MUSI354 Composition/Craft: Australian Music

Updated: 08 August 2011

Credit Points	6
Offering	Not offered in 2012
Intensive School(s)	None
Supervised Exam	There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites	MUSI108 or MUSI170 or MUSI171 or MUSI208 or CMPO170 or CMPO171
Co-requisites	None
Restrictions	None
Notes	offered in odd numbered years
Combined Units	None
Coordinator(s)	Jenny Game-Lopata (jgamelop@une.edu.au)
Unit Description	This unit focuses on three primary areas: composition, orchestration and advanced harmony. There is a strong focus on Australian music of the last 25 years.
Materials	Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer	Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Assessment

Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Learning Outcomes (LO)

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

recognise and apply advanced techniques and processes of Western harmonic theory;
orchestrate appropriately for a prescribed instrumentation, with consideration given to Western and historical performance practice(s);
compose using a variety of techniques and instrumentation, with respect given to considerations, in this case advanced tonal concepts and techniques/foci employed by Australian composers in recent years; and
fluently communicate using music notation concepts and practices.

Graduate Attributes (GA)

	Attribute	Taught	Assessed	Practised
1	Knowledge of a Discipline In this unit students' knowledge of the history and processes of music composition is expanded and formally assessed in each of the set assessment tasks.
2	Communication Skills Communication skills are enhanced through understanding how music notation symbols are used to communicate.
3	Global Perspectives Global perspectives are addressed through study of influences on Australian composers, particularly non-Western and are formally assessed in the composition folio.
4	Information Literacy Information literacy is addressed through use and adaptation of music notation principles and practices.
5	Life-Long Learning Lifelong learning is addressed through the inherent classroom implications in the unit as well as skills-based assessment.
8	Team Work Team work is addressed through workshopping and performance of compositions.

Course and Unit Catalogue 2012