MUSA223-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018

Orchestration, Arranging and Remixing 1

This occurrence is not offered in 2018

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 will assist students to develop skills in instrumentation and scoring for combinations of instruments, as well as expanding piano scores for small ensembles. It will also assist students to acquire skills in using virtual instruments, scoring for film, using a computer to arrange and remix existing work and Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs).

Learning Outcomes

  • Students who pass this course will be have developed:
  • Knowledge of instruments, their ranges and capabilities;
  • Skills in orchestrating from piano score to small ensembles and combos;
  • Skills in using virtual instruments;
  • Skills in remixing, managing timbre and texture;
  • Skills in transcribing and arranging musical material for small orchestras and various popular genres;
  • Skills in using a computer to remix or arrange existing work;
  • Skills in some uses of DAWs including software instruments and sample libraries.

    Transferable Skills
  • Identifying and conceptualising and solving problems
  • Decision-making
  • Self-assessment
  • Goal-setting
  • Time-management and meeting deadlines
  • Design and construction skills
  • Verbal and written articulation skills
    • 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

MUSA125 and either MUSA120 or MUSA121

Restrictions

MUSI 224

Course Coordinator

Hamish Oliver

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Orchestration Assignment 1 20%
Orchestration Assignment 2 20%
Arranging Assignment 30%
Remixing Assignment 30%

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 MUSA223 Occurrences

  • MUSA223-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018 - Not Offered