| CODE | ACM5013 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Composition in the Music Classroom | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unity aims to promote creativity and develop listening, critical thinking, and cooperative learning. The course focuses on the understanding and comprehension of composition as a collaborative act. A creative process that is applicable in a music education setting and its challenges consequently acknowledge and differentiate between music in education and music education rationale (Grixti 2020). Therefore, identifying, providing, and enhancing applicable new knowledge, skills, and practices as required, including but not limited to an array of tools and techniques, The focus of written assignments will be to develop musical ideas and notation methods that are friendly to read, to rehearse in a reasonable time frame, and to successfully perform. That is from the drawing board to the audience. The computer will be used as a tool to explore these and other related practices, supported by a SMART approach. Study-Unit Aims: The primary reason for incorporating composition into the music curriculum is to foster a holistic and informed musical understanding and practice. Composing is a student-centred activity, hence aligning with the 21st century educational rationale of problem identification and problem solving. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Acquainted with the basic principles of composition, the context-based scenario, and the possible outcome 2. Adopt and adapt the logistical and circumstantial needs as required, and how well they are secured. 3. Comprehend the social correlations and implications of composition through a lateral approach, its variables, and successful criteria. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Realise critical listening against a particular background and style, and evaluating its outcome 2. Appreciate verbal and written communication modes, differentiating their use, and gauging their impact 3. Demonstrate critical thinking, as part of the process, related to a particular circumstance and its projected outcomes Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: 1. Burton, Suzanne L., and Suzanne L. (Suzanne Louise) Burton. Engaging Musical Practices鈥�: a Sourcebook for Middle School General Music. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2012. 2. Giddings, Steve. 鈥淚nherent Creativity and the Road to Happiness: Improvisation and Composition in the Music Classroom.(music Makers: Creativity Matters).鈥� Canadian music educator 55.2 (2013): 44鈥�46. Supplementary Readings: 1. Grymes, James A. 鈥淢aking Students Make Music: Integrating Composition and Improvisation into the Early Music Classroom.鈥� Journal of music history pedagogy 4.2 (2014): 231鈥�254 2. Heil, Leila. 鈥淪ynergy in the Composition Classroom: Powerful Learning through Technology and Instructional Design.鈥� Journal of music, technology and education 12.2 (2019): 165鈥�178. 3. Hogenes, Michel et al. 鈥淭he Effects of Music Composition as a Classroom Activity on Engagement in Music Education and Academic and Music Achievement: A Quasi-Experimental Study.鈥� International journal of music education 34.1 (2016): 32鈥�48. 4. Juntunen, Marja-Leena. 鈥淓mbodied Learning through and for Collaborative Multimodal Composing: A Case in a Finnish Lower Secondary Music Classroom.鈥� International journal of education and the arts 21.29 (2020): 1鈥�30 5. Minott, Mark A. 鈥淭eaching Tasks and the Composition of a 鈥楶iece鈥� Using Music Technology in the Classroom: Implications for the Education and Training of Teachers.鈥� Journal of music, technology and education 8.3 (2015): 261鈥�272. 6. Murillo, Adolf, Mar铆a Elena Ria帽o, and Jes煤s Tejada. 鈥淎glaya Play: Designing a Software Solution for Group Compositions in the Music Classroom.鈥� Journal of music, technology and education 13.2-3 (2020): 239鈥�261. Web. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Qualifications: B. Mus Degree | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Moira Azzopardi Barbieri (Co-ord.) Jesmond Grixti |
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