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MUSC 453 Advanced Composition Intensive Units: 6.00
For advanced student composers. Continued guidance in the development of the student as a composer (acoustic or electroacoustic).
NOTE Students must submit a portfolio of compositions to the Dan School Office by the last day of classes in the Winter Term. Admission is determined through evaluation of portfolios by a Faculty jury. Submission of a portfolio does not guarantee admission.
NOTE Students must submit a portfolio of compositions to the Dan School Office by the last day of classes in the Winter Term. Admission is determined through evaluation of portfolios by a Faculty jury. Submission of a portfolio does not guarantee admission.
Learning Hours: 240 (72 Laboratory, 168 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (MUSC 351/3.0 or MUSC 353/6.0) and permission of the School.
Exclusion MUSC 451/3.0; MUSC 452/3.0*.
Course Equivalencies: MUSC 453, MUSC 453B
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate a sophisticated level originality and craft through the creation of original compositions primarily for instruments and/or voices or computer software by exploring a variety of techniques, genres and formats.
- Develop a high level of knowledge of styles and trends in composition through the analysis and study of compositions related to a project that the student is working on.
- Demonstrate advanced understanding of musical notation, mixing, and/or editing using computer software and how to prepare polished scores and parts or recordings of their compositions.
- Develop the time management and networking skills involved in conceiving, composing, securing performers, rehearsing and presenting a new musical composition.