Unit name | Composition - Studio |
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Unit code | MUSI10056 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Kelcey Swain |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Music |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
A sub-title for the Studio component (weeks 1-12) might be: Music as Sound/Music as Data. Computers and recordings let us get to grips with the raw material of music (sound) and the ways in which we codify musical materials (data) in ways that could not be imagined previously. Although the unit is called Studio Composition, it is intended to give you insights into the stuff of music whether you are a composer, analyst, musicologist or performer.
Aims:
This unit offers hands-on introduction to musical uses of computers and recording technology, including the recording, editing and transformation of sound as the raw material for musical composition and the representation of music as abstract data, as in the MIDI protocol. The unit also introduces conventions underlying notation software.
Successful completion of this unit will enable students to:
Weekly lecture (1 hr) and follow-up seminars.
Two guided composition projects (weighted 60%: 40%).
Prescribed scores, to be identified during the unit