MUSA121-17S1 (C) Semester One 2017

Notated Composition 1A

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2017
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 3 March 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 19 May 2017

Description

Developing students’ skills in creating and notating contemporary art music for live performance (vocal and instrumental), and building knowledge of compositional techniques and procedures.

This course aims to introduce the craft of notated composition by utilising analysis and music notation exercises to develop basic composition craft.  The course will also assist composers to develop skills in self-reflection and analysis of their own creative output.

Topics covered in this course are:

Term 1
-  A study of melody
-  A study in rhythm
Term 2
-  A study in rhythm (cont'd)
-  A study in modes

Learning Outcomes

Students who pass this course will have:
*  developed some knowledge and understanding of composition procedures in notated exercises and works;
*  acquired some analysis and commentary skills relating to contemporary practice;
*  developed some skills in the articulation of person composition goals, and writing programme notes for their own work;
*  developed basic composition style and procedure knowledge derived from an exploration of works from contemporary notated composition repertoire;
*  developed some self-reflective skills regarding the creative process and the development of each work.

Prerequisites

Application via portfolio submission, and approval by Head of School. The portfolio should contain approximately three notated works that demonstrate the applicant's compositional style and strengths to date. It should include notated scores for each composition (handwritten or computer typeset), and may also include recordings and/or MIDI files. While the MusB degree does not have a special deadline, there is a deadline for submission of portfolio of the first Friday in November of the previous year.

Restrictions

MUSI127

Timetable Note

Workload

Student workload (150 hours) will be allocated to:
*  12 hours attending lectures
*  18 hours attending composition workshops
*  9 hours attending small group tutorials
*  31 hours completing analytical exercises
*  80 hours drafting and writing portfolio content

Course Coordinator

Christopher Cree Brown

Lecturer

Christopher Cree Brown

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Melody Assignment 27 Mar 2017 25%
Rhythm Analysis Assignment 15 May 2017 25%
Modes Assignment 02 Jun 2017 30%
Workshop Diary 02 Jun 2017 20%


In addition to the assessment in this course you will be required to present at least one piece in the Composition Workshop.  This is compulsory and required to pass the course.

Additional Course Outline Information

Assessment and grading system

The following shows how to translate grades to numerical scores:

A+  90–100;    A   85–89;    A-  80–84;    B+   75–79;    B 70–74;    B-   65–69;     C+  60–64;     C  55–59;     C- 50–54;     D  40–49;   E  0–39
In a course at 100- or 200-level examiners may grant restricted credit (R) which will be equivalent to a pass for all purposes except as a prerequisite.

A pass is 50 marks and over.

Please see the School of Music handbook for information regarding the following:  late submission of work, aegrotats, plagiarism and dishonest practices, appeals, and reconsiderations.

Notes

Use of Technology

This course assumes that you have sufficient information and technology skills to confidently use a computer to access material for your course.  Your written work should be submitted typed, using standard word-processor software.  The School of Music has iMacs you are able to use which have all standard software required for this course.

You will be required to access our learning management system - Learn - and to become familiar with its tools.  Learn provides easily-accessible information about the course and assessments, topics and deadlines, and supports the learning you will gain from attending all lectures and tutorials.  For help using Learn, refer to: http://learn.canterbury.ac.nz/

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $817.00

International fee $3,525.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

All MUSA121 Occurrences

  • MUSA121-17S1 (C) Semester One 2017