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School of Music · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Composition: Methods and Craft offers students an in-depth study of a specialised area of music composition. Through this topics course, students explore a particular composer, style/genre, texture/instrumentation, technique, or set of compositional practices. Students will engage with compositional material through both guided and independent artistic research activities, applying new critical, analytical, and technical skills to assigned composition tasks. Students may complete this course twice for a maximum credit value of 12 units, provided they enrol in a different topic in each instance/semester. Please note that the course content, assessment structure, and reading list will change depending on the topic and the expertise of the lecturer convening the course. Please refer to the class summary for the specific term in which you wish to enrol for a detailed description. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: - From Solos to Small Groups - Quartets, Larger Groups, and Collaborations - Orchestration and Arranging
Crit presentation on final project, 10 minutes
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Weekly exercises, reflection and consultation (12min of music, 750 word reflection, 15min consultation meeting)
Learning outcomes 1, 3, 4
Final project, reflection and consultation (10min of music, 1000 word reflection, 15min consultation meeting)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks consisting of lectures, tutorials, workshops, and other activities b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing. Work Integrated Learning Simulation/Virtual This course provides students with examples of real wold composition projects and briefs, helping to prepare them for work as composers, arrangers, directors, orchestrators, etc.
Readings will be made available on Canvas.