Students should be able to:
• demonstrate, through short studies, an understanding of a defined set of compositional techniques
• assess, through critical discussion, the attributes and qualities of a given compositional effort
• synthesise, through the process of study and reflection, a diverse set of technical and critical tools
• demonstrate, in a self-directed free composition with accompanying report, the ability to make a personal creative statement

Week 1: working with pitch 1 – diatonic / non-diatonic modes, pitch sets, monophony
Week 2: working with pitch 2 – juxtaposition, superimposition, canon
Week 3: working with pitch 3 – triadic post-tonality, quartal harmony, non-functional chord progressions
Week 4: working with rhythm 1 – repetition, construction, reduction
Week 5: working with rhythm 2 – asynchronous loops, polymetre, polyrhythm
Week 6: working with rhythm 3 – addition, subtraction, intervention
Week 7: creative workflows 1 – finding material
Week 8: reading week (for completion of assessment 1: portfolio)
Week 9: creative workflows 2 – shaping form
Week 10: creative workflows 3 – polishing
Week 11: work-in-progress workshops and “class crits” (assessment 2: original composition)
Week 12: work-in-progress workshops and “class crits” (assessment 2: original composition)

Not applicable to this module.

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

Not yet recorded.