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Undergraduate Handbook 2021-2022 (archived)
Module MUSI3762: Techniques Portfolio (double)
Department: Music
MUSI3762: Techniques Portfolio (double)
| Type | Level | Credits | Availability | Module Cap | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 3 | 40 | Available in 2021/2022 | None. | Durham |
Pre-requisites
Corequisites
- None.
Excluded Combinations
- MUSI3751 Portfolio of Techniques (single).
Aims
- To provide an opportunity for students to express their creativity at advanced level through the production of a portfolio of pastiche compositions using a variety of techniques and styles from the 16th, 17th, 18th or19th centuries, or broadly 'tonal'styles from the early decades of the 20th century.
Content
- Guidance will be given in tutorials on the composition of larger-scale works, including, but not limited to, passacaglia, fugue, chorale prelude, variations, sonata form movements, partsong, concert overture and orchestral character piece.
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge
- Students will become familiar with a range of compositional techniques that are available for the creation of music, and be able to demonstrate how these may be used imaginatively and effectively.
Subject-specific Skills
- Students will acquire the skills necessary to compose with maturity, authority and originality, building on the aesthetic considerations and techniques they have encountered at Levels 1 and 2. A greater ambition is to be encouraged regarding the size and scope of composition at Level 3.
Key Skills
- Compositional techniques used in an appropriate way to articulate each student's musical ideas and to demonstrate an identification with various established styles.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- The module will be delivered through individual tutorials through which students will be assisted in the preparation of a portfolio of pastiche compositions.
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total Hours | Attendance Monitored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tutorials | 12 | Spread out through the year, mainly in Terms 1 and 2 | 1 hour 30 minutes | 15.60 | |
| Reading, listening and preparation | 384.40 | ||||
| TOTAL | 400 |
Summative Assessment
| Component | Component Weighting | Element | Length/Duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio of Compositions | 100% | Portfolio of Compositions lasting between 18 and 20 minutes in all (exclusing exactly repeated sections such as sonata expositions), with an accompanying 1,500 word commentary | 18-20 minutes with an accompanying 1,500 word commentary | 100% | no |
Formative Assessment
Small technical exercises set at tutorials.
Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods
and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative
assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress
procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be
required to leave the University.