Module Details

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Title Orchestration for Screen
Code MUSI561
Coordinator Dr AJ Simmons
Music
Andrew.Simmons2@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2022-23 Level 7 FHEQ First Semester 15

Aims

• To develop the techniques and strategies required to orchestrate screen music idiomatically
• To examine and analyse orchestration techniques in pre-existing scores
• To introduce appropriate musical notation software and styles


Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Demonstrate clarity and competency in notating original orchestrations.

(LO2) Demonstrate critical skills in analysing orchestration strategies found in existing screen music.

(LO3) Engage with the creative aspects of orchestrating music by strategically manipulating and transforming melodic, harmonic, and textural materials.

(LO4) Demonstrate mastery of idiomatic writing for instruments individually and in combination.

(S1) Analytical skills.

(S2) Creativity.

(S3) Music notation skills.

(S4) Stylistic awareness.


Syllabus

 

Topics covered in this module may include:
• Writing for orchestra
• Hybrid / pastiche scoring methods
• Writing for synthesisers
• Score analysis
• Notating with Sibelius (music notation software)

Resources will be made available to students through Canvas, UoL’s Learning Management System. Students will be expected to source supplementary resources to develop their skills outside of contact hours. Students will be expected to produce practical work outside of the scheduled teaching hours.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Lectures will be held in the computer labs. Concepts and orchestration strategies will be introduced with time allocated for hands-on practice. Workshops will be supervised practice time in the computer labs where staff help, and feedback will be available for the weekly exercises. There will also be time devoted to class presentation, discussion, and peer feedback of student work in progress. Note: this is a four-week long module and contact hours reflect this format. The majority of teaching will be delivered face-to-face on campus. Online delivery will be used to complement the on-campus delivery and where technology affords a better learning experience.


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 8

        4

12
Timetable (if known) 120 mins X 1 totaling 8
 
        60 mins X 1 totaling 4
 
 
Private Study 138
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Orchestration There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission.    100       
Project proposal. Meeting to discuss Orchestration project.         

Recommended Texts

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