ATS3141 - Composition 6 - 2017

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)

Associate Professor Thomas Reiner

Unit guides

Offered

Clayton

  • Second semester 2017 (Day)

Notes

Synopsis

The unit consolidates and extends advanced skills in composition developed in ATS3140 Composition 5. Students further develop technical skills by refining a personal compositional methodology influenced by various techniques and approaches. Students then apply this compositional methodology to develop well-articulated concepts for substantial works that integrate several distinct layers of material.

Outcomes

Upon completion of the unit, students are able to:

  1. Develop a compositional methodology from a range of acquired techniques and approaches;
  2. Apply such a methodology to substantial musical works that integrate several distinct layers of material.

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.

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Chief examiner(s)

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

Prerequisites

ATS3140 or ATS3830

This unit is only available to students enrolled in a Bachelor of Music single or double degree - Music composition specialisation.

Prohibitions

ATS3831