MUSA223-14S1 (C) Semester One 2014

Orchestration, Arranging and Remixing 1

This occurrence is not offered in 2014

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 24 February 2014
End Date: Sunday, 29 June 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 9 March 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 May 2014

Description

This course will assist students to develop skills in instrumentation and scoring for combinations of instruments, as well as expanding piano scores for small ensembles. It will also assist students to acquire skills in using virtual instruments, scoring for film, using a computer to arrange and remix existing work and Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs).

Students will attend lectures and tutorials/laboratories.

Learning Outcomes

Students who pass this course will have developed:
*  knowledge of instruments, their ranges and capabilities;
*  skills in orchestrating from piano score to small ensembles and combos;
*  skills in using virtual instruments;
*  rudimentary skills in film scoring;
*  skills in remixing, managing timbre and texture;
*  skills in transcribing and arranging musical material for small orchestras and various popular genres;
*  skills in using a computer to remix or arrange existing work;
*  skills in some uses of DAWs including software instruments and sample libraries.

Prerequisites

MUSA125 and either MUSA120 or MUSA121

Restrictions

Course Coordinator

For further information see Humanities Head of Department

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $748.00

International fee $3,388.00

* 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 .

All MUSA223 Occurrences

  • MUSA223-14S1 (C) Semester One 2014 - Not Offered