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Rise and Fall

Oscar van Dillen Posted on June 3, 2017 by oscarJune 3, 2017

Rise and Fall was the title of the concert presentation of selected works by the students of the Codarts minor World music composition in practice 2016-2017. This minor is taught and was developed by Oscar van Dillen. Below you will find the full program presented at the concert of 17 …
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Posted in World music composition in practice | Tagged codarts, original, world music, world music composition

Whiteboards March 2017

Oscar van Dillen Posted on March 15, 2017 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in March 2017. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Basic elements …
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Whiteboards February 2017

Oscar van Dillen Posted on February 2, 2017 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in February 2017. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Basic elements of …
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Whiteboards January 2017

Oscar van Dillen Posted on January 17, 2017 by oscarJanuary 27, 2017

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in January 2017. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Basic elements of …
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Whiteboards December 2016

Oscar van Dillen Posted on December 6, 2016 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in December 2016. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Basic elements of …
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Circles of scales collection

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 15, 2016 by oscarNovember 10, 2021

***page currently under development*** Structures of scales In the program of the minor World music composition in practice there is a module where scales are studied, especially from North India. As this minor has the aim to incite and inspire students to create their own compositions, their own music, …
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Posted in Composition, Drawings, Music theory | Tagged composition, drawing, modal music, music philosophy, music theory, scales, visual art, world music composition

Whiteboards November 2016

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 15, 2016 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in November 2016. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of basic …
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Forecast

Oscar van Dillen Posted on October 8, 2016 by oscarSeptember 23, 2019

FORECAST “Look up, marvel at the ephemeral beauty and live with your head in the clouds” Theme This production has a threefold output: A film, to be showed in movie theaters A film, to which the music can be performed live (with and/or without the soundscape track) A composition …
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Posted in Composition, Posts | Tagged animation, composition, short film

Whiteboards October 2016

Oscar van Dillen Posted on October 8, 2016 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in October 2016. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Whiteboards September 2016

Oscar van Dillen Posted on September 18, 2016 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in September 2016. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Students categorizing music 2016

Oscar van Dillen Posted on September 18, 2016 by oscarSeptember 25, 2016

Introduction When provoking thinking about music in teaching I am used to asking my students how they personally conceptualize and position music in itself, asking them to describe and position music as a middle level category in between 2 contained subsets and 2 containing supersets. This assignment I call: …
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Posted in Music theory, Posts | Tagged music philosophy, music theory, philosophy, students

Whiteboards August 2016

Oscar van Dillen Posted on August 16, 2016 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in August 2016. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Whiteboards May 2016

Oscar van Dillen Posted on May 21, 2016 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in May 2016. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Whiteboards April 2016

Oscar van Dillen Posted on May 21, 2016 by oscarDecember 4, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in April 2016. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Whiteboards March 2016

Oscar van Dillen Posted on May 21, 2016 by oscarDecember 4, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in March 2016. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Whiteboards February 2016

Oscar van Dillen Posted on February 6, 2016 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in February 2016. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Whiteboards January 2016

Oscar van Dillen Posted on February 1, 2016 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in January 2016. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Whiteboards December 2015

Oscar van Dillen Posted on December 5, 2015 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in December 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Whiteboards November 2015

Oscar van Dillen Posted on December 3, 2015 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in November 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Whiteboards October 2015

Oscar van Dillen Posted on October 27, 2015 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in October 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Whiteboards September 2015

Oscar van Dillen Posted on September 13, 2015 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in September 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Whiteboards May 2015

Oscar van Dillen Posted on May 15, 2015 by oscarMay 21, 2016

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in May 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Posted in Whiteboards | Tagged music analysis, music theory, students

Whiteboards April 2015

Oscar van Dillen Posted on April 8, 2015 by oscarMay 21, 2016

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in April 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Posted in Music theory, World music | Tagged music theory, perception of music, students

Whiteboards March 2015

Oscar van Dillen Posted on March 4, 2015 by oscarMay 21, 2016

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in March 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Posted in Music theory, Whiteboards, World music | Tagged music theory, rhythm, students, world music, world music composition

Codarts mediatheque desk design

Oscar van Dillen Posted on February 10, 2015 by oscarMay 15, 2018

In 2013 Codarts University of the Arts Rotterdam redesigned its mediatheque and commissioned me to add a desk design. My solution to the design was an abstract drawing, greatly enlarged in super high resolution (29630×16000 pixels) to be applied to the semi-round desk corner. The abstract objects in the …
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Posted in Codarts, Visual art | Tagged codarts, design, drawing, pen drawing

Whiteboards February 2015

Oscar van Dillen Posted on February 4, 2015 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in February 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with composition and music theory, so they have some companion pages here that treat at least a part of this in more depth: Outline of …
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Whiteboards January 2015

Oscar van Dillen Posted on February 3, 2015 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in January 2015. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional …
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Whiteboards December 2014

Oscar van Dillen Posted on December 20, 2014 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

X-mas Song: silent night – world sleep tight – crisis not bite – wrong is right ©Oscar van Dillen 2011 Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in December 2014. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with music theory, so they …
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Whiteboards November 2014

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 23, 2014 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in November 2014. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional …
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Whiteboards October 2014

Oscar van Dillen Posted on October 7, 2014 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in October 2014. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional …
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Whiteboards September 2014

Oscar van Dillen Posted on September 25, 2014 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in September 2014. All these images and whiteboards deal with art and music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional …
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Whiteboards January 2014

Oscar van Dillen Posted on January 10, 2014 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in January 2014. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Whiteboards December 2013

Oscar van Dillen Posted on December 6, 2013 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

silent night – world sleep tight – crisis not bite – wrong is right ©Oscar van Dillen 2011 Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in December 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages …
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Whiteboards November 2013

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 27, 2013 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in November 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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Memos for a New Millennium

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 24, 2013 by oscarJanuary 9, 2014

Memos for a New Millennium was created by Oscar van Dillen for disklavier and pianist (MIDI file for performances is available through the composer) In this composition a balance and cooperation between man and machine is the central theme. Memos for a New Millennium was inspired by Italo Calvino’s …
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Posted in Composition | Tagged composition, disklavier, piano

Whiteboards October 2013

Oscar van Dillen Posted on October 10, 2013 by oscarDecember 19, 2018

Here are the whiteboards and pictures from my lessons in October 2013. All these images and whiteboards deal with music, more especially with music theory, so they have two companion pages here that treat this in more depth: Outline of basic music theory – a concise professional learning book …
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