MUSA226-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018

The Computer as a Musical Tool 1

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 2 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 18 May 2018

Description

This course teaches students the techniques required to create musical works using the computer as a musical tool.

The course offers an overview of the ways in which current computer technology may be used as an aid and stimulus to the compositional process.  Skills in composition, in using computer technology, and in studying music history are developed.

Topics covered in this course are:

• The use of Digital Audio Workstation and other software as a means of realising compositions
• The history of computer music
• The historical and current uses of sampling and collage as musical techniques
• How to set and achieve clear compositional goals
• How to use computer technology to realise compositional goals

Learning Outcomes

  • Students who pass this course will have developed:

  • Skills and knowledge in the creation of a portfolio of works that demonstrates an understanding of,
     and competence in, the use of Digital Audio Workstations
  • An analytical understanding of electronic music in various forms
  • Skills in sampling techniques and procedures
  • Commentary on the portfolio and an the ability to articulate their personal composition philosophy
  • The discipline of writing to fulfil the brief and on-time delivery
  • Skills in goal-setting and planning
  • An analytical understanding of the student’s own work in relation to the established canon of
     repertoire
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

Timetable Note

Workload

Student workload (150 hours) will be allocated to:
• 12 hours attending lectures
• 15 hours attending composition workshops
• 22 hours attending small group laboratories
• 20 hours completing the Analytical Exercise
• 81 hours creating portfolio content and documentation

Course Coordinator

James Gardner

Lecturer

Justin DeHart

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
First Portfolio Draft 6% First draft submissions of portfolio work
Analytical/Aural Exercise 15%
Second Portfolio Draft 9% Second draft submission of portfolio work
Workshop Diary 20%
Portfolio of Works 50%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Cox, Christoph,1965- , Cox, Christoph, Warner, Daniel; Audio culture :readings in modern music ; Revised edition; Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2017 (Available for 1-day loan the self-loan area on Level 2 of the Central Library at ML 197 .A85 2017).

Thom Holmes; Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music and Culture (5th ed.) ; (In the Central Library on Level 6 at ML 1380 .H64 2016).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $834.00

International fee $3,600.00

* 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 MUSA226 Occurrences

  • MUSA226-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018