The Creative Musicianship courses are a series of four courses integrating a broad suite of skills that underpins the study of the various languages of music - classical, jazz, contemporary and cross-cultural. Creative Musicianship 1 is compulsory for all BMus students. It introduces students to fundamental skills and concepts in composition, theory, analysis, aural, improvisation, and music technology that they will require to complete the BMus and be musically literate musicians.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Hear, notate, transcribe, describe and create fundamental elements of musical structure: pitch, melody, harmony, rhythm, form and timbre.
- Create original small-scale musical works as a composer or improviser
- Use basic applications and software for the notation, capture, manipulation and dissemination of sound and music.
Indicative Assessment
- A portfolio of six exercises which may be aural, theoretical and/or compositional and may include in-class listening exercises (40%) [learning outcome 1]
- Completion of three music technology assignments in class and completed in the students’ own time (30%) [learning outcome 3]
- A portfolio of two compositions OR two assessed improvisations (30%) [learning outcome 1-3]
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Workload
130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 48 hours of contact:
- 24 hours of core workshops
- 12 hours of extension workshops
- 12 hours of technology workshops
b) 82 hours of independent student work
Prescribed Texts
Nil
Majors
Minors
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $2604 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $4146 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2658 | 16 Feb 2015 | 06 Mar 2015 | 31 Mar 2015 | 29 May 2015 | In Person | N/A |
