740-227 Composition 1

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Approval of the coordinator, based on consideration of previous creative work

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

At the end of the subject students should have developed an approach appropriate to each student's creative goals and identified and established methods and working habits that will be of assistance in achieving those goals; gained experience in working with the basic materials of musical composition: pitch, rhythm, texture, timbre, structural methods and notation; become acquainted with recent developments in musical composition, both aesthetic and technical; become familiar with instrumental possibilities (including electronic music equipment) in the realisation of musical ideas. Students undertake eight projects (four per semester) related to the individual needs of the student, covering areas of compositional philosophy and technique, including electronic and computer music, aural training and directed listening.

Assessment

Satisfactory completion of eight projects (80%); performance of at least two works composed during the year (10%); participation in seminars, workshops, tutorials and concerts (10%).