstration and discussion of notation, range, techniques, and effects. Scores from Broadway shows, and studio, orchestral, chamber, and solo pieces.
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  • CW 247: Writing for Woodwinds

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:AR-112 Course Chair:M. Nicholl Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Fall Description A study of the flute, clarinet, and double reed families based on intensive listening, transcription, live demonstration, and composition. Compositions will include: visual imagery, storytelling, non-Western based concepts and forms, sound exchange, layering sound, and techniques for composition that includes improvisation.
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  • CW 255: Applications of 12-Tone Concepts in Contemporary Composition and Arranging

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits: 2 credits Prerequisites: ET-212, HR-212, and either AR-201 or CP-211 Course Chair: M. Nicholl Required of: None Electable by: All Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall Description Alternative approaches and concepts to writing that can be used in various aspects of songwriting, arranging, and composing for contemporary broadcast media, such as film and TV scores, that will supplement other writing approaches. Using compositional concepts pioneered by George Tremblay and Jack Smalley, the course explores writing techniques based on the use of the 12-tone row concept and the process of extracting consonant melodic components from the rows which are then applied to writing for contemporary musical styles and forms and commercial clients. Some writing projects will be realized through sequencing and live performance.
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  • CW 261: MIDI Applications for the Writer

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:ISKB-212 (except piano principals) and either MTEC-221 or PW-161 Course Chair:M. Nicholl Required of:CWPR majors Electable by:All with permission of chair Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description The student will learn to utilize digital technology and MIDI to create musical arrangements of both original and existing material using a computer-based music workstation. Projects are designed to simulate real-world writing assignments. Building on skills learned in PW-161, Technology Tools for the Writer, this course will focus on the musical use of technology and basic production aspects of a project, including MIDI and audio signal flow within the hardware of the workstation; virtual signal flow within the software environment; recording, editing, and processing digital audio; advanced sequencing and sequence editing techniques; and file management. In addition to using their own laptops in the Professional Writing technology lab, students are expected to have the CWP major bundle.
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  • CW 275: Music Production Techniques for Writers

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits: 2 credits Prerequisites: AR-111, HR-211, and either CW-261 or MTEC-221 Course Chair: M. Nicholl Required of: None Electable by: All Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall Description Viewing music production from the writer's perspective, this course explores how knowledge of compositional elements including melody, harmony, arranging, and orchestration help provide the foundation and focus of contemporary production styles and techniques. Study and analysis of great producer/musicians will include George Martin, Quincy Jones, Phil Spector, Daniel Lanois, Peter Gabriel, Prince, Don Was, Jeff "Mutt" Lange, and others. Focus will be on how producers utilize their background as accomplished musicians to create the "aural landscape" of the artists they produce. Course projects will include analysis papers on different producers in a variety of styles, and one recording project.
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  • CW 311: Writing for Large Ensemble

    1.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:CW-211 Course Chair:M. Nicholl Required of:CWPR majors Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description An orchestration/arranging course that focuses on the techniques and concepts of writing for large ensemble. Content also includes the arranging process and how to adapt and modify the musical elements of a composition into an effective arrangement. The course deals with notation, voicings, and combinations of the various sections comprising the large ensemble: trumpets, trombones, saxophones, selected woodwinds, and rhythm section. Extensive use of taped examples and extracts from scores.
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  • CW 341: Scoring for Strings

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:CM-212 Course Chair:G. Fritze Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description Discussion of string instruments, their special effects, and proper notation. Principles of string orchestration and voicing techniques.
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