Fixed and Electroacoustic Composition

MUSC20061 Fixed and Electroacoustic Composition 10 Semester 1 Undergraduate Level 2 Rosalia Soria Luz Unit coordinator Music 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Middle part of Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 5.0 A course dealing with a broad range of compositional techniques involving the use of cutting-edge technology and building upon studio-based electroacoustic composition concepts and methodologies encountered in other related course-units, extending into a wide range of material contexts, practical techniques, performance issues and advanced sound processing. The course provides electroacoustic composers with advanced knowledge and critical thinking to compose music and to build systems within the fixed electroacoustic medium. This course builds upon other electroacoustic composition courses in the syllabus, and includes the study of relevant repertoire, and developing appropriate software based strategies. Advanced processing techniques including FFT analysis and re-synthesis, granular synthesis and time-varied processing are covered, as are issues related to space-form and sound diffusion. Electroacoustic music in relation to other disciplines (for example, sound design and audio-visual relationships) may also be covered. Lecture content, workshop topics, directed repertoire study and practical set-tasks with formative feedback will support student work on a final creative project. <ul> <li>To develop studio-based compositional methodologies</li> <li>To provide enhanced skills in sound capture, processing and manipulation, including FFT and live electronics MaxMSP environments</li> <li>To explore concepts of live sound diffusion and interpretation</li> <li>To create software-based environments for interactive sonic creativity with human interface devices and computers</li> <li>To introduce issues related to performance as encountered in the medium</li></ul> By the end of this course students will be able to:<ul> <li>Apply enhanced skills in sound processing and electroacoustic composition</li> <li>Increase imagination and techniques in developing sonic material</li> <li>Develop skills in creating and performing fixed-media electroacoustic music</li></ul> By the end of this course students will be able to:<ul> <li>Demonstrate more advanced knowledge of studio-based compositional methodologies</li> <li>Understand spectromorphology and space-form as wider contexts for musical and sonic vocabulary and grammar as well as performance</li> <li>Understand methodologies relating to sonic, musical and performance in fixed media-music  </li></ul> By the end of this course students will be able to:<ul> <li>Navigate in-depth concepts relating to space and timbre;</li> <li>Develop gesture and texture driven structuring processes.</li></ul> By the end of this course students will be able to:<ul> <li>Apply a technical knowledge of software techniques and sound recordings in realizing fixed media works</li> <li>Demonstrate enhanced skill in using technology to achieve meaning and expression through sound </li> <li>Implement at professional level the Format of Composition submission of audio content, designed and approved by the composition staff</li> <li>Prepare and deliver a presentation/performance through coursework as a formative experience toward completing the electroacoustic musical outcomes and tasks</li> <li>Demonstrate enhanced skills in sound processing, visual oriented programming and electroacoustic composition</li> <li>Develop sonic material more imaginatively</li> <li>Utilise a wide range of studio tools in the capture, development and performance of electroacoustic music  </li></ul> By the end of this course students will be able to:<ul> <li>Collaborate with other students in problem-solving dealing both with technology and creative issues</li> <li>Demonstrate organisational and management skills in making use of studio time and access, booking musicians if needed, working with technology and preparing recordings and mastering of final works, and preparing an in-class performance</li> <li>Demonstrate attention to detail through the compositional methods and the crafting and editing of recorded and transformed sound, preparing compositions to professional standards</li> <li>Demonstrate the development of dialogue through teaching and workshops, whilst developing communicative abilities and to communicate a specific point of views and compositional strategies during the creative process  </li></ul> Analytical skills Analytical Skills (surveying repertoire, analysing materials for musical composition) Group/team working Team work (during workshops) Innovation/creativity Initiative and inventiveness Leadership Interpersonal and Leadership skills and roles within a group (especially in collaborative workshop tasks) Project management Working to deadlines (tasks and projects) Problem solving Creative problem-solving (especially in the transformation process and when using visual oriented objects to build signal processing systems) Other Time management and organisational skills (scheduling studio access and navigating eLearning content). Editing, transforming and mastering sound material <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW120521827 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);clear:both;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);cursor:text;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;overflow:visible;padding:0px;position:relative;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;user-select:text;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW120521827 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext;font-kerning:none;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin:0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;user-select:text;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" paraid="1716599563" paraeid="{c5b92201-5a7f-4423-b15e-051ed4166d96}{133}">Representative Example (will vary each year):Introduction<ul><li>Course-unit aims and objectives, course structure.  </li><li>Project brief and example repertoire</li><li>Sound sources /recording</li><li>Software resources</li></ul>Advanced sound processing techniques<ul><li>Granular synthesis and Cecilia, Soundhack plug-ins</li><li>Sonic intersections: glitch and noise</li></ul>Advanced sound processing techniques<ul><li>FFT analysis and re-synthesis, MAX  </li><li>Sonic intersections: ambient and electronica</li></ul>Live and improvisatory sound development<ul><li>MAX: improvisatory sound development environment; live-electronics approaches  </li><li>Sonic intersections: live coding</li></ul>Composing<ul><li>phrasing, patterns, time, formal designs</li><li>Sonic intersections: sonification</li></ul>Advanced shaping and mixing  <ul><li>mixing and shaping techniques</li><li>Sonic intersections: audio-visual</li></ul>In-class improvisationDelving deeper into plug-ins<ul><li>advanced techniques  </li></ul>Space form<ul><li>theory and in practice, sound diffusion  </li><li>Sonic intersections: multi-channel audio</li></ul>Mastering audio for electroacoustic media<ul><li>compression, limiting, EQ, stereo imaging  </li><li>Sonic intersections: soundscape</li></ul>Feedback and assistance on work-in-progress  <ul><li>Final project tips</li><li>Feedback and assistance on work-in-progress  </li></ul> </div> 0 Other 100% <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:247px;" width="245"> <tbody> <tr height="53"> <td height="53" style="height:53px;width:155px;">Electroacoustic Creative Project</td> <td align="right" style="width:92px;">100%</td> </tr> </tbody></table>  <ul> <li>Oral feedback on in class set tasks presentation</li> <li>Written feedback on final project</li> <li>Additional one-to-one feedback (during consultation hour or by making an appointment)</li></ul>  MUSC10311 Sonic Invention A Pre-Requisite Compulsory MUSC10312 Sonic Invention B Pre-Requisite Compulsory MUSC10311 or MUSC10312 are pre req of MUSC20061Pre-requisite: The Electroacoustic component of MUSC10311/MUSC10312 BA(Hons) Music & Drama BA(Hons) Music & Drama Second Year Optional MusB(Hons) MusB (Hons) Music Second Year Optional MusB(Hons) (joint with RNCM) MusB(Hons) (joint with RNCM) Second Year Optional N Periodicals held in the library:<ul><li style="margin-left:18pt;">Computer Music Journal</li><li style="margin-left:18pt;">Organized Sound</li></ul>Books held in the library:<ul><li style="margin-left:18pt;">Emmerson, Simon. The Language of Electroacoustic Music</li><li style="margin-left:18pt;">Manning, Peter. Electronic and Computer Music</li><li style="margin-left:18pt;">Roads, Curtis. Computer Music Tutorial</li><li style="margin-left:18pt;">Rowe, Robert. Interactive Music Systems</li><li style="margin-left:18pt;">Rowe, Robert. Machine Musicianship</li><li style="margin-left:18pt;">Wanderley Marcelo M. and Battier, Marc (eds.) Trends in Gestural Control of Music</li><li style="margin-left:18pt;">Wishart, Trevor. On Sonic Art</li></ul>Repertoire examples as indicated in-class  Practical classes & workshops 22 Work based learning 3 0 75