Music 2C: Intermediate Training in Compositional Techniques (U03991)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : ACE-2-U03991

This course embraces both creative work and the learning of technical skills. Inventiveness will be encouraged, while students will also be asked to carry out analyses and compositional exercises in various styles, using the works of past composers as sources and models. Teaching will be run jointly with Style Studies 2 and Composition 2.

? Keywords : composition style studies counterpoint harmony

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Music 1D: Introduction to Compositional Techniques

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Music, (School of Arts, Culture and Environment, Schedule A)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 2nd year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 16 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 4 hour(s) per week for 3 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
22/09/2008	10:00	13:00	Room G.22, Reid School	Central	In the Reid Concert Hall

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	14:00	14:50	Central

? Additional Class Information : S1: Weeks 1&6 - 10-13 Mon,Tue,Thu & Fri; seminars and tutorials in Weeks 2-5 & 7-10.
S2: Week 1 - 10-13 Mon,Tue,Thu & Fri; tutorials in Weeks 3,5,7,9,11.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course students will have learned the ability to engage with a variety of musical styles through creative and technical projects and exercises.

They will have the technical skills necessary to reproduce a number of past musical styles, particularly those of Palestrina, J.S. Bach, Schubert, Schumann and Mendelssohn.

They will have the ability to conceive musical ideas, and to manipulate them in an inventive and individual way.

They will have the ability to develop musical materials into well-formed and coherent musical structures.

Assessment Information

A mark for attendance, coursework and composition diary (10%).

A portfolio of three pieces of work (40%) including at least one piece of creative work done in Semester 2 and at least one piece of work representing the more advanced work of the class in Semester 1.

A take away exam (25%) and a 2-hour degree exam (25%).