In this unit students choose to specialise in either music performance or composition in order to further refine musicianship, technical skills and repertory addressed in MUSC2542 Practical Music 4. For performers, the emphasis is on the preparation of technically focused repertoire, but of greater difficulty than before, drawn from the literature of the student's principal instrument or voice, and also continue further development of technique and performance skills. Composition students apply techniques and technologies studied in Practical Music 1 to 4 to the development of a portfolio of original compositions submitted and assessed at the end of semester. In addition to the portfolio... -- Course Website
Instructor: Assistant Professor Graeme Gilling and Assistant Professor Christopher Tonkin
Prerequisites: an average of 65 per cent for MUSC2541 Practical Music 3 and MUSC2542 Practical Music 4
