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MUSI355 Advanced Music Creativity IV

Credit Points 6
Offering Not offered in 2010
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
N/A N/A Non-Mandatory Will only run if 5 or more students indicate that they will attend
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) Stephen Thorneycroft (sthorney@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit has three primary areas of focus, advanced modal concepts, involving studies in jazz and Messiaen's modes of limited transposition, arrangement for jazz/concert band and composition. The composition focus is on technology and music, with considerations given to the influence of technology (other than instrument design) on composers and performers, not just in recent times but throughout Western music history.
Materials Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1: Workbook 30%
Assessment Notes
A workbook of set tasks focusing on advanced modal concepts in music
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 4, 5 GA: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Assignment 2: Arrangement 30%
Assessment Notes
An arrangement of a set piece for jazz/concert band, typeset using computer notation software
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 2, 4, 5, GA: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Assignment 3:Composition folio 40%
Assessment Notes
Folio of compositions with a focus on the influence of technology on music, not necessarily present-day
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 3, 4, 5 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. apply advanced modal concepts in, Western and non-Western music;
  2. competently arrange for jazz/concert band;
  3. compose music given a set impetus;
  4. communicate coherently through use of music notation;
  5. use computer-based music notation software.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
This unit expands students' knowledge of the history and processes of music composition, and the skill is formally assessed in all the set assessment tasks. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Communication skills and information literacy are enhanced through a deeper understanding of notation symbols and how they can be used. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Global perspectives are addressed through study of non-Western modal concepts. 		False False True
4 Information Literacy
Iinformation literacy is addressed through use and adaptation of music notation principles and practices on a computer. 		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
6 Problem Solving
Problem solving is addressed through research into technological development, and how this may be applied to performance and composition. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Team work is addressed through workshopping and performance of compositions. 		True True True
   

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