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MU5012: ORCHESTRATION (2017-2018)

Last modified: 27 Feb 2018 18:26


Course Overview

This course will focus on the study of orchestration and instrumentation - the realisation of compositional ideas through an aural canvas of instruments, orchestras, bands and or voices of varying sizes and make-ups.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session First Sub Session Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Old Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Professor Paul Mealor

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble, such as a concert band, etc) or of adapting music composed for another medium for an orchestra. This orchestration course teaches the candidate to orchestrate for ensemble forces of all sizes typically found in the classical and contemporary repertoires, from string or woodwind quartet to symphony orchestra. It also makes candidates aware of the different orchestration aesthetics developed by composers from the baroque to the contemporary era. Importantly, the course also introduces the candidate to current applications for orchestration, including in popular music genres and film music scoring.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

A portfolio of three contrasting orchestrations (100%).

Resit: students resubmit any orchestration(s) that may have failed. (100%)

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

Oral feedback on work in orchestration lectures and tutorials. Written feedback on portfolio. Constant feedback on listening on a weekly basis. Students can obtain face to face feedback on orchestrations from course-coordinator during Office Hours.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.

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