MUSA322-22S2 (A) Semester Two 2022 (The Arts Centre Christchurch)

Composition 3B

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 July 2022
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2022
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 31 July 2022
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 2 October 2022

Description

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

MUSA322 aims to help students develop their own independent “voice” as creative artists, and to further broaden the students’ understanding of new music in both written (notated) or electronic forms, or 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, works and styles.

Learning Outcomes

  • Further skills and knowledge in the creation of a portfolio of original works including notated scores and/or electronic media;
  • Further skills in various forms of analysis of music relevant to the student’s portfolio;
  • Further skills in self-analysis and documentation of commentary on the portfolio;
  • Self-awareness of their own work in relation to the established canon of repertoire;
  • Further skills in various forms of instrumental/vocal and/or electronic/electroacoustic music.

    Transferable Skills
  • Identifying, 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.

      Engaged with the community

      Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

      Globally aware

      Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

MUSA321

Restrictions

MUSI 327

Timetable Note

WORKLOAD

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

It is expected that all students enrolled in this course will attend all the Composition workshops.

Course Coordinator

Mark Menzies

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Listening Analysis Assignment 10% In August
Composition No. 1 Draft 10% In August
Class Presentation 10% In September
Portfolio 70% In October


The portfolio should include at least three compositions or songs. The student should also present at least two of these at Composition Workshop. The dates for these workshops will be announced at the start of the semester. Students in this class are expected to attend all workshops. There is also one analysis assignment on a work relevant to the student’s chosen mode of expression, and a class presentation with a writeup.

All assessments should be submitted via Learn and are due by the time and date specified for each in the Assessments section on the Learn page. Late work will be accepted up to one week after the deadline with a 10% penalty.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,784.00

International fee $8,625.00

* 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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  • MUSA322-22S2 (A) Semester Two 2022 (The Arts Centre Christchurch)