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This creativity-focused course deals with the compositional techniques, aesthetic concerns, and seminal works of composer members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), a collective founded in 1965 and dedicated to the creation of “Great Black Music.” We will engage with this music through listening, score study, analysis, composition exercises, and performance. Composers studied include Anthony Braxton, George Lewis, Nicole Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, Matana Roberts, Henry Threadgill, and more.