Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2009-2010 (archived)
Module MUSI40190: Electroacoustic Composition Portfolio
Department: Music
MUSI40190:
Electroacoustic Composition Portfolio
Type |
Tied |
Level |
4 |
Credits |
90 |
Availability |
Available in 2009/10 |
Module Cap |
None. |
Prerequisites
Corequisites
- Compositional Techniques.
Excluded Combination of Modules
Aims
- To provide an opportunity for independent research in electroacoustic composition, both as a major component of the chosen field at MA level and both as possible preparation for further research at doctoral level.
- To facilitate the acquisition of advanced skills and technique in electroacoustic composition.
- To enable students to develop a critical understanding of, and reflective approach to, the field of contemporary music, above all as the basis for the critical evaluation of their own research in electroacoustic composition.
Content
- Under the guidance of the course tutor the student will submit a portfolio consisting of a single work or two contrasting works of approximately 20 minutes (which may in approved circumstances include a non-electronic element).
Learning Outcomes
- 1. Students will become familiar with a range of advanced electroacoustic compositional techniques, as well as the perspective and critical understanding required to apply them, where appropriate, to their own compositional research.
- 2. Students will acquire the skills necessary to compose with fluency, authority, innovation and originality.
- 3. Through workshops and performance opportunities students will engage directly with the practicalities of creative communication and expression via the medium of music composition.
- 4. The course will facilitate the development of those compositional techniques most appropriate for the articulation of each student's musical ideas.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to
the learning outcomes of the module
- The seminars and tutorials will enable the students to express their own creativity and develop their own compositional voice in response to a range of ideas associated with the development of contemporary music (LO 2).
- Through tutorials, students will acquire skills additional to those already obtained at lower levels of study (i.e., how to articulate musical ideas clearly and authoritatively, preparing scores, parts and electroacoustic materials (where applicable) to a professional standard) (LO 1, 4).
- Opportunities will arise for works or excerpts thereof to be performed in the context of workshops and/or performances (LO 3).
- The course will facilitate suitably critical, student-led evaluative and reflective appraisals with respect to the development, articulation and dissemination of research ideas (LO 1, 4).
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
Activity |
Number |
Frequency |
Duration |
Total/Hours |
|
Workshops |
2 |
2 per year |
6 hours |
12 |
■ |
Tutorials |
16 |
1 per fortnight |
30 minutes |
8 |
■ |
Seminars |
5 |
1 per month |
2 hour |
10 |
■ |
Preparation and Reading |
|
|
|
870 |
|
TOTAL |
|
|
|
900 |
|
Summative Assessment
Component: EITHER Electroacoustic Composition Portfolio |
Component Weighting: 100% |
Element |
Length / duration |
Element Weighting |
Resit Opportunity |
Portfolio consisting of a single work or two contrasting works of approximately 20 minutes (which may in approved circumstances include a non-electronic element). |
20 mins |
100% |
|
Component: OR Electroacoustic Composition Portfolio |
Component Weighting: 100% |
Element |
Length / duration |
Element Weighting |
Resit Opportunity |
Portfolio of compositions which may in part include (but not consist entirely of) electroacoustic compositions |
10 mins |
50% |
Yes |
+ an associated project based on a topic of the student's devising that is related to the research of the group of compositions |
10,000 - 12,000 words |
50% |
Yes |
One-to-one feedback on work submitted by students for tutorial sessions. Feedback given by performers and tutors in response to workshop sessions and public performances.
■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University