Course Details in 2023/24 Session

Module Title	LC Paper Composition
School	Lan, Cult, Art Hist & Music
Department	Music
Module Code	10 37496
Module Lead	Daria Kwiatkowska
Level	Certificate Level
Credits	10
Semester	Semester 2
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Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-9 hours Tutorial-3 hours Practical Classes and workshops-18 hours Guided independent study-70 hours Total: 100 hours
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Description	The module will be taught in a variety of ways: in addition to lectures, there will be demonstrations, workshops, tutorials, and guided listening. The aim is to stimulate learning of various composition techniques and explore creativity. Attendance at workshops and seminars run in conjunction with the Department's link with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and other professional ensembles is strongly encouraged as they form an integral and quality aspect of the course.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: • Develop an awareness of issues in 20th and 21st-century composition; • Develop sustained and concentrated thought in music and the skills required to articulate it; • Produce compositions for a variety of acoustic resources using a range of compositional techniques;
Assessment	37496-01 : Portfolio : Log Book/ Portfolio (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	100% portfolio, of a combined duration 8-10 minutes, covering techniques of rhythm, melody and sonority in twentieth- and twenty-first-century compositional idioms for a variety of performance forces.
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