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Instrumentation and Orchestration

CMPN1611

Instrumentation and Orchestration will enhance students' knowledge of the key instruments of the modern orchestra. The study of instrumentation will develop in-depth understandings of the technical limitations and creative potential of the main instrumental families. The study of orchestration will examine instrumental combinations with reference to the use of colour to foreground and background musical lines. Additional content will include some study of acoustics and the perception of timbre, arranging and transcribing as well as notational standards and conventions. Works examined in class will span the entire 20th century. Students will be expected to undertake weekly readings and/or listenings and conduct independent research.

Unit of study details

Unit of study level: Intermediate

Credit points: 6

Commencing semesters: 1

Further unit of study information

Unit of study handbook: CMPN1611

Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships

Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates

Available for study abroad and exchange: No

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