Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
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| Coomera | Term2 | N/A |
| Lismore | Term2 | Term2 |
Unit description
Develops advanced level musicianship skills and knowledge specifically in relation to theory, aural, keyboard and digital musicianship skills. Students learn and apply harmonic, rhythmic and melodic concepts to create music compositions and arrangements, and produce these creative works using notation and/or digital audio workstation software.
Unit content
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Arranging for small choral ensembles
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Arranging for large choral ensembles
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Advanced music theory: rhythm, harmony and advanced chord/scale relationships. Solo construction
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Orchestration – Small Ensembles
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Orchestration – Large Ensembles
- Orchestration – Large orchestral ensembles. Adapting piano scores.
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
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| 1 | demonstrate composition and arranging techniques appropriate to selected genres, instruments and repertoire |
| 2 | apply advanced level aural skills in rhythmic, melodic and harmonic perception to the understanding, interpretation and performance of music repertoire and practice |
| 3 | demonstrate the application of advanced music theory to the composition and arranging of repertoire. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate composition and arranging techniques appropriate to selected genres, instruments and repertoire
- apply advanced level aural skills in rhythmic, melodic and harmonic perception to the understanding, interpretation and performance of music repertoire and practice
- demonstrate the application of advanced music theory to the composition and arranging of repertoire.
Prescribed Learning Resources
- No prescribed texts.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Fee paying courses
For postgraduate or undergraduate full fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees
International
Please check the international course and fee list to determine the relevant fees.