MUSI224-12W (C) Whole Year 2012

Orchestration 1

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2012
End Date: Sunday, 11 November 2012
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 4 March 2012
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 2 September 2012

Description

Developing an understanding of the acoustical principles underlying the production of sound, and to develop both an intuitive feel for sonorities and the techniques for orchestration through the study of the instruments of the orchestra and practical exercises in instrumentation.

This course aims to develop an ability to orchestrate effectively.

Prerequisites

MUSI105 or MUSI172

Course Coordinator

Christopher Cree Brown

Lecturer

Iain Brandram-Adams

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 1 27 Apr 2012 20%
Assignment 2 01 Jun 2012 20%
Assignment 3 14 Sep 2012 20%
End of course examination 40%


The assignments are designed to test your ability to apply and present the orchestrational skills that have been developed in class.  They are progressive in terms of the scope of the instrumentation required and in the orchestrational skills needed to successfully complete them.

The final examination will be 2 hours in length during which students will be given the task of orchestrating a short excerpt from a simple piano piece for partial or full orchestra.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Backus; The Acoustical Foundations of Music Sound and Hearing ; Life Science Library.

Kennan, Kent Wheeler , Grantham, Donald; The technique of orchestration ; 4th ed.; Prentice Hall, 1990.

Course links

Library portal

Additional Course Outline Information

Assessment and grading system

The following shows how to translate grades to numerical scores:

A+  90–100;    A   85–89;    A-  80–84;    B+   75–79;    B 70–74;    B-   65–69;     C+  60–64;     C  55–59;     C- 50–54;     D  40–49;   E  0–39
In a course at 100- or 200-level examiners may grant restricted credit (R) which will be equivalent to a pass for all purposes except as a prerequisite.

Late submission of work

All items of assessment must be submitted by the due date and time. In the case of illness or critical circumstance which might make it impossible for an item to be submitted in time, contact must be made with the Course Coordinator before the due date and application made for an extension of time. The application must explain the circumstances of the delay, and any extension will be at the discretion of the Course Coordinator.

Where to submit and collect work

All essay and assignment material must be firmly secured (stapled, or bound in a folder), and contain on the front page or cover the following information: Student name, Course number, Lecturer. Unless the class is instructed to the contrary, the assignment should be posted in the appropriate box at the School of Music counter by the due date.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $692.00

International fee $3,200.00

* 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 .

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