Robert J. Frank, D.M.A.

Associate Professor of Composition and Theory
Department Chair, Music Theory and Composition
robfrank@smu.edu
Office: Owens Fine Arts Center, Room 2018

Summer 2008 Schedule:

Note: I will be out of town June 1-10 and August 4-18 for performances and research presentations.

Email robfrank@smu.edu
to set up an appointment.

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  Information for Students

  Spring 2008 Courses and syllabi:

  • MUTH 5360.001 - Advanced Orchestration, meets W 1:00-2:50 PM Room 1040
    
  
  
  • Private Composition: individual lessons T.B.A. and required weekly seminar: F 1:00 - 1:50 PM in Room 2061

    For a schedule of Final Exams and other academic information: click here for the SMU Registrar's Page

    Also, all new students should read the following from the SMU Altshuler Learning Enhancement Center on the differences between high school and college studies.
    

  Special Course Information/Assignments/Links:
  
  • Theory Classes Using the Kostka/Payne text:On-line Self-test reviews and exercises for Tonal Harmony
  
  
  • All Theory Classes:Free download for Finale Notepad Software
  
  
  • MUTH 1129, 1229, 2129, 2229: All Aural Skills Sections:Worksheets and soundfiles for Melodic Dictation Exercises
  
  
  • MUTH 1129, 1229, 2129, 2229: All Aural Skills Sections:Worksheets and soundfiles for Harmonic Dictation Exercises

  IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are listening to soundfiles on a laptop computer or system with small, non-music quality speakers, you may have great difficulty hearing low/bass parts due to the limited speaker range of those systems!!! Use high quality headphones to hear all parts equally!

  
  

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  Information for Faculty and Professionals

  • Faculty Senate Web Site
  • Professional Curriculum Vitae (Adobe PDF format)
  • no other information at this time

  
  

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  • Article: Commissioning in the 90'sNew York: Society of Composers, Inc. Newsletter. May, 1997.
    
  • Tools for Composers and Arrangers; A Selective, Annotated Bibliography of Resources, Free WWW publication.(This is also available in a Rich Text File Format or a plain text format.
    
  • SMU Department of Music Theory Web Site
    
  • Theory on the Web (a free, on-line course in Music Theory)
    
  • Performer Adaptive Scores (Free download. A user-friendly composition and performance system for interactive computer-live performer compositions.)
    

  
  

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