Season 2 Episode #3
Title: Composing, Teaching and Reconsidering Analytical Prioritisations
Guest: Prof. Elliott Gyger, University of Melbourne (MCM)
Overview
This conversation with Professor Elliott Gyger focuses on the thematic topics of composition and music theory in a tertiary context. Elliott reveals some of the dialectical considerations of his compositional processes, how within his original works he balances and intertwines these elements, and some of his proclivities as a composer. More broadly, Elliott also details examples of specific challenges he has faced as a commissioned composer and offers insights into solutions he has crafted to these problems across his career. Within an Australian tertiary institution context, Elliott broaches the topics of evolving contemporary issues around forms of musical literacy, knowledges of repertoire, balancing the praxis of theory and skill application, different musicological forms, and teaching of alternate theoretical methodologies.
The conversation concludes with Elliott offering unique insights into the normative application of western historical analytical methods and an often-overlooked aspect of their orientation in relation to register, that potentially creates a gendered skewing in analytical prioritisations. Elliott then expands upon this perspective to show how countering registral prioritisations suggests the exploration of alternative analytical lenses, redressing this imbalance.
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Intro/outro music, Sine Qua Non composed by Nick Freer
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