A Day in the Life of a Music Professor

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  • Опубліковано 13 гру 2024

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  • @saadhaddadmusic
    @saadhaddadmusic  8 місяців тому +6

    Join me, a recent graduate of Columbia University's doctorate program in music composition, as I attempt to teach various music courses at two universities across two states in one day. The courses I'm teaching today are: Private compositions lessons to graduate students, Instrumental and Vocal Arranging, and Music Humanities.

  • @SuonoReale
    @SuonoReale 8 місяців тому +2

    I have found that the busier I am , the more productive I am with the time I spend composing. Also , the last composition teacher I had Is probably one of the busiest composers in the world right now, and his lessons were also really productive and insightful .

  • @ringtonekitchen
    @ringtonekitchen 7 місяців тому

    You have such a great connection with other music-lovers: students, other composers, performers, non-sheet-music-readers. Very real and inspiring.

    • @saadhaddadmusic
      @saadhaddadmusic  7 місяців тому

      I try my best, thanks for your encouraging comment!

  • @CarlosLalonde
    @CarlosLalonde 8 місяців тому +3

    This was so interesting to see, Saad!

  • @KW-zs7zv
    @KW-zs7zv 8 місяців тому +1

    this was very fun to watch!

    • @saadhaddadmusic
      @saadhaddadmusic  8 місяців тому +1

      I wasn’t sure if it would be! Thanks for your comment

  • @DrumsAndDrams
    @DrumsAndDrams 7 місяців тому

    Hey Saad! Just wanted to say I love the channel. I’m a solo/orchestral percussionist but commenting from my whiskey review channel. I was reminded that we had a brief email exchange back in 2018 when I came across your channel here on UA-cam, and have been keeping up with your videos ever since. You are killing it man! Top notch content and top notch music of course. Hope to cross paths at some point, cheers!

    • @saadhaddadmusic
      @saadhaddadmusic  7 місяців тому

      Believe it or not I’ve been keeping up with your whiskey content as well, especially your live streams which is giving me ideas for possible live streams myself!

  • @baronvonbeagle9787
    @baronvonbeagle9787 7 місяців тому +1

    Love jazz at lincoln center

  • @andromeda894
    @andromeda894 8 місяців тому +1

    This inspires me so much, thank you!

    • @saadhaddadmusic
      @saadhaddadmusic  8 місяців тому +2

      you're welcome, that was the hope for this :)

  • @BCl137
    @BCl137 8 місяців тому +1

    Great video! Having done a fair bit of teaching in my PhD it's not too different but I'm looking forward to learning how to balance the teaching with composing this coming year

    • @saadhaddadmusic
      @saadhaddadmusic  8 місяців тому +1

      absolutely, I figure this is a similar experience for many!

    • @BCl137
      @BCl137 8 місяців тому +1

      @@saadhaddadmusicabsolutely, even as an adjunct I’m interest to see how it compares to simply being an instructor of record

    • @saadhaddadmusic
      @saadhaddadmusic  8 місяців тому +2

      @@BCl137 technically I’m a Lecturer at Columbia, and an adjunct at NJCU, just for anyone wondering. And tenure-track on UA-cam 🤣🤣🤣

  • @DavidBennettThomas
    @DavidBennettThomas 8 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for explaining that jacket and tie! I felt like such a lazy bum when I saw you wearing that to teach!

    • @saadhaddadmusic
      @saadhaddadmusic  8 місяців тому +1

      I wasn't planning on filming that day but since I had the suit on I said what the heck (!)

    • @saadhaddadmusic
      @saadhaddadmusic  8 місяців тому +1

      the broll of me teaching when I used to have hair is more accurate attire lol....

    • @DavidBennettThomas
      @DavidBennettThomas 8 місяців тому +1

      @@saadhaddadmusic Ha ha. My mentor for years was a man in his 80's who (of course) always came to school in a coat and tie. But then you could count on a day at the end of the spring semester when he would show up in a bright Hawaiian shirt just to throw everyone off.

    • @saadhaddadmusic
      @saadhaddadmusic  8 місяців тому +1

      @@DavidBennettThomas That's so funny, I think Milton Babbitt would always show up to classes in a suit? I haven't really seen anyone do it in the last 10 years? Maybe it should come back? Maybe not? I actually thought it was kind of fun

    • @DavidBennettThomas
      @DavidBennettThomas 8 місяців тому +1

      @@saadhaddadmusic I thought for sure you wore your crocs whenever you taught.

  • @rosamariacanta
    @rosamariacanta 7 місяців тому

    Excelente!!! Muchas gracias por compartir con Victor David Sotomayor ❤❤❤

  • @WizardOfArc
    @WizardOfArc 8 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for sharing this!

  • @ivorypalette
    @ivorypalette 8 місяців тому +2

    Did you have any lessons with Ticheli, Hartke, or Crockett while at USC?

    • @saadhaddadmusic
      @saadhaddadmusic  8 місяців тому +3

      Yep with all 3! Junior, sophomore and freshman years respectively

  • @sentimentalescalade6451
    @sentimentalescalade6451 8 місяців тому +2

    Interesting!

