MUSI224-14W (C) Whole Year 2014

Orchestration 1

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 24 February 2014
End Date: Sunday, 16 November 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 7 March 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 5 September 2014

Description

Developing an understanding of the acoustical principles underlying the production of sound, and to develop both an intuitive feel for sonorities and the techniques for orchestration through the study of the instruments of the orchestra and practical exercises in instrumentation.

Topics covered in this course are:
Terms 1 & 2
*  Strings
*  The string orchestra
*  Woodwinds
*  The woodwind wection
Terms 3 & 4
*  Brass
*  The rhythm section
*  Percussion
*  The full orchestra

Learning Outcomes

Students who pass this course will:
*  Orchestrate idiomatically for the various instruments of the orchestra
*  Orchestrate for an ensemble that includes a rhythm section
*  Orchestrate for a full orchestra

Prerequisites

MUSI105 or MUSI172

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Alex van den Broek

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
String Orchestra 28 Mar 2014 8%
Woodwinds 16 May 2014 10%
Strings, Woodwind & Horns 18 Jul 2014 12%
Ensemble & Rhythm Section 15 Aug 2014 15%
Full Orchestra 03 Oct 2014 15%
Final Exam 40%

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/

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.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $748.00

International fee $3,388.00

* 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 .

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