At the end of this course, the students; 1) Composing an orchestral music featuring a distinct personal style and creation which is no less than 15 minutes with or without multiple movements. 2) Has information about today's music movements and composition techniques.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION
Teaching theoretical and practical approaches to composing.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Orchestral sound and forces, repertoire analysis dating as early as 19th century
2nd Week
Orchestral colour and form, repertoire analyses
3rd Week
Timber, instrument colours and form, repertoire analyses
4th Week
Texture, timber and colour
5th Week
First assesment of the final poject
6th Week
Timber and sound composition, repertoire examples
7th Week
Human voice, phonetics, modern techniques, repertoire examples
8th Week
Second assesment
9th Week
Electronic possiblities ve and instruments, live electro accoustics.
10th Week
Repertoire analyses
11th Week
Repertoire analyses
12th Week
Final project file preparation
13th Week
Final project file preparation
14th Week
Presentation and defence of the final project before a jury
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Modern Music and After, Griffiths, Paul, 2011/3rd, Oxford University Press Genesis of a music; an account of a creative work, its roots and its fulfillments, Partch, Harry, 1974, Da Capo Press Music notation : a manual of modern practice, Read, Gardner, 1979, Taplinger Pub. Co. Recommended - Reading: 20th-century microtonal notation, Read, Gardner, 1990, Greenwood Press Music notation in the twentieth century : a practical guidebook, Stone, Kurt, 1980, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. The contemporary violin : extended performance techniques, Strange, Patricia, 2001, University of California Press Turk Musikisinin Mes'eleleri, Tura, Yalcin, 1988, Pan
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Practice,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Assignment
7
10
Project
3
30
Other
2
10
Total(%)
50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
50
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
2
2
4
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
14
4
56
Preparation for Final exam
1
15
15
Course hours
14
2
28
Preparation for Midterm exam
1
10
10
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
2
2
Homework
10
1
10
Meeting with advisor
1
1
1
Total Workload
126
Total Workload / 30
4,2
ECTS Credits of the Course
10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)