MUSI471-25W (C) Whole Year 2025

Composition 4

60 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 16 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 August 2025

Description

Compiling a portfolio of compositions (notated scores, together with some recordings)

This course gives students the opportunity to create a professional portfolio of musical or sound-based artworks (compositions, songs, sonic art, or sound art works).

Under the guidance of the instructor the student will decide upon a series or works, or one substantial work, that they feel is of critical importance to their artistic advancement. During individual lessons the instructor will guide the student in targeted explorations of technique, repertoire, and notational practice (if relevant) geared towards the creative requirements of the portfolio. If relevant, the instructor will provide advice on compiling professional recordings of notated works.

Learning Outcomes

  • The ability to prepare and present a body of representative work
  • An understanding of the commission process
  • Deep knowledge of trends in contemporary music related to their own compositional
    practice

      • University Graduate Attributes

      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.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

      Engaged with the community

      Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

Prerequisites

MUSA 322 with a grade of B or higher, and approval of Head of School

Restrictions

MUSI409, MUSI420

Timetable Note

Supervisory meetings: 1 hour / week

WORKLOAD

Student workload (600 hours) will be allocated to:
• 24 hours attending one-to-one meetings with supervisor(s)
• 36 hours attending composition and / or performance workshops
• 540 hours self-directed study

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Reuben de Lautour

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Portfolio 100%


Please check the course LEARN page for further details and updates.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $4,705.00

* 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 Creative and Digital Arts .

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