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A New College alumnus, Professor Aarden explores how perception, cognition, culture and chance combine to create music.
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Bret Aarden

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
M.A. and Ph.D., Ohio State University
B.A., New College of Florida

Professor Aarden teaches courses in music theory and history, electronic music composition, psychology of music, and the interfaces between computers and music. His interests are in exploring how perception, cognition, culture, and chance combine to create music, and how these same factors mediate the construction of meaning and emotion in music listening.  Professor Aarden is a graduate of New College.

Recent Courses

Psychology of Music

Contact Information

New College of Florida
Division of Humanities
5800 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, Florida34243-2197

baarden@ncf.edu
(941) 487-4639

Office Hours

Caples Fine Arts Complex 208

Wednesday 1:15PM - 3:15PM
and by appointment or e-mail
 
 

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