MU2421:03
Creating Music 2A
| Townsville | HECS Band 1 |
26 hours lectures, 13 hours tutorials, 13 hours workshops. Semester 1.
Available to BMus and BEd students.
Staff: Dr S Campbell, Dr D Sudmalis.
Students will continue their ongoing study of tonal music theory and composition techniques and will undertake a study of jazz theory and improvisation. Further studies in orchestration and arrangement are undertaken with a focus on jazz arrangement, along with further studies in the techniques of music anlaysis. Students will develop practical skills in music creation in a weekly workshop.
Learning Objectives:
- gain an understanding of techniques used in tonal music composition and anlaysis;
- gain an understanding of jazz and improvisation techniques and analysis;
- gain a knowledge of the jazz ensemble and the manner in which music is composed and arranged for jazz ensembles.
Assessment by tonal music techniques: worksheets (15%), examination (15%); orchestration worksheets (10%); arrangement (15%); portfolio (20%); analysis: written analysis (15%); examination (10%).