Composition 2

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Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
204MDCO2	Z	2	2T	English	summer

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Learning outcomes of the course unit

Course graduate:

fully one autonomous musical composition; we will focus on their dramaturgical structure;
enhance the ability to listen to various sound, and therefore not only musical, works;
they will deepen their knowledge of the history of various musical and sound forms; forms of recording, compositional solutions;
will deepen the ability to understand the powerful potential of the audio sphere.

Mode of study

Seminar.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

None.

Course contents

In this course we focus on working with dramaturgy within composition, but also recording or creating recordings of music, sound, noise and various vocal expressions. It is a setting in which we explore the limits of performativity in sound, a dramaturgy based on the encounter of different sound objects. We will focus on the development of sound and music compositions, building their distinctive dramaturgy, finding adequate ways to technological, thematic and media solutions, revealing the different qualities of analogue and digital environments, deciding the creation of fully autonomous and original works or the creative appropriation of recordings and sounds of other authors, with decisions for the justification of sampling, ethics and context of the elements cited. All projects are discussed collectively and are subject to the dramaturgical and compositional suggestions of all participants. The course also focuses on music history, particularly 20th and 21st century music, radio art, and other hybrid, multimedia forms in which the performative aspect of sound objects is present.

In the second semester there is the possibility of a more extensive performative gesture, in which, however, the musical aspect is the dominant element. This leads to decisions in the use of the specific acoustics of the space, the physical and vocal expressions of the performers, instruments and sounding objects.

Assessment methods and criteria

Completion of attendance and elaboration of the assigned task.

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