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EDF2124

Program music: seeing with your ears

(EDU)

Dr G J Hurworth

6 points + 2 hours per week + Second semester + Peninsula + Prerequisites: EDF1124

Synopsis: Composition in groups based on program music pieces from the past two hundred and fifty years. Detailed study of selected program music repertoire illustrating how composers have used music to portray events, people, places, emotions and colours through sound. In this way, students begin to see with their ears. Students also improve their listening and theoretical skills.

Assessment: Folio of compositions: 50% + Examination: 50%


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