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Semester 2

Composing for Voices and Instruments (MUSI08080)

Subject

Music

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

2

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Visiting students must have Grade 5 music theory or equivalent, or have taken a similar foundation course to Creative Musicianship at their home insitiution. **Please see Additional Restrictions below**

Course Summary

Continuing the studies undertaken by students in Creative Musicianship, this course involves composing for live voices and instruments. Directed by staff within lectures and tutorials, you will create music that takes the form of scores and/or recordings, as well as an artistic statement that details the practice involved in creating your own music.

Course Description

Through a combination of lectures, that will include workshops and demonstrations, and tutorials that will faciliate individual and group work, this practice-based course helps students to develop as composers. The major focus of the lectures will be on the techniques and skills required to create music for acoustic instruments and voices. Students will be able to create music across all genres, although there will be a celebratory focus on being innovative and original within the context of the chosen genre. In lectures, contemporary set works will be used as opportunities to discover the current context for creative practice in the field of composition, and will range from songs and works for solo instrument to large scale chamber music. Each lecture will conclude with a related composition task that allows students to creatively explore the ideas discussed during the class. In fortnightly tutorials, during alternative weeks to lectures, the students will present their responses to tasks given in lectures, to the tutor, and to their peers. These responses will take the form of informal presentations, and can include solo and group performances. During week 11, each student will have a short individual tutorial with their course tutor to discuss their work in detail, before the final submission. The course encourages students to find new ways to create, structure and orchestrate /produce their music, to express themselves musically and engagingly, and to develop and challenge their own understanding of music through the creation of new work.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

Enrolment in this course is via the CAHSS Visiting Student Office only. It is NOT appropriate for students to contact staff within this subject area to ask for an exception to be made; all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. This is due to the extremely limited number of spaces available in this very popular subject area.

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