(Award available for year: Master of Music)
Subject Specific Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate a systematic and comprehensive understanding of the nature of and processes involved in a musical composition
2. Synthesize contemporary musical and aesthetic thought to demonstrate coherent and detailed knowledge of the discipline
3. Justify compositional choices through appropriate critical and aesthetic reflection
4. Compose new work in a variety of media, forms, and structures, using established techniques
5. Articulate and refine coherent musical thought, using a variety of patterns and form-building
6. Manage key practical and professional considerations of compositional practice
Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Develop a range of sophisticated and effective presentational skills appropriate to your own compositional practice
2. Develop effective professional relationships through a proactive and reflective approach to evaluating your own and others’ ideas.
3. Make effective decisions by evaluating evidence and managing uncertainty in complex and unpredictable situations
4. Demonstrate high levels of autonomy by identifying and acting on opportunities and working in a way which ensures continuing professional development
Competence Standards
1. Conduct independent in-depth enquiry within the discipline and relevant musical genres
2. Apply breadth and in-depth knowledge to complex specialist areas of composition
3. Draw on a range of perspectives in the area of composition
4. Situate themselves in aesthetic terms in relation to received compositional positions
5. Consider the implications of working with multiple stake-holders (artistic directors, venues, performers, engineers etc.)
We use a variety of assessment methods, each of which is chosen to best measure your achievement of a module’s learning outcomes and associated skills, so you and we can understand and support your progress and development. Depending on the modules you choose, across your degree you are likely to encounter a mix of written assignments (e.g. essays, reports, reviews, reflective logs), creative outputs and portfolios (e.g. compositions, editions), recitals and performances, presentations, and project work. Assignments will generally be completed individually, though some may require elements of group working.
You might be given a brief, question or problem to be addressed, or you may have scope to determine your own question or approach under the guidance of a member of staff. You’ll be given clear instructions regarding the assessment requirements and criteria, and you’ll receive feedback on your work to support your learning as you progress through your course. Assessments will usually require you to synthesise and evaluate learning from multiple taught sessions and learning resources (e.g. a module’s lectures, seminars, set readings and other online resources), and you should think of your course as a whole, and apply your learning across your modules. Creative, applied and practical work may offer you the chance to take risks and experiment with new ideas and concepts, and in all cases we encourage you to challenge yourself, to think critically and creatively, to move as far beyond your comfort zone as you can, and to reflect on your working process and achievement. Composition portfolios will be submitted with accompanying commentaries that allow the student to present and situate their work in aesthetic terms.
Our assessments are designed to be fair and inclusive, to engage you intellectually and to help prepare you for life beyond University through the development of relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
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