| CODE | MSP2312 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Orchestration Techniques 2 | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Music Studies | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This unit will build further on the fundamentals of an accomplished practice in orchestration. It will explore the creative potential of present-day orchestral and popular instruments and the specific notational requirements of contemporary composition. The unit will focus on writing for woodwinds, brass, strings, percussion and popular instruments, culminating in a final assignment for orchestra. Study-unit Aims: • To enable students to score in an appropriate manner for an orchestra, writing idiomatically for the instruments used; • To enable students to score imaginatively for an orchestra, whilst keeping; within the technical restraints of each instrument; • To enable students to present a score correctly and legibly, using appropriate indications such as string bowing; • To enable students to develop imagination and artistic creativity in the handling of orchestral instruments. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1) score in an appropriate manner for orchestra, writing idiomatically for the instruments employed; 2) possess knowledge of how to write out a full score correctly and legibly, using all the normal conventions of score writing; 3) score imaginatively for orchestra whilst keeping within the technical restraints of each instrument; 4) discuss matters relating to orchestration techniques, instrumental timbre and instrumental characteristics. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1) demonstrate competency in orchestration assignments; 2) engage with aesthetic aspects of orchestration technique; 3) expand familiarity and understanding of good orchestration skills while putting them in practice; 4) develop self-critical skills to solve potential problems encountered while orchestrating. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Adler. W. 2006. The Study of Orchestration (4th ed.) (New York: W.W. Norton & Company). - Miller R.J. 2015. Contemporary Orchestration (London: Routledge). |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-Requisite qualifications: A Level Music or Grade 7/8 Theory | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Seminar | ||||||||||||
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