Composition 1

This subject is not offered in 2013.

120 hours

Permission of the coordinator, based on consideration of previous creative work.

MUSI30031 Electro Acoustic Music

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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.

This subject 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. There will be an end-of-semester test covering set listening and reading.

On completion of this subject students should have:

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

A 15-minute folio of compositions to be submitted during the examination period (60%); concert presentation during the semester of one of these compositions (10%); participation in seminars, workshops, tutorials and concerts (10%); end-of-semester test (20%).

All work should be submitted according to the ‘Composition Presentation Guidelines’

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

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.