Postgraduate Course: Electroacoustic Composition and Performance (MUSI11020)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Music |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course forms an introduction to the current theory and practice
of both electroacoustic composition and performance. Its main interest
is an exploration of acousmatic music: music which is composed using
recorded source material as its basis, and which is more concerned
with the organic rather than architectonic disposition of sound.
Practical techniques for composing electroacoustic music will be
established, including basic and more advanced non real-time sound
processing. The concept of the sonic image will be visited and the
difficulty of marrying composed (virtual) space and performed (real)
space pursued.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Blank CDs, tapes as required |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
* An understanding of the aesthetic background of electroacoustic
music
* An ability to produce creative work in the electroacoustic medium
* An overview of non real-time digital signal processing as it is used
in electroacoustic composition
* An awareness of the use and limitations of composed space in
electroacoustic composition
* An understanding of electroacoustic music performance praxis,
including an overview of the merits and demerits of the various common
multi-channel formats currently available
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Assessment Information
Course work submission - 20% half way through the course
Plus Further submission (80%) made up of composition (50%) and report (30%) |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Robert Dow
Tel: (0131 6)50 9352
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Course secretary | Mr Allan Knox
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735
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