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Developing students’ abilities to express their own creative compositional ideas in the most effective manner.
This course encourages students to discover their uniqueness as composers and to move towards expressing fully their own ideas through the development of their individual styles.
To be able to compose music to a high standard.
MUSI172 and MUSI227 with a B- grade or higher
Workshop Mondays 1-2 pm. Individual tutorials for each student at a time suitable for teacher and student.
Christopher Cree Brown
Assessment will be based upon a folio of compositions completed during the year, attendance and participation in tutorials and composition workshops.The folio should consist of at least three substantial, original and completed works. Scores should be properly bound and presented in permanent form. Correctly documented audio-recordings, photographs and/or videotape of the principal works should be included. Additional notes or short commentaries may be included.Students are expected to participate in all composition workshops (Monday 1-3 pm), and to have at least one substantial work performed there.Students are also expected to have at least one public performance of a current work this year.Mid-year reportA written report, together with a non-continuing grade, will be given to each student in the middle of the year. This will give an indication of the student's individual progress to date but is not counted as part of the final assessment.Students should make every effort to attend relevant or recommended lunchtime recitals and lectures by visiting composers if they occur outside the composition workshop times.
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Grade Descriptors Factors taken into account: i) Setting and achievement of objectivesii) Quality and originality of ideasiil) Levels of competence and achievement in all areas (such as instrumentation, rhythmic invention, musical language for composition, knowledge and use of computer software for Sonic Art)iv) Development of work practicev) Commitment to work and rate of workvi) Current issues, theory and practices as evident in the work (listening to, and reading about new music)vii) Levels of innovationviii) Levels of initiativeix) Critical skills as evident in the development of the workx) Meeting course requirements
Domestic fee $2,767.00
International fee $12,800.00
* 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.
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