ATS3819 · Orchestration and arranging

Overview

In this unit you will examine issues associated with the arrangement, score preparation and orchestration of works from a range of musical traditions. You will learn to orchestrate excerpts from select works and investigate idiomatic considerations. In-class performance workshops provide you with practical experience and feedback.

Areas of study: Composition and music technology Music performance

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. critically evaluate and discuss various orchestration and arranging techniques from written scores and audio examples;
2. critically analyse and explain various orchestration and arranging techniques and methodologies as informed by historical practices;
3. apply orchestration and arranging concepts to the formulation and development of your own musical works/arrangements.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.