Arranging

Develop your arranging, songwriting, and orchestration background.
 
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"When I first started designing the course, I thought I would be taking everything from my physical classroom and trying to bring it into the online environment. In fact, what I'm finding after teaching the online course for a while is that there's many things in the Berkleemusic experience that I'm going to end up taking back into the classroom. It's been truly phenomenal." --Jerry Gates, Contemporary Arranging Professor at Berklee College of Music, and online instructor of Arranging 2.
Arranging 1: Rhythm Section
Suzanne Dean (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Essential learning for anyone interested in arranging music for a band, Arranging 1: Rhythm Section explores all aspects of writing and arranging for the rhythm section.
Arranging: Small Ensemble and Horns
Jerry Gates (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Develop your writing and arranging skills for smaller bands and larger ensembles and learn techniques that can be applied to both live instrumentation or sequenced/sampled sounds.
Arranging: Advanced Horn Writing
Jerry Gates (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Take your arranging abilities to the next level of development by studying more advanced techniques for voicing chords, orchestration, articulations, and background lines.
Arranging: Woodwinds and Strings
Jerry Gates (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Gain a practical, real-world understanding of the sound and personality of woodwind and string instruments, and learn how to properly apply them to songs, arrangements, and compositions.
Arranging: Contemporary Styles
Dan Moretti (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Learn to create your own original grooves by analyzing, writing, sequencing and recording the rhythms and styles that have influenced western contemporary music.
Film Scoring 101
Donald Wilkins (12 Weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Create original music to accompany a visual medium by learning fundamental to more advanced film scoring techniques.
Orchestration 1
Ben Newhouse (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Learn to write and apply traditional orchestration techniques to both sampled performances and live orchestral performances.
Counterpoint
Beth Denisch (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Gain a broad overview of counterpoint and the art of writing lines that support both the melody and the overall structure of a composition - essential information for singers, songwriters, composers, guitarists and musicians from all backgrounds.
Basic Improvisation
Matt Marvuglio and Jim Odgren and Edward Tomassi (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Learn a step-by-step approach to improvisation that applies to all styles and any instrument. Develop your solos by studying the riffs and licks of legendary players, and learn to incorporate the inflexions, feel, and nuances of the masters into your own playing!
Orchestration 2: Writing Techniques for Full Orchestra
Ben Newhouse (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Learn advanced orchestration strategies and approaches to writing for full orchestra, including both a live orchestra and sampled MIDI mockups.
Contemporary Vocal Arranging
Sharon Broadley-Martin and Bill Elliott (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Master the concepts of vocal writing and arranging — from basic to more advanced—and learn to write vocal charts in a number of contemporary styles, including jazz, folk, pop, and R&B.
Music Notation Using Finale
Jonathan Feist (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Create great-looking music quickly and easily with the powerful Finale music notation software, and learn techniques to maximize speed, control, and accuracy.
Music Notation Using Sibelius
Tom Rudolph (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Learn to create lead sheets, choral and instrumental scores, drum maps and guitar notation, and explore many other ways to use Sibelius for your own personal and professional needs.
Jazz Composition
Joseph Mulholland (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Learn effective techniques that will help you compose jazz tunes that have a balance of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic appeal.
Music Composition for Film and TV
Ben Newhouse (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Learn to write music in the style of big budget Hollywood films and TV programs. Analyze melody, harmony, counterpoint, tempo, rhythm, and orchestration in a variety of genres to gain a complete “recipe book” for writing for film and TV.
Reharmonization Techniques
Steve Rochinski (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Take your musical vocabulary and skill set to a whole new level for writing, arranging, and performing music of any genre by learning reharmonization and providing musical interest and variety to standard repertoire.
Composing and Producing Electronic Music
Loudon Stearns (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Composing and Producing Electronic Music will teach you the necessary tools and techniques to create contemporary electronic music in a variety of styles, including drum and bass, trance, glitch, dub, electro, minimal, downtempo, house, and techno. If you are musician interested in adding an electronic flavor to your production, or an electronic producer interested in moving your pieces to the next level, this course is for you!
Jazz Arranging
Brian Lewis (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Become a more versatile and sought-after jazz arranger. Jazz Arranging explores techniques that will allow you to write effective jazz arrangements for all types of instrumental combinations, from bop and hard-bop, to big band jazz ensembles.
Gary Burton: Jazz Improvisation
Gary Burton (12 weeks) 3 Credits 		For-credit: $1,400
Non-credit: $1,200
Learn the art of Jazz improvisation from Gary Burton, one of the most renowned improvisers in the jazz world. Learn different types and styles of compositions from the perspective of the improviser, and take an in-depth look at how mental, harmonic, and melodic processes contribute to the instinctive skills that an improviser puts to use when taking a solo.
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