
MUSIC115-21B (HAM)
Composition 1
15 Points
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Convenor(s)
Michael Williams
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IJ.2.02
michael.williams@waikato.ac.nz
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Paper Description
This course is designed to develop your technical skills in composition and extend your artistic sense of creating, manipulating and analysing music.
The development of creative and technical musical skills based on historical as well as contemporary art music and popular idioms: melody writing; thematic development; harmonic understanding; contemporary musical languages.
It is understood that students come from a variety of musical backgrounds and this paper aims to cater for those with notation/ conventional traditions and those who are are from more familiar with aural and digital technology traditions. However, it is important that those with non notation backgrounds aim to add this to their skill set and those who work only in notation based environments aim to add composition through digital technology to their skill set.
Students will be expected to contribute to improvisation sessions on a variety of instruments, both acoustic and electronic.
Paper Structure
All materials for this paper will be available online. There will also be two X one hour tutorial/ workshop sessions each week
There are four modules in this paper which are:
1. Creating Music
2. Experimental music
3. Music videos
4. Technology for composers and performers
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:
Assessment
Assessment Components
The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0. There is no final exam.
Required and Recommended Readings
Required Readings
E Home Recording Studio:
https://ehomerecordingstudio.com/home-recording-studio-essentials/
Other notes will be made available on Moodle
Required Software
Pro-Tools. You can download Pro-Tools First which is free through the Avid website at this address: https://www.avid.com/pro-tools-first
You can also buy a subscription for Pro-Tools full version for around $10/ month at this address: https://www.avid.com/audio-recording-software
Da Vinci Resolve. This is a free video editing software program and can be downloaded from this address: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/nz/products/davinciresolve/ (scroll all the way to the bottom of the page to find the free download)
Recommended Readings
Cope, David. Techniques of the Contemporary Composer. New York: Schirmer Books, 1997.
Kennan, Kent. Counterpoint. 4th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1999.Adler, Samuel. The Study of Orchestration. 2nd ed. New York: W.W. Norton of Co, 1982.
Salzer, Felix and Schachter, Carl. Counterpoint in Composition. ed. Morningside. New York: Columbia University Press, 1969.
Vella, Richard. Musical Environments. NSW: Currency Press, 2000.
Straus, Joseph N. Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory. 3rd ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1990.
Manzo, V.J.MAX/MSP/JITTER for Music. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Manzo, V.J & Kuhn. Interactive Composition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015
Other Resources
www.oxfordmusiconline.com
www.naxosmusiclibrary.com
Online Support
Students are able to communicate with the lecturer via Moodle or email directly.
Resources, assignment and test results will be posted on Moodle.
Workload
Linkages to Other Papers
Restriction(s)
Restricted papers: MUSI115