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MUSI355 Composition/Craft: Technology and Music

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 On line
Armidale Trimester 2 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 has three primary areas of focus, composition, advanced modal concepts, and arrangement for jazz/concert band. There is a focus on technology and music, with considerations given to the influence of technology (other than musical instrument design) on composers and performers, not just in recent times but throughout Western music history.

Materials Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
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:
  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.
True 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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