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MUSCOMP 1100 - Orchestration 1

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 4010
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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3
 0.125
          
  


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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
4010 Mon 16/03/2020 Thu 26/03/2020 Fri 12/06/2020 Not Available


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
14182 LE01 30 17 3 Mar - 7 Apr Tuesday 11am - 12pm Hartley, 108a, Teaching Room
28 Apr - 2 Jun Tuesday 11am - 12pm Hartley, 108a, Teaching Room
Related Class: Workshop
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
14183 WR01 30 17 5 Mar - 9 Apr Thursday 11am - 1pm Elder Hall, LG13, Bishop Hall
30 Apr - 4 Jun Thursday 11am - 1pm Elder Hall, LG13, Bishop Hall