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ATS2130 - Creative music technology 4

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music

Coordinator(s)

Mr Ben Grayson

Offered

Clayton

Second semester 2016 (Day)

Notes

The unit has a compulsory ensemble componentensemble component (http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/music/category/performance-studies/student-ensembles/). Some ensembles are subject to audition. Normally, auditions take place in Week 1 of the semester. Please see the unit guide for further information.

Synopsis

This unit consolidates and extends the intermediate skills in creative music technology developed in ATS2129 Creative music technology 3. Students further develop intermediate technical skills by combining comprehensive production, composition, recording and performance techniques. By participating in a final performance, students demonstrate their acquired theoretical and creative skills, and this prepares them for the advanced level study of creative music technology in the next unit in the sequence, ATS3142 Creative music technology 5.

Outcomes

Upon completion of the unit, students are able to:

Comprehend detailed computer music production and composition techniques following a conceptual theme;
Conceive of and create specific custom software and hardware tools that assist in the delivery of a conceptual theme;
Demonstrate personal 'sound' production values by recording of live music productions;
Demonstrate the ability to performance and improvise using music technology in collaboration with acoustic instruments following a conceptual theme.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Ben Grayson

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Creative music technology

Prerequisites

ATS2129 or ATS2808
This unit is only available to students enrolled in a Bachelor of Music single or double degree - Creative music technology specialisation.

Prohibitions

ATS2809