This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
This module will explore sound-based music composition and analysis, including the work of significant electroacoustic composers and will be taught through a series of interactive seminars. Students will study both the aesthetics and technology of sound-based music, and they will be led to produce creative pieces of work that explore the rich potential offered by sound processing and arranging techniques.
This module will be taught by means of a 2-hour workshop for ten weeks:
Total Contact Hours: 20
Independent Study Hours: 130
Total Study Hours: 150
Students will be offered individual feedback on work in progress during the course of the module.
Limited to 30 places between MUSC5026 & MUSC6026
Portfolio containing Audio Exercises and a 2 ½ -min Miniature Stereo Composition with 600 words written report, 100%
The audio exercises will consist of a series of short practical assignments based around the musical/audio principles taught in the module.
Emmerson, S. (1986). The Language of Electroacoustic Music. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Landy, L. (2007). Understanding the Art of Sound Organisation. MASS.: MIT Press.
Smalley, D. (1997). 'Spectromorphology: explaining sound-shapes'. Organised Sound, Vol. 2, pp. 107-126.
Wishart, T. (1996). On Sonic Art. Reading: Harwood Academic Publishers.
See the library reading list for this module (Medway)
The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module Level 6 students will also be able to:
4) Recognise, evaluate and demonstrate a critical awareness of significant developments within the field of electronic, electroacoustic, and computer-based composition.
5) Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the contribution older technologies have made in the development of electronic music and the historical context in which these developments have taken place.
6) Produce advanced creative work that uses the latest sound processing technologies.
The intended generic learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module Level 6 students will be able to:
4) Generate, analyse, present, interpret and synthesise appropriate data.
5) Demonstrate advanced problem solving skills, decoding information from a variety of sources.
6) Demonstrate independent learning, managing resources and time effectively and prioritising tasks.
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