| Level: | Level 1 |
| Medium of instruction: | English |
| Course ID | MUS10 |
Credit Points : 0.5
Award : Certificate in Music Foundation - Level One
Requirements : None
Overview
Music Foundation Level One provides a student with the absolute fundamentals in music training, with practical approaches in Rhythm, Melody & Harmony, the vital building blocks of musical expression. The course begins with basic kinaesthetics that leads to a universal physical technique for all instruments. It draws from essential musical practices of different World music styles, such as Afro-cuban, Jazz, Blues & Folk, Western Classical, Indian Classical and popular music.
Students in this course will begin learning notation in Western and Indian systems, a strong focus on ear-training, practical approaches to improvisation & composition, basics of music theory as it pertains to practical music-making, and how to develop themselves as individually-voiced musical artists. Students will be exposed to a variety of music styles & how to work, groove and jam with other musicians in a musically structured & productive manner. Music programming software such as Logic Pro will also be used as a learning tool for students to begin their own journey with music production & arrangement. This course also provides an ideal foundation for anyone who wants to study music formally at university level.
Learning Objectives
- Integrated approach to instrument technique
- How to inculcate musical leadership
- Universal skills that can translate into any musical style/tradition
- Learning to play by ear & notation
Course Content
- Rhythm
- Melody
- Harmony
- Repertoire
- Improvisation
MUS101 is a prerequisite for GBASS 301 (Guitar & Bass) and MUS102 (Music Foundation Level Two).
Each Class will be 20% Theory and 80% Demonstration; will have Supervised Hands On sessions with a follow-up assignment to monitor learning curve.
Every theoretical component will be delivered to the student via a practical, musical exercise, ensuring complete assimilation of theory. Follow-up assignments will consist primarily of the student following specified practice regimes in order to complete the practice hour requirement of the course. Course-time involves demonstration of the student’s practical abilities, with a strong focus on ensemble playing.
Course Heads
D Wood
D Wood, HOD, Music, at Whistling Woods International (WWI) has been based in India for almost two decades. Born in San Franisco, he is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music, holds an M.A. in World Music and is a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Fellowship. He has been a Performer, Sound Designer and Composer for films, including some avant-garde films such as Mani Kaul’s The Idiot (1991) and Dev Benegal’s English August (1994) and has also been a Producer and host of radio programs and television documentaries. He has taught at universities across the U S, including Harvard, MIT and NYU.
As HOD, Music at WWI, D Wood works closely with other departments at WWI, especially with Sound Recording & Design (which has in his words, "The best facilities you can ever expect anywhere”), in guiding students, first, in listening to the best of music of all kinds: Indian -- classical, folk and film music -- and international -- classical, folk, jazz, rhythm & blues, Latin American, Asian, African and traditional world music -- to name a few, getting to know the styles and sounds of musical instruments, understanding how they have been used in cinema, and finally, in composing and incorporating music in student projects.
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| When | Duration | Where | Remarks | Price |
| Not Specified | (Total 30 Hrs) | All Venues | Not Specified |
INR 14,607 Per Course (Taxes Included) |
| Price Notes: Course Fees Rs. 13000 + Service Tax (12.36 percent) Rs.1607 so, Total Fees (INR) Rs. 14607. Notes to fees: - Security Deposit of 20% Course Fees is payable by students enrolling on this course. This is non-interest bearing and refundable on course completion or withdrawal, subject to deductions. - Project costs are not included in the fees. - Fee inclusive of refundable deposit, government taxes and registration fee - Special discounts will be available for groups, WWI Alumni and Associations. - Students enrolling for three or more levels of the same course will be given special concession at the time of payment. | ||||
Whistling Woods International
The Institute
Founded by one of the India’s leading filmmakers – Subhash Ghai and is promoted by Mukta Arts Limited & Filmcity Mumbai. Whistling Woods International(WWI) is Asia’s largest Film, Television, Animation and Media Arts institute, providing world-class education in all technical and creative aspects of filmmaking and television.
Whistling Woods has also been rated amongst the top 10 film schools in the world by ‘The Hollywood Reporter’, alongwith institutes like NYU Tisch, NFTS, FAMU & AFTRS. WWI was the youngest school to be featured in that list.
The WWI Mumbai campus is located inside Mumbai’s film & television production hub ‘Filmcity’, and offers courses that vary in duration from 1 year to 3 years, both full-time and part time in nature. All the major specializations of the Media & Entertainment industry are catered to, including Acting, Animation, Cinematography, Direction, Editing, Producing, Screenwriting, Sound and Media Studies. WWI also offers India’s first MBA in Media & Entertainment and India’s first MBA in Media & Communication.
