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Undergraduate Course: Portfolio of Orchestrations (MUSI10030)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryStudents undertake a supervised programme of orchestrations, building on the technical experience learned in the Orchestration course. They will be encouraged to range widely in terms of style of music orchestrated and forces used.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Orchestration 3 (MUSI10004)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
- Students will have had experience of using a variety of orchestral techniques at an advanced level.
- They will have examined the orchestral works of major 19th and 20th century composers and learned to use these as models.
- They will also have moved beyond these models to use orchestration creatively.
Reading List
Black, D. & Tom Gerou. Essential Dictionary of Orchestration. Los Angeles: Alfred Publishing, 1998.
Del Mar, N. Anatomy of the Orchestra. London: Faber, 1981.
Lawson, C. (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003
Mathews, Paul (ed.). 2006. Orchestration: an anthology of writings. London; New York: Routledge.
Rimsky-Korsakov, N., M. Steinberg (ed.), trans. E. Agate. The Principles of Orchestration. Toronto: Dover Publications, 1964.
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.music.ed.ac.uk
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Semester 1: 2-hour seminars in weeks 1, 5, 9 and 30-minute Tutorials in weeks 3, 7, 11.

Semester 2: 30-minute tutorials in weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserProf Peter Nelson
Tel: (0131 6)50 2428
Email: P.Nelson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Carrie Lyall
Tel: (0131 6)50 2422
Email: Carrie.Lyall@ed.ac.uk
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