| CODE | MSP1390 | ||||||
| TITLE | Arranging and Composing for Band 2 | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Music Studies | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit aims to give students a defined understanding of principles of compositional techniques and ideas through the study of band marches and concert pieces for band. Students will learn to compose and arrange marches and concert pieces for wind-bands. Study-unit Aims: 1) The ability to compose and score effectively a traditional band march; 2) The ability to compose extended concert pieces for wind band; 3) The ability to use contemporary styles in wind band composition. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: (1) compose traditional band marches in a variety of styles; (2) compose concert pieces for wind bands; (3) work with different compositional structures and forms. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1) employ clear and well-grounded techniques in composition projects; (2) demonstrate critical judgment when scoring for band; (3) experiment with different tone-colours pertaining to the various families within the wind band; (4) implement nuances of articulation in wind band compositions. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main text: - Adler, Samuel. 2016. The Study of Orchestration (4th Edition),(New York: W. W. Norton & Company). - Dallin, Leon Dallin. 1974. Techniques of Twentieth-Century Composition: A Guide to the Materials of Modern Music (Music Series) (3rd Edition), (Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers). Supplementary: - Whittall, Arnold. 2000. Musical Composition in the Twentieth Century (Oxford: Oxford University Press). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Alex Bezzina Philip Ciantar (Co-ord.) Christ Muscat |
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