MUSC60120 60 Full year Postgraduate Taught Level 7 Richard Whalley Unit coordinator Rosalia Soria Luz Unit coordinator Music 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 30.0 <p>Students will create a portfolio of compositions over the duration of the course (one year full-time or two years part-time). Instrumental and vocal composers will be offered opportunities to have their works workshopped and/or performed through the Music Department’s relationships with professional ensembles such as the Quatuor Danel, Tangram, Distractfold etc and various soloists. Further opportunities for performances exist through the department’s student performers. Electroacoustic Music and Interactive Arts composers will have performance opportunities through Electroacoustic Festivals and concert events (i.e. MANTIS, Sines and Squares, locativeaudio, etc.)<i>.</i> It is also possible to combine instrumental / vocal and fixed media / interactive compositions in a portfolio. The work will be supervised through regular tutorials with feedback provided on work-in-progress.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Students will create a portfolio of compositions over the duration of the course (one year full-time or two years part-time). Instrumental and vocal composers will be offered opportunities to have their works workshopped and/or performed through the Music Department’s relationships with professional ensembles such as the Quatuor Danel, Tangram, Distractfold etc and various soloists. Further opportunities for performances exist through the department’s student performers. Electroacoustic Music and Interactive Arts composers will have performance opportunities through Electroacoustic Festivals and concert events (i.e. MANTIS, Sines and Squares, locativeaudio, etc.)<i>.</i> It is also possible to combine instrumental / vocal and fixed media / interactive compositions in a portfolio. The work will be supervised through regular tutorials with feedback provided on work-in-progress.</p> <ul> <li> To use compositional technique and craftsmanship to demonstrate originality and imagination through composing for a variety of media.</li> <li> To develop critical thinking on compositional techniques with a special emphasis on structural elements in the composition.</li> <li> To demonstrate a professional standard of organisational and management skills in collaborating with other musicians appropriate to creative needs.</li> <li> To show attention to detail through preparing and editing performance material to professional standards.</li> <li> To plan, implement, evaluate and reflect critically on work in progress.</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li> Work increasingly independently as a composer, taking advantage of opportunities offered through the course, but also finding opportunities to write pieces and work with performers / organisations / studios independently.</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li> Compose pieces that demonstrate a thorough understanding of instruments and/or technology to create new and distinctive sounds.</li> <li> Compose pieces that demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationship between form and content, pacing the latter in order to make the former as cogent as possible.</li> <li> Analyse and evaluate critically contemporary pieces.</li> <li> Display a systematic understanding of creative processes and techniques used in contemporary music.</li></ul> <ul> <li> Plan, implement, evaluate and reflect critically on work in progress.</li> <li> Construct and articulate medium- to large-scale compositional designs.</li> <li> Critically analyse and evaluate compositional techniques and integrate them into their own works.</li> <li> Research and explore repertoire in order to develop an awareness of issues relating to composition in the 21st century.</li> <li> Recognise and evaluate influences and reference in their own and others&rsquo; work.</li></ul> <ul> <li> Develop compositional techniques and professional skills appropriate to creative needs.</li> <li> Present clear and well-notated performance material (as necessary) that can be readily understood by professional performers.</li> <li> Conceive musical ideas and manipulate them in an inventive and individual way, developing material into well-formed and coherent musical structures.</li> <li> Realise practical and creative solutions to self-determined criteria in creation of music that develops a distinctive personal voice.</li></ul> <ul> <li> Demonstrate independent learning ability suitable for continuing study and professional development.</li> <li> Engage in creative problem solving and display decision-making skills in complex and unpredictable situations.</li> <li> Exercise an advanced level of initiative and personal responsibility.</li> <li> Work in collaboration with others in order to realise personal projects.</li> <li> Build imaginatively and creatively on the concepts of others.</li></ul> Analytical skills Analytical skills (surveying repertoire, analysing materials for musical potential) Group/team working Team work (collaborating with musicians); Interpersonal skills (collaborating with other students and musicians) Innovation/creativity Initiative (inventing a creative concept and putting into motion) ¿ Creative problem-solving (fulfilling set task with set resources) Initiative (inventing a creative concept and putting into motion); Creative problem-solving (fulfilling set task with set resources) Leadership Leadership skills (being responsible for overseeing a creative product from inception through to final performance) Project management Time management (running workshops and rehearsals); Working to tight deadlines (composing music, and preparing performance materials in time for workshops and performances) Other Editing (in preparing performance materials); Organisational skills (finding and booking musicians and rehearsal space) 0 Other 100% <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;width:130pt" width="172"> <tbody> <tr height="60" style="height:45.0pt"> <td class="xl66" height="60" style="height:45.0pt;width:65pt" width="86"> Original composition</td> <td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left:none;width:65pt" width="86"> 100%</td> </tr> </tbody></table><p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li> Verbal feedback in tutorials (formative)</li> <li> Aural feedback through rehearsal with musicians (in the case of Instrumental / Vocal composers) (formative)</li> <li> Written feedback on final submission (summative)</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:168px;"> <p>Available as Free Choice (UG) or to other programmes (PG)?</p></td> <td style="width:493px;"> <p>At PG level only, subject to Higher Education practical and theoretical knowledge of instrumental or electroacoustic music composition and the approval of the course director.</p></td> </tr> </tbody></table><p>&nbsp;</p> Y <p>Study of relevant scores and/or recordings, through self-directed learning, and on the advice of supervisor.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> Practical classes & workshops 40 Project supervision 27 0 533