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CMPN3620: Advanced Instrumentation/Orchestration
2024 unit information
The study of advanced orchestration and instrumentation techniques of the 20th and 21stcenturies and application of these to orchestration Task and a major orchestration assignment.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Composition and Music Technology |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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CMPN1611 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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Students should be competent in score writing and fundamental knowledge of instruments and orchestration while also having composition experience |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate high level technical skills in orchestration and instrumentation, and a broad knowledge of compositional techniques and their musical application.
- LO2. develop professional skills in producing scores for orchestral and large ensemble contexts, using notation and audio software.
- LO3. critically engage with the historical literature and apply concepts and techniques to contemporary writing. Understand and apply the techniques of multiple historical musical styles and genres to their own creative output.
- LO4. analyse and evaluate the literature and situate their own creative work within an historical context.
- LO5. develop fluency and competence in writing for a wide variety of instruments, including non-Western instruments.
- LO6. articulate, evaluate and critically analyse their approach to the techniques and methods of orchestration, presented through an exegesis.
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