Stylistic Composition - AFM1213

Assessment 2: Oral presentation/assessment

Student presentations in term 2 on relevant existing pieces to demonstrate their knowledge of a specified style.

Oral presentation/assessment

Assessment 1: Other

A series of in-class exercises designed around each of the four summative briefs.

Other

Assessment 2: Project Work

Compose a Romantic Song (Voice and Piano). Use composition techniques covered in class. It is up to you to create appropriate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic material.

Project Work

Assessment 1: Project Work

Compose the First Subject of a Piano Sonata classical or related style. Use composition techniques covered in class. It is up to you to create appropriate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic material. Up to 16 bars.
 

Assessment 3: Project Work

Compose a piece for small chamber ensemble. Use composition, form and orchestration techniques covered in class. It is up to you to create appropriate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic material. The size of the ensemble will be discussed in class.

<p>This module will introduce you to a variety of stylistic approaches to composition applicable to the versatile composer. It will draw on a broad range of compositional techniques from a historically informed perspective and culminate with an exploration of 20th and 21st Century classical genres and a variety of popular idioms.</p>

School of Arts and Humanities

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Music

AFM1213 - Stylistic Composition

Stylistic Composition

have developed a familiarity of various stylistic idioms and associated musical characteristics.

be able to communicate ideas effectively through the appropriate use of musical notation.

be able to employ instruments in a stylistically consistent manner.

be able to emulate specific musical styles in composition.

have developed an understanding of how the use of instruments contributes to style.

have developed an awareness of the compositional methods involved in particular historical and current musical styles.