The Gary Willis Experience
Course Number
ILBS-260
Description
This course explores Gary Willis’s approach to music and creativity in an interactive workshop environment. Students will learn from Willis’s experience in his 30+ year career in music and will have the opportunity to interact with him on a broad range of topics including technique, improvisation, composition, and more. The composer, recording artist, author and instrument designer will share his views on creativity and how it can relate to multiple aspects of a musician’s experience.
Credits
1
Prerequisites
Overall ensemble rating 4
Required Of
None
Electable By
Bass principals
Major Elective for
Performance
Semesters Offered
Fall, Spring
Location
Boston
Department
BASS
Course Chair
Steve Bailey
Taught By