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Composition 1 (MUSI20055)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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This subject introduces students to the practices and conventions of musical composition as a personally-directed creative activity. Students create a folio of original music (scores and recordings) including composition projects covering areas of compositional philosophy, technique, directed listening and score reading. They will collectively stage a concert that will include one of their own works. There will be an end-of-semester test covering set listening and reading.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject students should have:
- begun to develop a compositional approach appropriate to their creative goals
- identified and established methods and working habits that will be of assistance in achieving those goalsained experience in working with the basic materials of musical composition—pitch, rhythm, texture, timbre, structural methods and notation
- become acquainted with recent developments in musical composition, both aesthetic and technical
- become familiar with instrumental possibilities (including electronic music equipment) in the realisation of musical ideas
Generic skills
On completion of this subject students should have developed:
- the ability to think laterally in relation to concepts and problem-solving
- the ability to communicate in an abstract medium
- the ability to take initial creative ideas through to completion, including publication, public presentation and promotion
Last updated: 3 November 2022