2021 PACO Academy Spring Term
From Muse to Music:
Composing for String Players
Teacher: Irene Sazer | Class time: Tuesday @ 7pm
Class Details
Open to all PACO students
This class will start with a tutorial on the music writing software program Muse Score. This is a free, user-friendly program that offers almost as much as professional programs. The basics are easy, and you’ll learn more and more details as we write throughout this 10 week course.
We’ll play composing games, share files, and co-compose pieces together. Melodies and patterns are easy to create and share with other students in the class to compose duets, trios, quartets, and even more multi-layered pieces. By the end of the term you will know how to use Muse Score well and hopefully be fearless about experimenting, playing with sound, melody, rhythm, and texture and feel free to create on your own or with musical friends.
Tuesdays @ 7
Class Meetings:
3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11
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Instructor Bio
Violinist Irene Sazer is an original member of the Turtle Island String Quartet, and the founder of the Real Vocal String Quartet (rvsq.com),and the Berkeley School of String Improvisation. Sazer's strong classical training, her experience and international collaboration in a vast array of musical styles, and her talent as an improviser, singer, composer, arranger and educator, make her a unique musical voice in the international community. Widely recorded and respected, Sazer's musicality and creativity continues to inspire and unfold.