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 Practice 4 is intended for students particularly interested in composition, improvisation, and the creative use of musical language, or for other students who wish to refine their skills in composition, improvisation, theory and aural.  It develops advanced skills and concepts in these areas through a mixture of creative and analytic work.  Creative Practice 4 is a prerequisite for students wishing to go on to Advanced Composition and Advanced Improvisation courses.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Hear, notate, describe and create advanced elements of musical structure: pitch, melody, harmony, rhythm, counterpoint, form and timbre.
2. Demonstrate a grasp of sophisticated musical language and form as composer, improviser, or analyst.
3. Use professional level standards in the presentation of musical works or ideas
4. Write about music using sophisticated theoretical concepts and language.

1. A portfolio of six exercises which may be aural, theoretical and/or compositional and may include in-class listening exercises (40%) [Learning Outcomes 1, 3, 4]
2. A major portfolio of 2-3 compositions (or one large-scale work) with 750-word exegesis OR 3-4 assessed improvisations with 750-word exegesis OR a 3000-word analytic project (60%) [Learning Outcomes 1-4]

130 hours of total student learning time made up from:

a) 48 hours of contact:

1. 24 hours of core workshops
2. 24 hours of extension workshops

b) 82 hours of independent student work

MUSI2203 Creative Musicianship 3

MUSI2203 Creative Musicianship 3

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