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Students develop a portfolio of compositions (notated and/or digital and/or performed live) together with supporting documentation.
Course AimsMUSA321 represents an advanced level of composition study and is part of a suite of coursework, which is devoted to developing skills and knowledge of music composition. At this level, students will be encouraged to develop their own independent “voice” as creative artists, and to further broaden the students’ understanding of contemporary art music for live performance in both written (notated) or electronic forms, of mixtures of both. Students will further develop sophisticated compositional techniques and procedures as well as verbal and writing skills in articulating their compositional goals and methods and their compositional philosophy, particularly in the relationship between their own creative work and that of other composers and styles.
Students who pass this course will have developed:Skills and knowledge in the creation of a portfolio of original works in either notated or electronic media;Skills in various forms of analysis of music relevant to the student’s portfolio;Skills in self-analysis and documentation of commentary on the portfolio;Discipline in writing to fulfil the brief and on-time delivery;Skills in goal-setting and planning;Growing self-awareness of their own work in relation to the established canon of repertoire;Skills in various forms of instrumental music or electronic/electroacoustic music.
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Either MUSA222 or MUSA226 and the permission of the Head of School.
MUSI 327
Student workload (300 hours) will be allocated to:• 12 hours attending lectures• 18 hours attending composition workshops• 6 hours attending individual tutorials• 40 hours completing analytical exercises• 150 hours drafting, writing, documenting, realising and/or recording portfolio content• 74 hours of self-directed study and reflection
For further information see Humanities Head of Department
There is one analysis assignment, a portfolio and a workshop diary for this course.
Domestic fee $1,668.00
International fee $7,200.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Humanities .