Unit name | Studio Composition Live |
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Unit code | MUSI20057 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Pickard |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Music |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit is an intensive study of three studio disciplines: recording, composition and interactivity. Microphone techniques and recording practice will be introduced hands on, backed by a solid conceptual framework including aspects of acoustics and psychoacoustics. Electro-acoustic composition builds on studio work done in Level 1 Composition, exploring a wider range of genre and technique. Live and electronic sound are brought together through various models of human-machine interaction. The three strands are interlinked, and provide a thorough grounding for further work at Level 3. There is an emphasis on critical listening and collaborative working. Students are expected to participate as live performers in interactive compositions and to assist the Studio Manager in the recording of department concerts.
Aims:
This Unit aims to equip the student with knowledge and practical confidence in core techniques of classical and popular recording. The Unit builds analytic and creative understanding of a variety of electro-acoustic compositional genres and techniques; and it explores the theory and composition of interactive works for live players and electronics. These three aims stand individually and also feed one into the next.
Successful completion of this unit will enable the student to:
Lecture/seminars and practical classes
Coursework submissions (100%).
CD recordings, articles, software manuals etc. specified in class.