NM3620 - Music Contexts

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Creative Arts

Available to Bachelor of New Media Arts students or by permission from the Academic Adviser

By undertaking a sequenced series of modules, students are exposed to the emerging disciplines of performance, technology and composition as applicable to music production. Students will explore the nexus between these areas and consider a range of case studies that feature the creative and multidisciplinary use of sound, text, light and image in a range of music contexts.

Learning Outcomes

• an awareness of traditional and contemporary theoretical and compositional constructs in a range of performance contexts;
• ability to produce digital performance documentation for purposes of critical review and reflection.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies.

Assumed Knowledge:	Strong music performance skills
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	NM3601

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coord/Lect:	Dr David Salisbury.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 26 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	projects completed in class (final performance, peer review, tutorial tasks) (70%); demo cd (30%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.