| ONLINE TEACHING RESOURCES | MUSIC TECHNOLOGY 2: COMPOSING WITH COMPUTERS |
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| Matthew Sansom |
| 10 credits | mon 2pm-3pm | TB11 |
| notes: |
| - watch this space for course information |
| - DATES: CW1 Week 5, Mon 12noon (March 8); CW2 Week 11, Mon 12noon (May 17) |
| lectures: |
| - the lectures discuss theory, aesthetics, repertoire, technique and artists of contemporary electronic music: |
| module ethos: |
| - the guiding principle is that computers are a kind of compositional tool. although though they may bring some special characteristics and possibilities to composition, they are in essence just another tool for helping us make and perform music. |
| - the module aims to develop your compositional practice in relation to a) compositional practice in a general sense, and b) those characteristics and possibilities that computers bring to compositional practice. |
| - it seeks to provide a rich resource and environment to facilitate and stimulate creative practice. you will listen to repertoire, read about the ideas behind the music, and make connections between the ideas and music to help direct and inspire your own ideas and music making. |
| - beyond the required amount of work for successful completion of the module there are further layers of study and engagement that can easily be followed. |
| assessment: |
| - CW1: one composition and 200 word commentary |
| - CW2: three compositions and 1000 word commentary (note that CW1 may be re-submitted as part of CW2) |
| - your work must relate to the content of the lectures. this should include compositional approaches (e.g. ambient; plunderphonics; glitch; soundscape; generative; live electronics) and the kind of material you work with (e.g. ambient; noise; glitch; soundscape; live electronics). commentaries should relate compositions to the reading and ideas discussed in the lectures. the three pieces do not have to be different approaches/materials. |
| listening |