Carlos Guedes
Associate Professor of Music
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Education: BM Polytechnic of Porto, School of Music and Performing Arts; MA, PhD New York University
Research Websites: Music and Sound Cultures Research Group at NYUAD Sounds of Sir Bani Yas Island
Research Areas: analysis and preservation of music, automatic music generation, interactive music systems

Carlos Guedes has a multifaceted activity in composition and sound design counting numerous commissioned projects for dance, theatrical performance, film, and interactive installations besides conventional concert music. He counts more than 80 premieres internationally, having presented work in places such as Expo’98, Expo 2020, European Capital of Culture 2001 and 2012, ArCo, De Waag, Ars Electronica, ICMC, SMC, SIGGPRAH, Judson Church, Shangai eArts, The Kitchen, National Theater S. João, Casa da Música, Beijing Modern Music Festival, and Asia Culture Center. His music is eclectic, combining influences that range from industrial to carnatic music, from western erudite traditions to trans-cultural free improvisation, always using computational technologies as tools for further expanding musical expression.
Guedes also develops a parallel activity as a researcher, focusing on the development of generative computational technologies for music performance, composition, and improvisation. He is one of the founders of the Music and Sound Cultures (MaSC) research group at NYU Abu Dhabi, a group that develops hybrid methodologies blending computational and humanistic approaches for the understanding of the music from the Gulf, East Africa, and South India. Home to several funded projects that develop their research agenda, a central aspect to the group’s activities is the development of novel computational tools (such as VR environments and games) for promoting interaction and enculturation with music from this region.
During the year of 2022, Carlos Guedes will be a composer-in-residence with the Drumming GP, for whom he is writing Time poetries, a series of pieces exploring temporal illusions in music. He is also a visiting scholar at the Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation in Ras Al Khaimah, where he is the recipient of a faculty research grant to conduct the project “Exploring the musical traditions of the Shihuh.” This latter project consists in recording the musical traditions of this tribe, aiming to better understand the musical practices in the UAE and their trans-cultural relationships.
Carlos Guedes is also Affiliated Associate Professor in Computer Engineering at NYUAD, and Affiliated Associate Professor of Music in Music Technology at NYU Steinhardt.
Courses Taught
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This course poses questions about the advantages/disadvantages/challenges of multidisciplinary collaboration in the production of new knowledge. Focusing on paradigmatic artistic collaborations in the 20th and 21st centuries, students will analyze the impact of digital technologies in promoting an intricate crossover between different domains. Additional readings will consider ways in which these approaches were the key to solving certain complex problems, such as the development of computational technologies like GUI-based operating systems. Students will also develop collaborative projects involving sound, movement, digital video, lighting, interaction technologies, robotics, and telematics, which will be presented publicly at the end of the semester.
Previously taught: Spring 2018
This course appears in...
- Core Curriculum > Arts, Design, and Technology
- Majors > Film and New Media > Media Practice Courses
- Majors > Interactive Media > Media and Design Thinking
- Majors > Music > Artistic Practice Track
- Majors > Music > Music Practice Electives
- Majors > Music > Music Studies Track
- Minors > Film and New Media
- Minors > Interactive Media
- Minors > Music
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This course analyzes what we understand as "music." Drawing on music of different styles from all over the world, seminar members will explore what constitutes musical meaning, how it is produced, and how music expresses feelings. Taking advantage of the multicultural nature of NYU Abu Dhabi, students will explore the cultural and universal mechanisms at play when we listen to and understand music. A lab portion of the class guides students through basic musical elements such as notation systems, scales, and simple compositional techniques.
Previously taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2019, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
This course appears in...
- Core Curriculum > Arts, Design, and Technology
- Majors > Music
- Majors > Music > Artistic Practice Track
- Majors > Music > History, Theory, Criticism
- Majors > Music > Music Studies Track
- Majors > Music > Music Theory Electives
- Minors > Music
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How can artistic online collaboration and performance be used to close gaps in space, time, and in physical and cultural distance? How can the internet be an effective medium for multidisciplinary intercultural artistic expression? The current pandemic has created a strong reemergence of online performances. The recent explosion of freely-available content in social media platforms (literally) from around the world has created an unprecedented opportunity to (re)evaluate online performance as a medium and as a means for intercultural artistic collaboration. In this course we will address live online performance and will explore its possibilities for intercultural artistic collaboration. This will be achieved by creating a series of live online performances, by viewing similar work by other artists, through seminal readings in the field, and talks by selected guests.
