Composition 2

Subject MUSI20056 (2016)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2016.

Credit Points: 12.5
Level: 2 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

Semester 1, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period 29-Feb-2016 to 29-May-2016
Assessment Period End 24-Jun-2016
Last date to Self-Enrol 11-Mar-2016
Census Date 31-Mar-2016
Last date to Withdraw without fail 06-May-2016

Semester 2, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period 25-Jul-2016 to 23-Oct-2016
Assessment Period End 18-Nov-2016
Last date to Self-Enrol 05-Aug-2016
Census Date 31-Aug-2016
Last date to Withdraw without fail 23-Sep-2016


Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: Eight 45-minute individual lessons per semester; 1 two-hour composition seminar or group lesson per week.
Total Time Commitment:

120 hours
Prerequisites:

MUSI20055 Composition 1
Corequisites:

N/A
Recommended Background Knowledge:

N/A
Non Allowed Subjects:

N/A
Core Participation Requirements:

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability will impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and the Disability Liaison Unit.

Coordinator

Prof Stuart Greenbaum

Contact

Coordinator: s.greenbaum@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:

This subject further introduces students to the practices and conventions of musical composition as a personally-directed creative activity. Students create a folio of original music (scores and recordings) including composition projects covering areas of compositional philosophy, technique, directed listening and score reading. They will collectively stage a concert that will include one of their own works.
Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this subject students should have:

  • further developed a compositional approach appropriate to their creative goals.
  • further identified and established methods and working habits that will be of assistance in achieving those goals.
  • gained further experience in working with the basic materials of musical composition—pitch, rhythm, texture, timbre, structural methods and notation.
  • become further acquainted with recent developments in musical composition, both aesthetic and technical
  • become further familiar with instrumental possibilities (including electronic music equipment) in the realisation of musical ideas.
Assessment:

A 15-minute folio of compositions to be submitted during the examination period (80%); concert presentation during the semester of one of these compositions (10%); participation in seminars, workshops, tutorials and concerts (10%).

All work should be submitted according to the ‘Composition Presentation Guidelines’.
Prescribed Texts:

None
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

On completion of this subject students should have developed:

  • the ability to think laterally in relation to concepts and problem-solving
  • the ability to communicate in an abstract medium
  • the ability to take initial creative ideas through to completion, including publication, public presentation and promotion.
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: Composition Stream (B-MUS version 4 only)
Performance/ Composition/ Musicology/ Ethnomusicology Specialisation (B-MUS Version 5 only)

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