  • @soundtreks
    @soundtreks 8 місяців тому +1

    Great video.

    • @saadhaddadmusic
      @saadhaddadmusic  8 місяців тому +1

      thank you!

    • @soundtreks
      @soundtreks 8 місяців тому +1

      @@saadhaddadmusic it is true that there is likely a huge misperception of modern composers regarding how they sustain themselves (I think many historical composers taught as well to be honest). I cannot imagine a commission would bring enough $$$ in sustain someone in the modern era.

    • @saadhaddadmusic
      @saadhaddadmusic  8 місяців тому +1

      @@soundtreks I can’t think of a single composer that earns their living from writing music alone. Even film composers don’t just “write music.” And I’m happy that I have other skills to offer too.

    • @soundtreks
      @soundtreks 8 місяців тому +1

      @@saadhaddadmusic yes that’s quite true.

  • @bradleyfletcher6525
    @bradleyfletcher6525 8 місяців тому

    Hi thanks for this video, it was very interesting to see as someone who hopes to teach composition! Hope you enjoyed Balch's work, I saw it's Pittsburgh premiere! I'm taking a gap year between my Masters and my Doctoral (was rejected but I'm thinking it was good, I could mentally use a short break), but wonder if you have any advice for a gap year?

    • @saadhaddadmusic
      @saadhaddadmusic  8 місяців тому +2

      Bradley, thanks for your message - I remember meeting you during our virtual lesson from November. My gap year from masters to doctorate was filled with writing tons of music. Some of that music was even used to apply for my doctorate. So that’s what I did. I didn’t really take a “gap” in composing, just a gap in terms of academia. That’s what I did at least.

    • @bradleyfletcher6525
      @bradleyfletcher6525 8 місяців тому

      @@saadhaddadmusic Yeah that was my plan as well. I need a break from academic work, not art. I'm staying in Pittsburgh for connections I've made here, and I plan to keep writing. I know you are biased as you offer lessons, one of which I've taken lol, but do you think private lessons would be good for both a CV in a gap, and keeping me motivated?

    • @saadhaddadmusic
      @saadhaddadmusic  8 місяців тому +1

      @@bradleyfletcher6525 it could be yes as long as you’re doing the work in between lessons. Lessons alone don’t guarantee any success on their own. Taking lessons with someone does nothing for your CV though.

    • @bradleyfletcher6525
      @bradleyfletcher6525 8 місяців тому

      @@saadhaddadmusic Cool thanks for your replies! I'm still learning how some academic things like CVs work lol

  • @GeorgeTsouris
    @GeorgeTsouris 8 місяців тому

    I've been wrestling with attending live music lately... can you give an argument why it's so important, especially in the age of high-quality recordings (where I can hear the music so much better than in a live venue)?

    • @saadhaddadmusic
      @saadhaddadmusic  7 місяців тому

      Go and enjoy listening to music with other humans. It’s good for you. Not as long as my dissertation but there’s my argument :)

  • @patrickomalleymusic
    @patrickomalleymusic 8 місяців тому +2

    16 hours? This video’s only 12 minutes! Nice tie

  • @sentimentalescalade6451
    @sentimentalescalade6451 8 місяців тому +2

    I'm definitely not an early riser😂
    Cheers tho 🥂 😂❤

  • @AjStillabower
    @AjStillabower 8 місяців тому +3

    earlyRiseGang

  • @davidyoung6331
    @davidyoung6331 8 місяців тому +1

    I am curious as to what exactly you teach in private lessons. There are a lot of obvious things, of course; getting down characteristics of various time signature/meters, range of various instruments, music theory from A to Z, Forms (sonata allegro, rondo, etc), phrases that are typical for various instruments and just where you can and cannot write "atypical" phrases for various instruments. But all of this should be already bread and butter for a good composer, although I suppose you aid and assist some students to get to that point.
    But what do you do beyond that?
    For me, I can think of a half dozen ways in which my composition skills can be improved. However, it would take a musician extremely familiar with Romantic - 19th century style music to be able to assist me, especially someone who is intimately familiar with the skills of Dvorak, Smetana, Tchiakovsky, et al. Such a musician may or may not exist.
    I presume that most, if not all of your students intend to write contemporary style serious orchestra / piano / chambermusic (as opposed to ditties for an advertisement, songs for rock music, or melodious film music). Besides the basics listed above, what other skills do they learn?

    • @saadhaddadmusic
      @saadhaddadmusic  8 місяців тому +1

      Every student is wildly different, but most lessons center around a student’s specific project they are currently working on. I think any composer taking lessons now from a reputable teacher can relate to what I’ve outlined in this video. Most of my students also don’t write strictly Classical or Romantic music by the way, but there are some that do and I make sure to cater to their interests, but I always like to throw in the occasional curveball to potentially broaden their palettes 🎨

  • @theoaudioverse
    @theoaudioverse 8 місяців тому +3

    First