Previously taught: Fall 2020, Summer 2021, Spring 2022
This course appears in...
- Core Curriculum > Arts, Design, and Technology
- Majors > Music
- Minors > Digital Arts and Humanities
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By default, you are a consumer of immersive experiences if you’re been to a 3D or IMAX movie; if you’re tried a virtual reality headset; if you’ve listened to surround sound music; if you’ve explored an interactive website or visual album; or if you’re attended Burning Man or Disneyland. One of the main drivers of culture and technology, immersion is the process by which one or more senses become saturated, as environmental objects surround, envelope, or come in closer proximity to us. In the 21 st century, immersion has become a multi-billion global business. But it is not new. Theorists and artists have long been concerned with theorizing sensory aspects of media spectacle. Why have human beings long been driven to push the boundaries of reality and spectacle? In this class, students will explore the history and culture of immersive and investigate how emergent technology has impacted immersion. We especially look at immersion in popular culture—from Satie to Björk; to ambient music and panoramic sound; to theme parks and escape rooms; to the rise of holograms and the metaverse.
Previously taught: Summer 1 2022, June-Term 2023, January 2024, Fall 2024
This course appears in...
- Core Curriculum > Cultural Exploration and Analysis
- Majors > Interactive Media > Media and Design Thinking
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3 credits
Immersive Experiences: Why have human beings long been driven to push the boundaries of reality and spectacle through immersive experiences? Do immersive environments provide sensorial experiences that extend human perception? What is the impact of immersive technologies on entertainment, education, and communication in the first quarter of the 21st century? Ultimately, how do these environments and technologies condition/enhance/distort our perception of reality? This course will address these questions by organizing discussions about relevant literature and audiovisual media, complemented by fieldwork consisting of various immersive experiences in Los Angeles, including visits to museums and escape rooms, experiences with Virtual Reality, and an insider look at the film industry in Hollywood.
Previously taught: January 2025
This course appears in...
- Core Curriculum > Cultural Exploration and Analysis
- Core Curriculum > Field Colloquia
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2 credits
The research seminar provides students with an overview of the diverse multidisciplinary research areas that capture the interest and fascination of NYUAD computer scientists and others in related fields. Through exposure to NYUAD faculty research, students identify areas of common interest to both faculty and students, for their own capstone research, and develop and write an in-depth research proposal over the course of the semester. The final capstone proposal is due at the end of the seminar series so that students can begin the Capstone Project in Computer Science. All Computer Science majors are required to take the research seminar during the spring semester of their third year, and be in NYU Abu Dhabi. Students who have chosen Computer Science as their secondary major do not need to complete the research seminar course; students must instead take two computer science elective courses which are not research courses.
Prerequisite: CS-UH 1052 and CS-UH 2010 and (MATH-UH 1012Q or MATH 1013Q).
Pre- or Corequisite: CS-UH 2012 for CS-UH 3090Previously taught: Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Christina Pöpper - T 17:30 - 20:00 Taught in Abu Dhabi
This course appears in...
- Majors > Computer Science
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
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The capstone experience in Computer Science requires students to engage in a long-term, mentored learning experience that culminates in a piece of original work. The specific project is developed during the Research Seminar in Computer Science. During the Capstone Project, the proposed work comes to fruition in the form of a research paper along the lines of those in a scholarly computer science journal. Students also participate in a capstone research symposium during which they present their work orally.
