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This course will enable students to develop greater confidence and further skills in writing an extended composition folio and in creating original performances.

15 x 1hr lectures; 5 x 2hr lectures (eg instrumental demos, extended lectures)

10 x 1hr seminars;

5 hours attendance at prescribed ensemble workshops

Available to all students fulfilling requirements for Honours entry into Music, and by arrangement to visiting students or students of other Honours programmes who qualify under the University's 25% regulation. Grade D3 or above in either MUSIC2005 or MUSIC4011

MUSIC4069 Composition Higher

None

Composition for prescribed ensemble (6-8 minutes) - 30%

Assignment 2 (15-20 minutes) - 70%

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. Where, exceptionally, reassessment on Honours courses is required to satisfy professional/accreditation requirements, only the overall course grade achieved at the first attempt will contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

This course aims to:

■ promote a critical understanding of a range of techniques and perspectives in free composition;

■ enable students to apply their critical understanding in the practice of free composition.

■ enable students to apply aesthetic awareness and critical listening skills in the pursuit of notated compositions;

■ continue the development of students' abilities to utilise a range of practical tools in creating an extended composition project

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ apply a broad range of technical means and formal strategies, developed through the course sessions, to create extended compositions

■ create clear stylistic identity in a composition folio through the application of aesthetic judgement and critical listening

■ engage with key areas of concern such as harmony, melodic structure, form, texture, timbre, and notation in the creation of compositions

■ collaborate effectively with others

■ write music that exploits the capabilities of the chosen media

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.