COMPOSITION II

KBT102

Course Code: KBT102
Semester: Second Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice: 2 + 0
ECTS: 9

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

Second Term (Spring)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Baran Doğaç Ünal

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

compose at least one stylistically free project for a small chamber ensemble, and one stylistically strict project under the instruction of the instructor. These pieces should be at least 3-5 minutes in length, and the free project should be performed on the concert at the end of the semester. The student should find the instrumentalists for his/her piece for this concert.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

For the large-scale ensemble, at least fifteen minutes of music is composed with a personal language and creativity. The student prepares a file of at least fifteen minutes of music. In the final exam, he defends his music in terms of intellectual and composition in front of a jury.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Contemporary styles analysis
2^nd Week	Contemporary styles analysis
3^rd Week	Contemporary styles analysis
4^th Week	Contemporary styles analysis
5^th Week	Score and parts preparation
6^th Week	Project start
7^th Week	Project sketches and repertoire analysis
8^th Week	Project sketches and repertoire analysis
9^th Week	Project sketches and repertoire analysis
10^th Week	Project sketch and repertoire analysis
11^th Week	Project sketch and repertoire preparations
12^th Week	Preparing material for execution
13^th Week	Project file final checks
14^th Week	Presentation and analysis of music in front of the jury

Recommended or Required Reading

Modern Music and After, Griffiths, Paul, 2011/3rd, Oxford University Press
Genesis of a music; an account of a creative work, its roots and its fulfillments, Partch, Harry, 1974, Da Capo Press
Music notation : a manual of modern practice, Read, Gardner, 1979, Taplinger Pub. Co.
Recommended - Reading: 20th-century microtonal notation, Read, Gardner, 1990, Greenwood Press
Music notation in the twentieth century : a practical guidebook, Stone, Kurt, 1980, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
The contemporary violin : extended performance techniques, Strange, Patricia, 2001, University of California Press
Turk Musikisinin Mes'eleleri, Tura, Yalcin, 1988, Pan

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Practice

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Assignment	1	10
Project	3	30
Other	1	10
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1
K1	X
K2	X
K3
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12
K13