Unit name | Composition Portfolio |
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Unit code | MUSIM0011 |
Credit points | 60 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Professor. Pickard |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Music |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
The Composition Portfolio has a status equivalent to the Dissertation written by musicologists and scholars of most arts and humanities. The submission should therefore demonstrate a professional level of presentation, compositional accomplishment and imaginative aspiration. It typically comprises one large-scale work (such as a concerto of duration c. 15 minutes), or else a strongly argued chamber work (such as a string quartet perhaps) together with a short piece or pieces perhaps for voices or large ensemble totalling ca. 20-25 minutes. The norm is not a rule, however, and works for electronic or electro-acoustic media, non-standard ensembles, works with mixed media or film etc. are all permitted, while timing must be related to pace and density of musical thought. All submissions should be realistically performable and not merely conceptual.
Individual tutorial meetings during TB 2 (typically six meetings in total).
Portfolio (100%) comprising either a single large-scale work or a collection of shorter works
Successful attainment of outcome (4) will enable the student to demonstrate (1) - (3) and (5). A successful Project submission will also embody (6).
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.