740-128 Composition 1-2

740-127 Composition 1-1

Students undertake four projects related to the perceived needs of the student, covering areas of compositional philosophy and technique, and directed listening.

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 further 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; furthered their understanding of instrumental possibilities (including electronic music equipment) in the realisation of musical ideas.

Satisfactory completion of four projects (80%); performance of at least one work composed during the semester (10%); participation in seminars, workshops, tutorials and concerts (10%). All work should be submitted according to the 'Composition Presentation Guidelines'.