Prerequisite: CS-UH 3090
Previously taught: Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Fall 1 2024
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Saurabh Ray - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Keith Ross - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Nizar Habash - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Christina Pöpper - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Mohamed Kassab - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Talal Rahwan - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Hanan Salam - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Bedoor AlShebli - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Muhammad Shafique - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Carlos Guedes - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Dennis Shasha - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Mohamad Eid - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Serdal Kirmizialtin - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Azza Abouzied - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Djellel Difallah - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Eliseo Ferrante - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Riyadh Baghdadi - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
David Melcher - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
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Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Minsu Park - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 1 2025;
7 Weeks
David Melcher - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Domna Banakou - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Bedoor AlShebli - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Mohamed Kassab - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Sultan Hassan - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Aashish Jha - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
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Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Keith Ross - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Djellel Difallah - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Talal Rahwan - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Mai Oudah - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Yasir Zaki - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Nizar Habash - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Riyadh Baghdadi - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Sarah Nadi - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Muhammad Shafique - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Azza Abouzied - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Mohamad Eid - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Aaron Kaufman - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Yi Fang - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Hanan Salam - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Christina Pöpper - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Tuka Alhanai - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Karim Ali - Taught in Abu Dhabi
This course appears in...
- Majors > Computer Science
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
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Continuation of CS-UH 4001
Prerequisite: CS-UH 4001 and permission of the capstone faculty mentor
Previously taught: Spring 2017, Summer 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
David Melcher - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Christina Pöpper - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Keith Ross - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Hanan Salam - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Yi Fang - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Minsu Park - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Aashish Jha - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Aaron Sherwood - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Yasir Zaki - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Christina Pöpper - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Mai Oudah - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Talal Rahwan - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Christina Pöpper - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Azza Abouzied - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Tuka Alhanai - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Aaron Kaufman - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Carlos Guedes - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Dennis Shasha - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Mohamed Kassab - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Keith Ross - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Bedoor AlShebli - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Djellel Difallah - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Riyadh Baghdadi - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Mohamad Eid - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Muhammad Shafique - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Aashish Jha - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Taught in Abu Dhabi
This course appears in...
- Majors > Computer Science
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
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This course provides concepts, methodologies and skills for students to conduct ethnographic research using audiovisual media. Taking a hands-on approach and working collaboratively and dialogically with our subjects, the course will explore various aspects of the maintenance, transmission, and transformation of musical knowledge and traditions on Zanzibar. Students will produce a set of short audiovisual documentaries focusing on Zanzibari musical heritage and the people that practice and work to sustain it for future generations.
Previously taught: January 2018
This course appears in...
- Majors > Film and New Media > Media Practice Courses
- Majors > Music
- Majors > Music > Ethnomusicology Electives
- Majors > Music > Music Practice Electives
- Minors > African Studies > Arts and Humanities Electives
- Minors > Anthropology
- Minors > Film and New Media
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This course provides an intensive introduction to music theory: the study of common elements and organizing principles in music, supported by analysis of specific musical examples. This includes constructs that are utilized every day by practicing musicians: intervals, keys, scales, modes, chord progressions, rhythms, meters, and forms, among others. Aural skills and fluency with musical notation are developed throughout the course. Modal practices are examined through diverse traditions including the Arab Maqam system, modal jazz/pop/rock, and choral music of the European Renaissance, leading to a detailed study of melody, harmony, and counterpoint in diatonic tonal music. The repertoire is drawn from both "classical" (Common Practice Period) music and more recent examples of tonality, including popular music. Regular projects in directed composition and analysis provide hands-on engagement with theoretical concepts, while frequent reading and listening assignments place techniques in historical context, introducing significant composers and performers. Weekly lab sections are devoted to skills in musicianship: listening, sight-singing, dictation, and basic keyboard skills.
Previously taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Carlos Guedes - MW 09:55 - 11:10; W 11:20 - 12:35 Taught in Abu Dhabi
This course appears in...
- Majors > Music > Artistic Practice Track
- Majors > Music > Music Studies Track
- Minors > Music
- Minors > Sound and Music Computing > Music Electives
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
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This course will introduce students to a foundational level of knowledge of music composition by producing work across a wide variety of different genres, styles, media and aesthetic traditions. Departing from an approach that looks at different musical systems, the course will guide students through different ways of organizing musical discourse. The emphasis will be on the practical creation of music using different approaches including improvisation and electronics, besides the more traditional paper composition. Students will be actively encouraged to perform their work, and to present other performances, including planned and free improvisation, approaches to the interpretation of contemporary music, installation work, graphic scores and other non-standard notations, as appropriate.
