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'''Robert Hasegawa''' is a music theorist and composer. He taught as part of Eastman’s Music Theory faculty from 2009 to 2012, and currently (as of 2021) is an Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University in Montréal. Since 2012, he has offered a study-abroad course in Paris through Summer@Eastman, based on the IRCAM ManiFeste summer festival of new music—this year, the course will be online and will focus on the wide variety of contemporary approaches to composition. | '''Robert Hasegawa''' is a music theorist and composer. He taught as part of Eastman’s Music Theory faculty from 2009 to 2012, and currently (as of 2021) is an Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University in Montréal. Since 2012, he has offered a study-abroad course in Paris through Summer@Eastman, based on the IRCAM ManiFeste summer festival of new music—this year, the course will be online and will focus on the wide variety of contemporary approaches to composition. | ||
Robert’s scholarly interests include the music of György Ligeti, the French “spectralist” composers, and American experimentalists like [[Harry Partch]], [[Alvin Lucier]], and [[James Tenney]]. His dissertation explores how recent findings in the psychology of aural perception can be used to analyze harmony in music by composers from Debussy to [[La Monte Young]]. | Robert’s scholarly interests include the music of [[György Ligeti]], the French “spectralist” composers, and American experimentalists like [[Harry Partch]], [[Alvin Lucier]], and [[James Tenney]]. His dissertation explores how recent findings in the psychology of aural perception can be used to analyze harmony in music by composers from Debussy to [[La Monte Young]]. | ||
Robert first became interested in music theory as an undergraduate at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, where he studied theory and composition with Laurence Wallach. After graduating from Simon’s Rock, he earned an M.A. in music theory from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a thesis on the music of the “New Complexity” composer [[Brian Ferneyhough]]. During his doctoral studies at Harvard, he worked with theorists David Lewin, David Cohen, Christopher Hasty, and Alexander Rehding. In addition to his theoretical work, Robert remains active as a composer: recent compositions include works performed by White Rabbit, cellist Frances-Marie Uitti, Stephen Drury, and the Callithumpian Consort. | Robert first became interested in music theory as an undergraduate at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, where he studied theory and composition with Laurence Wallach. After graduating from Simon’s Rock, he earned an M.A. in music theory from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a thesis on the music of the “New Complexity” composer [[Brian Ferneyhough]]. During his doctoral studies at Harvard, he worked with theorists David Lewin, David Cohen, Christopher Hasty, and Alexander Rehding. In addition to his theoretical work, Robert remains active as a composer: recent compositions include works performed by White Rabbit, cellist Frances-Marie Uitti, Stephen Drury, and the Callithumpian Consort. | ||
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