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Interactive Composition
Bachelor of MusicMajorYear: 2023
Interactive Composition
Contact information
Students currently admitted in this course:
Future students:
Coordinator
Mark Pollard
Overview
Interactive Composition is an intensive, collaborative program giving students the skills to create music and sound for a range of contemporary media contexts.
This major works closely with all other disciplines within the Faculty and across the University and focuses on commercially driven cross-art modes of composition – for events, film, television, animation, theatre, music theatre, dance, pop music, advertising, video gaming, online sites, installation art and sound design.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this major, students should be able to:
- situate their creative practice and aesthetic position in the contemporary music and sound making context;
- draw on a broad range of musical and artistic reference points in music and sound with other media work;
- engage critically and productively in aesthetic dialogue within the contemporary music and sound with other media community;
- apply a fluent and flexible technique to music and sound with other media composition;
- respond to extra-musical briefs with resourcefulness and adaptability;
- uphold rigorous intellectual and ethical standards in music and sound making planning, preparation and documentation;
- explore sound production and manipulation via technology with skill and imagination;
- apply critical intelligence, self-reflection and creative problem-solving to their development as contemporary music and sound makers.
Last updated: 3 May 2024
Structure
225 credit points
To obtain a major in Interactive Composition students will need to complete:
- 200 credit points of Interactive Composition core subjects including
- 75 credit points of Level 1 Interactive Composition core subjects
- 75 credit points of Level 2 Interactive Composition core subjects
- 50 credit points of Level 3 Interactive Composition core subjects
- 25 credit points of Music elective subjects
Subject lists
Level 1 core subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI10191 | Interactive Composition 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI10195 | Music Making Laboratory 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI10229 | Sound Studies 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI10194 | Interactive Composition 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI10196 | Music Making Laboratory 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI10228 | Sound Studies 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Level 2 core subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI20181 | Interactive Composition 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI20182 | Music Making Laboratory 3 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI20220 | Sound Studies 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI20183 | Interactive Composition 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI20184 | Music Making Laboratory 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI20221 | Sound Studies 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Level 3 core subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI30229 | Interactive Composition 5 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI30231 | Music Making Laboratory 5 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI30230 | Interactive Composition 6 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI30232 | Music Making Laboratory 6 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 3 May 2024