Postgraduate Course: Electroacoustic Composition and Performance (MUSI11020)

Course Outline
School	Edinburgh College of Art	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	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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Pre-requisites	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities
Assessment (Further Info)	Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Assessment Methods
Additional Information (Assessment)	Course work submission - 20% half way through the course Plus Further submission (80%) made up of composition (50%) and report (30%)
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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