Previously taught: Fall 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023
This course appears in...
- Majors > Music
- Majors > Music > Artistic Practice Track
- Majors > Music > Music Studies Track
- Minors > Music
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2 credits
Individual Instruction in Music is designed for students willing to develop their skills in one or more musical instruments, vocal performance, or wanting to learn compositional techniques and strategies to help them create musical work under supervision.
Previously taught: Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Abir Youssef Saidani - R 12:40 - 13:40 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Ioannis Potamousis - T 17:15 - 18:15 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Yarub Smarait - T 14:10 - 15:10 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Warren Churchill - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Mary S Gatchell - W 11:00 - 12:00 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
F 14:20 - 15:20 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Ioannis Potamousis - M 16:00 - 17:00 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Cristina Ioan - W 11:20 - 12:20 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Abir Youssef Saidani - T 10:15 - 11:15 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Mary S Gatchell - R 12:45 - 13:45 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Carlos Guedes - T 10:00 - 11:00 Taught in Abu Dhabi
This course appears in...
- Majors > Music
- Majors > Music > Music Practice Electives
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
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2 credits
This course is designed for students wanting to continue with Individual Instruction in Music, either in composition, vocal performance, or a specific instrument.
Prerequisites: MUSIC-UH 1251 and (Declared Music major/minor or one 4-credit seminar (i.e. non-practice) course in Music)
Previously taught: Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Klaudia Olborska-Szymanska - W 13:00 - 14:00 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Yarub Smarait - T 10:10 - 11:10 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Mary S Gatchell - W 12:05 - 12:55 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Ioannis Potamousis - M 17:05 - 18:05 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Ioannis Potamousis - T 16:10 - 17:10 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Charalambia Steliou - R 10:00 - 11:00 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Klaudia Olborska-Szymanska - W 11:30 - 12:30 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Charalambia Steliou - T 10:10 - 11:10 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Mary S Gatchell - T 11:00 - 12:00 Taught in Abu Dhabi
This course appears in...
- Majors > Music
- Majors > Music > Music Practice Electives
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
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2 credits
The Introduction to Musical Programming sequence will introduce students to programming for the development of applications of generative music and audio, ranging from standalone musical compositions to fun and engaging musical games or intelligent musical instruments. These applications will be developed in Max, a widely used and very popular graphical programming environment for electronic music and interactive media. The course is articulated in two sections of 2 credits each (Introduction to Musical Programming I and II), each taught over seven weeks. Although these sections may be taken independently, they are thought as a series. This section will introduce the students to the Max programming environment. Introduction to Musical Programming II will introduce the students to generative music and Max for Live programming. By the end of this section students will have become familiar with the Max programming environment and its potential for developing interactive media applications.
Previously taught: Spring 1 2018, Spring 1 2019, Spring 1 2020
This course appears in...
- Majors > Music
- Majors > Music > Artistic Practice Track
- Majors > Music > Music Practice Electives
- Majors > Music > Music Technology
- Minors > Interactive Media
- Minors > Sound and Music Computing > Music Electives
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2 credits
The Introduction to Musical Programming sequence will introduce students to programming for the development of applications of generative music and audio, ranging from standalone musical compositions to fun and engaging musical games or intelligent musical instruments. These applications will be developed in Max, a widely used and very popular graphical programming environment for electronic music and interactive media. The course is articulated in two sections of 2 credits each (Introduction to Musical Programming I and II), each taught over seven weeks. Although these sections may be taken independently, they are thought as a series. This section will introduce the students to the Max programming environment. Introduction to Musical Programming II will introduce the students to generative music and Max for Live programming. By the end of this section students will have become familiar with the Max programming environment and its potential for developing interactive media applications.
Prerequisite: MUSIC-UH 1410
Previously taught: Spring 2 2018, Spring 2 2019, Spring 2 2020
This course appears in...
