Composition Project - AHM3114

Assessment 1: Portfolio (including examples)

Portfolio

Assessment 2: Portfolio

A portfolio of reflective materials/written work based on 1.

Assessment 1: Project Work

A significant compositional/creative project selected from staff-led options. This project is equivalent to 40 hours of student effort (19 hours of student effort)) Guidance will be given on expected duration for each option offered.

Project Work

You will build on the experience you have gained previously in composition, production, and/or songwriting modules to produce a sophisticated piece (or small set of pieces) of music based on a set of staff-led options relevant to your compositional practice. Examples might include multichannel audio composition, instrumental composition, songwriting, music production, and audiovisual composition. Tutorial support for this creative work will be provided. You will be introduced to relevant techniques such as spatialisation, the use of complex orchestration/arrangements, advanced studio production, video, interactive or mixed media work. You will develop your ability to work with such techniques creatively.

School of Arts and Humanities

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Cox, Christoph, and Daniel Warner. Audio culture: readings in modern music, Continuum, New York; London, 2004.
Chion, Michel. Audio-vision: sound on screen, Columbia University Press, Chichester; New York, 1994.
Dancyger, Ken. The technique of film and video editing: history, theory, and practice, Focal, Amsterdam; London, 2011; 2010; 2014. doi:10.4324/9780240813967.
Emmerson, Simon. The Language of electroacoustic music, Macmillan, London, 1986.
Holman, Tomlinson. 5.1 surround sound: up and running, Focal Press, Oxford; Boston, 2000.
Miranda, Eduardo. Composing music with computers, Focal Press, Oxford; Boston, 2001.
Stone, Kurt. Music notation in the twentieth century: a practical guidebook, W.W. Norton &amp; Co, London, 1980.
Simos, Mark. Songwriting strategies: a 360ʻ approach, Berklee Press, Boston, MA, 2014.
Werner, Kenny. Effortless mastery: liberating the master musician within, Jamey Aebersold Jazz, New Albany, Ind, 1996.
Wishart, Trevor. On sonic art, Harwood Academic, Amsterdam; New York, 1996.
Van Bergen, Jim. The New Stereo Handbook, vol. 27, Entertainment Technology Communications Corporation, 1993.

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Music

AHM3114 - Composition Project

Composition Project

be able to demonstrate an ability to improve through critical reflection on their artistic practice within their chosen musical context.

understand the creative potential of working with advanced techniques in, for example spatialisation, video/mixed media/interactivity, complex musical structures and harmonic materials (as dictated by the chosen staff-led option).

have knowledge of a relevant context for their creative work.

be able to work with technical competence with musical materials and/or computer means in generating musical projects.

be able to plan and successfully bring to completion a creative project (PDP).

understand principles for developing a variety of extended compositional projects.

be able to make effective creative use of technical means employed, synthesizing musical ideas into a coherent and sustained musical vision.