MUSA321-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018

Composition 3A

30 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

Students develop a portfolio of compositions (notated and/or digital and/or performed live) together with supporting documentation.

Course Aims
MUSA321 represents an advanced level of composition study and is part of a suite of coursework, which is devoted to developing skills and knowledge of music composition. At this level, students will be encouraged to develop their own independent “voice” as creative artists, and to further broaden the students’ understanding of contemporary art music for live performance in both written (notated) or electronic forms, of mixtures of both.  Students will further develop sophisticated compositional techniques and procedures as well as verbal and writing skills in articulating their compositional goals and methods and their compositional philosophy, particularly in the relationship between their own creative work and that of other composers and styles.

Learning Outcomes

  • Students who pass this course will have developed:
  • Skills and knowledge in the creation of a portfolio of original works in either notated or electronic
     media;
  • Skills in various forms of analysis of music relevant to the student’s portfolio;
  • Skills in self-analysis and documentation of commentary on the portfolio;
  • Discipline in writing to fulfil the brief and on-time delivery;
  • Skills in goal-setting and planning;
  • Growing self-awareness of their own work in relation to the established canon of repertoire;
  • Skills in various forms of instrumental music or electronic/electroacoustic music.
    • 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

Either MUSA222 or MUSA226 and the permission of the Head of School.

Restrictions

MUSI 327

Timetable Note

Student workload (300 hours) will be allocated to:
• 12 hours attending lectures
• 18 hours attending composition workshops
• 6 hours attending individual tutorials
• 40 hours completing analytical exercises
• 150 hours drafting, writing, documenting, realising and/or recording portfolio content
• 74 hours of self-directed study and reflection

Course Coordinator

For further information see Humanities Head of Department

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Analysis Assignment 20%
Portfolio 80% The portfolio of notated or elecgtronic works may include recordings of performances; will include drafts and documentation regarding the portfolio content.


There is one analysis assignment, a portfolio and a workshop diary for this course.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,668.00

International fee $7,200.00

* 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 MUSA321 Occurrences

  • MUSA321-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018