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MUSI354 Composition/Craft: Australian Music

Updated: 26 November 2012
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 1 On line
Armidale Trimester 1 On Campus
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.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Shrink Wrapped Package(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music
ISBN: 9780470813010
Gauldin, R., W.W. Norton 2nd ed. 2004
Note: Package includes: Text (ISBN 9780393976663), CDRom (ISBN 9780393103601) and Workbook (ISBN 9780393976670).
Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On Campus and Online
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

Instrumentation and Orchestration
ISBN: 9780534251871
Blatter, A., Cengage 2nd ed. 1997
Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On Campus and Online
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1: Orchestration 25%
Assessment Notes
The orchestration of a prescribed excerpt.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 2, 4 GA: 1, 2, 4, 5
Assignment 2: Harmony workbook 25%
Assessment Notes
A workbook of set tasks
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 4 GA: 1, 2, 4, 5
Assignment 3:Composition folio 50%
Assessment Notes
Folio of compositions
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 3-4 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. recognise and apply advanced techniques and processes of Western harmonic theory;
  2. orchestrate appropriately for a prescribed instrumentation, with consideration given to Western and historical performance practice(s);
  3. 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
  4. 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. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Communication skills are enhanced through understanding how music notation symbols are used to communicate. 		True True True
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. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Information literacy is addressed through use and adaptation of music notation principles and practices. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Lifelong learning is addressed through the inherent classroom implications in the unit as well as skills-based assessment. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Team work is addressed through workshopping and performance of compositions. 		True True True
   

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