MUSI3731
10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
Description
Performers, composers and producers in the 21st century need to be adaptable to different contexts and inventive with their performance and repertoire. This course focuses on arrangement, orchestration, reinterpretation and repertoire creation, using traditional and non-traditional approaches to music and sound making.
Availability
Not currently offered.
This Course was last offered in Semester 2 - 2023.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate skills in score organisation and analysis.
2. Apply knowledge of instrumental and vocal characteristics.
3. Manipulate timbre and/or texture, structure and sound using score and/or technology based processes.
4. Rearrange existing repertoire into new contexts.
5. Compare and evaluate stylistic differences.
Content
Topic include:
- orchestration and arrangement
- instrumental characteristics
- sound and acoustics
- digital manipulation
- repertoire re-interpretation and invention.
Requisite
Course Replacement:
You cannot enrol if you have successfully completed any of the following course(s):
MUSI3631
Assumed knowledge
MUSI2731 or an advanced understanding of harmony.
Assessment items
Portfolio: Creative and Analytical Tasks
Case Study / Problem Based Learning: Instrumentation Study
Project: Major Arrangement with Associated Musical Analysis
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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