MUSCOMP 3100 - Orchestration 3

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2021

Orchestration 3 is a second semester course building on the skills and knowledge about Instrumentation developed in Orchestration 2. The course addresses the knowledge and skills required to arrange for larger orchestral forces. The course will be delivered in weekly two-hour sessions in which the first hour will consist of lecture-style presentation of works from the orchestral repertory (via scores are recordings) followed by a second hour of tutorial format in which students will complete exercises in orchestration. These exercises will involve: reduction from full score to short score; orchestration from short score to full score. The tutorials will include tutor review and peer review of the exercises. The stylistic range of the examples will extend from the late romantic repertoire through to the present day.

  • General Course Information
    Course Details
    Course Code MUSCOMP 3100
    Course Orchestration 3
    Coordinating Unit Elder Conservatorium of Music
    Term Semester 1
    Level Undergraduate
    Location/s North Terrace Campus
    Units 3
    Contact Up to 2 hours per week
    Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y
    Incompatible MUSCOMP 2310
    Assumed Knowledge Ideally students will have completed Orchestration 2 before taking Orchestration 3. If not there is an expectation of assumed knowledge equivalent to Orchestration 2.
    Restrictions Available to BMus, BCtveArts students only
    Course Description Orchestration 3 is a second semester course building on the skills and knowledge about Instrumentation developed in Orchestration 2. The course addresses the knowledge and skills required to arrange for larger orchestral forces. The course will be delivered in weekly two-hour sessions in which the first hour will consist of lecture-style presentation of works from the orchestral repertory (via scores are recordings) followed by a second hour of tutorial format in which students will complete exercises in orchestration. These exercises will involve: reduction from full score to short score; orchestration from short score to full score. The tutorials will include tutor review and peer review of the exercises. The stylistic range of the examples will extend from the late romantic repertoire through to the present day.
    Course Staff

    Course Coordinator: Professor Charles Bodman Rae

    Course Timetable

    The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.

  • Learning Outcomes
    Course Learning Outcomes
    1 Ability to distil the information provided by a full score and present it as a short (piano) score reduction
    2 Ability to expand the information provided by a short (piano) score and present it as an orchestrated full score
    3 Knowledge of the capabilities of the triple-woodwind orchestras of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
    4 Knowledge of idiomatic articulations for the various types of orchestral instrument
    5 Knowledge of idiomatic techniques (arco, pizz, divisi, etc) for the various types of orchestral instrument
    6 Ability to apply correctly the knowledge about articulations and techniques
    7 Ability to present an orchestral full score neatly and correctly (whether handwritten or computer set)
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  • Learning & Teaching Activities
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    Workload

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    Learning Activities Summary

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  • Assessment

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    4. Assessment must maintain academic standards.

    Assessment Summary
    Due to the current COVID-19 situation modified arrangements have been made to assessments to facilitate remote learning and teaching. Assessment details provided here reflect recent updates.

    No amendment to the assessment patterns for this course. The oral presentations will proceed via Zoom conference link.
    Assessment Detail

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    Submission

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    Course Grading

    Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

    M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
    Grade Mark Description
    FNS   Fail No Submission
    F 1-49 Fail
    P 50-64 Pass
    C 65-74 Credit
    D 75-84 Distinction
    HD 85-100 High Distinction
    CN   Continuing
    NFE   No Formal Examination
    RP   Result Pending

    Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

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