Module Overview

Presentation/workshops will be scheduled at two-weekly intervals over two Semesters. These 2.5 hour sessions will be led by a different composer at each presentation. The presenters will be a mixture of composition post-graduate students (whose presentation will be prepared with support from their supervisor) and distinguished visiting composers. Each composer will present a wide selection of their compositions and discuss the influences on their individual compositional style. The composers will be selected to incorporate a very broad range of contemporary compositional styles including genres utilising computer-simulated composition and compositions that combine acoustic and electronic compositional techniques. After the composers who will be presenting the seminars has been decided the students will be provided with a bibliography designed to provide technical and aesthetic insight to the styles of the composers who will be presenting the seminars. The presentations will consist of a blend of formal lecture, live or recorded performance of the composer/lecturer’s music and interactive discussion.

Reflective Composition workshops will take place every second week in both Semester 1 and Semester 2 and will be 2.5 hours in length. Students will present their workshop in Semester 2.

The presentations will be given in workshop format with students having the opportunity to engage critically with the lecturers’ presentations and in some instances to be active as a performer in the workshops. As the maximum number of participants in the workshops will be 10 there is ample scope for each participant to contribute in a very active role and to benefit from peer review and assessment. This will enable the student to reflect critically on his/her own compositions in a wider perspective. Students will work closely with their composition supervisor in the preparation for their workshops.

Module Content & Assessment
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Other Assessment(s)	100