- Majors > Music
- Majors > Music > Music Technology
- Minors > Interactive Media
- Minors > Sound and Music Computing > Music Electives
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This course provides hands-on experience with sound design for film and theater. Students design sound for the Fall Theater program student production and for films by NYUAD students while deepening their understanding on the differences that operate in sound design for both media. Topics such as Automatic Dialog Replacement (ADR), Foley, post-synchronized sound and musique concrète techniques are covered, and several examples of sound for film and theatrical performance are analyzed and discussed in class, leading the students to develop their own conceptual approaches in sound design.
Prerequisite: MUSIC-UH 1002 or FILMM-UH 1010
Previously taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2018
This course appears in...
- Majors > Film and New Media > Media Practice Courses
- Majors > Music
- Majors > Music > Artistic Practice Track
- Majors > Music > Music Practice Electives
- Majors > Theater > Arts Practice
- Minors > Film and New Media
- Minors > Music
- Minors > Sound and Music Computing > Music Electives
- Minors > Theater
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2 credits
This course is designed for students wanting to continue with Individual Instruction in Music, either in composition, vocal performance, or a specific instrument.
Prerequisites: MUSIC-UH 1252 and (Declared Music major/minor or one 4-credit seminar (i.e. non-practice) course in Music)
Previously taught: Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
R 12:45 - 13:45 Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Taught in Abu Dhabi
This course appears in...
- Majors > Music
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
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2 credits
This course is designed for students wanting to continue with Individual Instruction in Music, either in composition, vocal performance, or a specific instrument.
Prerequisites: MUSIC-UH 2251 and (Declared Music major/minor or two 4-credit seminar (i.e. non-practice) courses in Music, one of which may be taken as a corequisite)
Previously taught: Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
This course appears in...
- Majors > Music
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This intensive course is designed to develop skills in sound synthesis techniques and procedural music, with a focus on their specific application in composition, sound design, New Instruments of Musical Expression (NIME), and games. The course will consist of extensive exploration of analog modular synthesis, Max, and SuperCollider, in recreating algorithms used by synthesis and computer music pioneers (Xenakis, Chowning, Risset) as well as new talents in electronic music such as Agostino Di Scipio, Alessandro Cortini or Richard Devine. Previous knowledge of working with Max and/or SuperCollider is required for this course or students may have to take a complementary lab in order to be able to follow the class.
Prerequisites: One of the following: (MUSIC-UH 1410 & 1420), CS-UH 1001, ENGR-UH 1000, IM- UH 1010, IM-UH 2310, IM-UH 2315 or IM-UH 2318
Previously taught: Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2019
This course appears in...
- Majors > Electrical Engineering
- Majors > Interactive Media > Computational Media
- Majors > Music > Artistic Practice Track
- Majors > Music > Music Studies Track
- Majors > Music > Music Technology
- Minors > Interactive Media
- Minors > Music
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The Computational Approaches to Music and Audio I will introduce students to programming for the development of applications of generative music and audio, ranging from standalone musical compositions to fun and engaging musical games or intelligent musical instruments. These applications will be developed mostly in Max, a widely used and very popular graphical programming environment for electronic music and interactive media. By the end of this course students will have become familiar with current approaches to audio and music programming namely in the Max programming environment, plug-in creation for Ableton Live, as well as have acquired a strong foundation in the field that will prepare them for the second course in the sequence.
Previously taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Carlos Guedes - MW 12:45 - 15:25 Taught in Abu Dhabi
This course appears in...
- Majors > Computer Engineering
- Majors > Electrical Engineering
- Majors > Interactive Media > Computational Media
- Majors > Music
- Majors > Music > Music Technology
- Minors > Digital Arts and Humanities
- Minors > Sound and Music Computing
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
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2 credits
This course is designed for students wanting to continue with Individual Instruction in Music, either in composition, vocal performance, or a specific instrument.
Prerequisites: MUSIC-UH 2252 and (Declared Music major/minor or two 4-credit seminar (i.e. non-practice) courses in Music)
Previously taught: Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2023
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Warren Churchill - W 14:10 - 15:10 Taught in Abu Dhabi
This course appears in...
