Undergraduate Course: Composition 2 (MUSI08030)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Continuing the creative studies undertaken by students in Composition 1, this course involves both individual and group work, directed by staff within a project and tutorials. |
| Course description |
Through lectures, set works, demonstrations, tutorials, individual and group work, this course helps students to develop as composers.
Students are able to create music across all genres, whilst encouraged to be innovative and original within the context of the genre in which they work.
The course encourages students to find new ways to create, structure and orchestrate their music, and to express themselves musically and engagingly.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed
Composition 1 (MUSI08067)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least one semester in Music Theory and one semester in Composition. We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- conceive musical ideas, and to manipulate them in an inventive and individual way
- develop musical materials into well-formed and coherent musical structures
- effectively orchestrate musical ideas, utilising appropriate forces
- present musical ideas coherently and clearly
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/ |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Introductory Seminar in Week 1.
Tutorials in Weeks 3,5,7,9,11.
Lectures:
Week 1- Composing for solo instrument
Week 2- Composing for percussion ensemble
Week 4- Composing for mixed ensemble
Week 8- Composing for open score
Week 10- Score Surgery
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| Keywords | Music Composition |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Gareth Williams
Tel: (0131 6)50 2429
Email: gareth.williams@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Laura Varga
Tel: (0131 6)50 2430
Email: laura.varga@ed.ac.uk |
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