Acousmatic composition (8 minutes duration) plus 2500 word report, assessing learning outcome 1 and 2 (100%)

An introduction to acousmatic, sound art, and electroacoustic music composition and analysis including creative forms of transforming, processing and treating sounds in order to extract and arrange music from it.
There will be numerous opportunities to explore specialist music software to support the learning process.
Development of skills in the use of the creative us of audio processing in order to demonstrate your musical knowledge, originality and creativity.
Development of writing skills and ability to resynthesize ideas through analysis and reflection

Lectures and interactive laboratory/demonstration sessions
3 hours per week

Music Technology laboratories and studios as well as suitable Digital Audio Workstations and associated music composition software.

Cox, C. Warner, D. (2004) Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. Continuum Books.
Emmerson, S. (1986) The Language Of Electroacoustic Music. Macmillan Press.
Emmerson, S. (2000) Music, Electronic Media and Culture. Ashgate.
Emmerson, S. (2007) Living Electronic Music. Ashgate, Aldershot.
Nattiez, J. (1990) Music and Discourse – Towards And Semiology Of Music. Princeton University Press.
Small, C. (1998) Musicking, The Meanings Of Performance And Listening. Wesleyan University Press.
Smalley, D., (1997). Spectromorphology: ExplainingSound-Shapes. Organised Sound, 2(02), pp.107-126.
Wishart, T. (1996) On Sonic Art. Harwood Academic Publishers.

1. DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC COMPOSITIONAL STYLES AND TECHNIQUES.
[Knowledge and Understanding; Learning]

2. EVALUATE MUSIC COMPOSITION TECHNIQUES UNDERTAKEN IN THE ASSIGNMENT.
[Analysis]