- Majors > Music
- Majors > Music > Music Practice Electives
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
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2 credits
This course is designed for students wanting to continue with Individual Instruction in Music, either in composition, vocal performance, or a specific instrument.
Prerequisites: MUSIC-UH 3251 and (Declared Music major/minor or three 4-credit seminar (i.e. non-practice) courses in Music, one of which may be taken as a corequisite)
Previously taught: Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022
This course appears in...
- Majors > Music
- Majors > Music > Music Practice Electives
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An intensive, project-driven course designed to develop skills in sound synthesis techniques and procedural music, with a focus on their specific application in composition, sound design, New Instruments of Musical Expression, and games. The course will consist in extensive exploration of analog modular synthesis, Max, and SuperCollider, in recreating algorithms used by synthesis and computer music pioneers such as Xenakis, Chowning, and Risset as well as new talents in electronic music such as Agostino Di Scipio, Alessandro Cortini or Richard Devine. Previous knowledge of working with Max and/or SuperCollider is required for this course or students may have to take a complementary lab in order to be able to follow the class. By the end of the semester, students will have built a small portfolio of musical works employing the techniques learned during the semester.
Prerequisite: MUSIC-UH 2419, or CS-UH 1001, or ENGR-UH 1000, or IM- UH 1010, or IM-UH 2311, or IM-UH 2315, or IM-UH 2318
Previously taught: Fall 2024
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Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Carlos Guedes - TR 12:45 - 15:25 Taught in Abu Dhabi
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- Majors > Computer Engineering
- Majors > Electrical Engineering
- Majors > Interactive Media > Computational Media
- Majors > Music
- Majors > Music > Music Practice Electives
- Majors > Music > Music Technology
- Minors > Sound and Music Computing
- Minors > Sound and Music Computing > Music Electives
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Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
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The Music Program Capstone Seminar is the space where students deepen their proposed Capstone project proposals in either track for the major. This consists of weekly meetings with the Capstone advisor, complemented by a series of periodic lectures given by each full-time faculty member in the Music Program. The lecture topics relate to issues found pertinent to the development of a solid, well-grounded and rigorous project and accompanying paper. Towards the end of the semester, students are required to formally present the projects to be completed in the following semester.
Prerequisite: Must be a declared Music major and Senior standing.
Previously taught: Fall 2017, Spring 1 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024
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Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Carlos Guedes - T 17:00 - 18:15 Taught in Abu Dhabi
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- Majors > Music
- Majors > Music > Artistic Practice Track
- Majors > Music > Music Studies Track
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Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
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The Music Practice Capstone Project provides seniors with the opportunity to work closely with a faculty mentor and to produce a senior thesis project. Projects may range from an original artistic practice to a theoretical, historical or ethnographic research project. This course is where the project proposal developed and presented in the Music Capstone Seminar is finally accomplished, presented publicly, and defended before a jury.
Prerequisite: MUSIC-UH 4000
Previously taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Carlos Guedes - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Mary S Gatchell - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
Warren Churchill - Taught in Abu Dhabi -
Fall 2025;
14 Weeks
Carlos Guedes - Taught in Abu Dhabi
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- Majors > Music
- Majors > Music > Artistic Practice Track
- Majors > Music > Music Studies Track
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Spring 2025;
14 Weeks
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(Formerly MUSIC-AD 410)
The capstone experience in Music Studies provides seniors with the opportunity to work closely with a faculty mentor and to conduct extensive research on a topic of their choice. The program consists of a capstone seminar, taken in the first semester of the senior year, and a year-long individualized thesis tutorial. During the capstone seminar, Music Studies students will refine a thesis topic of their choice, develop a bibliography, read broadly in background works, and undertake research and/or creative work. In the tutorial, students will work on a one-on-one basis with a faculty mentor to hone their research and produce successive drafts of a capstone project. The capstone experience will culminate in the public presentation of the work and defense before a faculty panel.Prerequisite: Must be a declared Music major
Previously taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2018
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- Majors > Music > Music Studies Track