MUSCOMP 1100 - Orchestration 1

Career:	Undergraduate
Units:	3
Term:	Semester 1
Campus:	North Terrace
Contact:	Up to 2 hours per week
Restriction:	Available to BMus students only
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange:	Yes
Available for Non-Award Study:	No
Assumed Knowledge:	Ability to read music notation
Incompatible:	MUSCOMP 2310
Assessment:	2 x In class tests 25% each, major project 50%.
Syllabus:	Orchestration 1 is designed primarily with the needs of composers in mind, and is a required course for students majoring in Musical Composition. The primary focus of this Level 1 course is on matters of Instrumentation, with the subtleties of orchestration, per se, being reserved for levels 2 and 3. The characteristics and capabilities of all the instruments from the European orchestral tradition will be examined, explained and demonstrated. Attention will be given to the ways of writing idiomatically for each instrument and instrumental family.

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Term	Last Day to Add Online	Census Date	Last Day to WNF	Last Day to WF
Semester 1	Mon 17/03/2025	Thu 27/03/2025	Fri 09/05/2025	Fri 13/06/2025

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