School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Jazz Composition 4
  • Unit Code

    MUS4313
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    5
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Thomas Joseph O'HALLORAN

Description

This unit aims to encourage original compositions at a professional standard, with a clear link to artistic direction and original ideas. The unit looks at examples from contemporary jazz artists, but also considers approaches from other genres such as 20th Century European Art Music, the Electroacoustic genre and Popular styles that exhibit innovative and new approaches to composition. Students produce creative work through completing pieces, various exercises and work-shopping of their latest ideas. The unit also aims to support the compositional aspect of the end of year recital.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Compose jazz pieces at a professional standard showing a clear link to artistic direction and original ideas.
  2. Display awareness of varied genres such as 20th Century Art Music and Popular styles, and their compositional approaches.
  3. Discuss the role of indeterminacy within composition.
  4. Understand the role of technology in music composition and discuss its relationship to jazz.

Unit Content

  1. 20th Century Compositional Techniques and the International Avant-Garde
  2. Jazz composition and the wider arts landscape.
  3. Advanced melodic concepts.
  4. Non-linear/Flexible form and Indeterminacy
  5. Technology in Jazz Composition
  6. Extended Modal Concepts

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseAdvanced melodic composition.40%
Creative WorkFlexible form/indeterminacy composition. 30%
PresentationTechnology Investigation and Performance. 30%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Jazz Composition 4
  • Unit Code

    MUS4313
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    5
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Thomas Joseph O'HALLORAN

Description

This unit aims to encourage original compositions at a professional standard, with a clear link to artistic direction and original ideas. The unit looks at examples from contemporary jazz artists, but also considers approaches from other genres such as 20th Century European Art Music, the Electroacoustic genre and Popular styles that exhibit innovative and new approaches to composition. Students produce creative work through completing pieces, various exercises and work-shopping of their latest ideas. The unit also aims to support the compositional aspect of the end of year recital.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Compose jazz pieces at a professional standard showing a clear link to artistic direction and original ideas.
  2. Display awareness of varied genres such as 20th Century Art Music and Popular styles, and their compositional approaches.
  3. Discuss the role of indeterminacy within composition.
  4. Understand the role of technology in music composition and discuss its relationship to jazz.

Unit Content

  1. 20th Century Compositional Techniques and the International Avant-Garde
  2. Jazz composition and the wider arts landscape.
  3. Advanced melodic concepts.
  4. Non-linear/Flexible form and Indeterminacy
  5. Technology in Jazz Composition
  6. Extended Modal Concepts

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseAdvanced melodic composition.40%
Creative WorkFlexible form/indeterminacy composition. 30%
PresentationTechnology Investigation and Performance. 30%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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