The full-time faculty of WWI is a body of academics and renowned industry professionals like Subhash Ghai, Rajen Kothari, M Krishhnamurthy, Rob Reece, Anjum Rajabali, Rakesh Ranjan, Ashmaki Acharya, Somnath Sen, Samar Khan, Prashant Naik, Yusuf Mehta, Dhananjay Khore with regular guest lectures by leading Indian & International filmmakers, actors & technicians like Ashutosh Gowarikar (Director of oscar-nominated ‘Lagaan’), Farhan Akhtar, Ashok Amritraj, Shyam Benegal, Naseeruddin Shah, Danny Boyle (academy award winner for Slumdog Millionaire), Rajkumar Hirani, Rakeysh Mehra, Vishal Bharadwaj, Farah Khan, Nagesh Kukunoor, Shelley Page (head of international outreach for Dreamworks Animation), and several more. Students at Whistling Woods, hence, have a unique opportunity to interact on one-on-one basis with some of the most successful professionals in the Indian film industry.
The courses at WWI are designed to ensure that the students’ learning is collaborative and industry oriented. The curriculum at WWI is a unique hybrid of theoretical and practical aspects and ensuring that the creative dovetails well with the business aspects. All students also undergo rigorous study in several co-curricular faculties like Film Appreciation, International Art Literature Culture, Production Design & Music.
These unique elements in the curriculum & the teaching methodology have seen WWI’s student body growing over three times over the past three years. Further, almost 15% of the student body now comprises of International students, from the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Italy, France, Holland, Vietnam and others who choose WWI over the multiple film-studies options available in their own countries.
The Institute is also highly committed to ensuring that its students move into the industry in creative and rewarding areas of employment. WWI alumni are currently working at several leading media organisations like Aamir Khan Productions, Annapurna Studios, BIG Animation, Balaji Telefilms, Dharma Productions, Dreamworks, Excel Entertainment, Fox Star Studios India, Mukta Arts Ltd, Percept Picture Company, Prime Focus, Rajshri, Red Chillies Entertainment, Reliance Mediaworks, Rhythmn & Hues, Star TV, Technicolour, Walkwater Film, UTV Motion Pictures, Yashraj Films and several more.
In early 2011, The Sony Media technology Center – a global Center of Excellence established by Sony Corp. & WWI and located at the WWI campus in Filmcity, Mumbai was inaugurated by Sir Howard Stringer (Chairman, CEO & President, Sony Corp.). Sony has recognised WWI as a leader in the Media & Entertainment education sector in Asia, decided to partner with the institute for setup of the same. This follows Sony’s two other centers in London & LA and is the only one that has been setup in association with another organization, the first two being standalone centers. The Sony Media technology Center (SMTC) at WWI will focus on new and emerging technology in the fields of High Definition filmmaking, 3D filmmaking, High Definition Exhibition and HD Broadcast. Sony has equipped the WWI Mumbai campus with the latest technology in both HD filmmaking & 3D filmmaking and will also be stationing on campus their global subject matter experts from whom WWI students would learn a great deal.
In 2010, WWI was accepted as a full member of CILECT (Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision) – a global association of film schools, which lays very high standards on admitting members (there are only 150 members of CILECT). This membership has enabled huge expansion in WWI’s international operations with student & faculty exchanges been planned with the best film schools in the world. In the past as well, WWI has initiated affiliations with several global film schools, including first-ever-in-India activities like International student co-productions. Some of the schools that we have undertaken these activities with are Deakin & Griffith in Australia, Bradford College UK, Syracuse University USA & NYU Tisch Asia.
In a major step in secondary education in India, WWI was invited to partner with India’s premier High School Board - the CBSE board by the Ministry of Human Resource Development - Government of India to design a Media Studies curriculum for the country’s primary High School board (the CBSE board). WWI has prepared the curriculum, teaching methodology & is undertaking teacher-training for the ‘Media Studies’ elective in the 11th & 12th grade.
With the Mumbai campus operational since July 2006 and the student body having grown from 90 to 350 over 3 years, WWI is strongly looking at expansion both in terms of course verticals and campuses.
The above is just a snapshot of what Whistling Woods International has achieved in the short span of five years and the institution strongly marches on its way to fulfilling it’s goal – to be the institute of choice for media education globally.
