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Principal Study Extension 1
Enrolment code: FCB100
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Enables students to extend their skills in an area already being studied in Principal Study 1
( FCC100, FCG100, FCN100, FCO100, FCV100, FCY100). The unit provides a forum for
further performance/presentation of and research into work undertaken in Principal
Study 1 as well as opportunities for learning from exposure to other disciplines. Students
are required to perform at least twice in each semester and to offer critical analysis of their
own and others’ performances which they document in a workshop diary.
Staff Mr C Wojtowicz
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1.5 hrs weekly (26 wks)
Prerequisites subject to recommendation by the coordinator
Corequisites FCC100 or FCG100 or FCN100 or FCO100 or FCV100 or FCY100
Assessment mode performance/presentation and participation in weekly workshops (50%);
and submission of workshop diary at the end of each sem (50%)
Courses [F2M] [F3H]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Musicianship Extension 1
Enrolment code: FCB110
Offered: not offered in 2002
Provides an extension in the area of musicianship for students already undertaking
FCL100. This unit is offered for those students who require remedial support in the Aural
area and will concentrate on skills already under study within FCL100.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1.5 hrs weekly (26 wks)
Corequisites FCL100
Assessment mode end-of-year viva voce exam (100%)
Courses [F2M] [F3H]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Audio Design
Enrolment code: FCB111
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Introduces the essential concepts of audio design as they relate to live and recorded music.
Students develop an understanding of signal path, mic selection and placement,
attenuation and gain structure, leads and basic wiring, integrated and component PA
systems, crossovers and equalisation, processing and live mixing. Students are also
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introduced to basic recording principles, analogue and digital techniques, signal routing
and processing, CD writing and manufacture. Students are required to understand basic
MIDI applications with real time audio, digital audio (Pro Tools for Mac) and the
application of real time plug-ins, and outboard processing.
Staff Contemporary staff
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2-hr lecture and 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites FCF110
Assessment mode assignments and exams as determined by lecturers: Recording and sound
reinforcement component (65%), Music Industry Studies component (35%)
Required texts etc
Pellman S,An Introduction to the Creation of Electroacoustic Music, Wadsworth, Belmont Ca,
1994.
Three CD RW discs
Reference folder for collation of Instructors tutorial documents
60 min. DAT tape.
Courses [F3H]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
History of Jazz
Enrolment code: FCB112
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Special note: elective unit in the BMus course
Provides a survey of the development of jazz styles, their musical characteristics and
major proponents from the advent of ragtime to modern jazz. These developments are
discussed with reference to socio-political context. Students also gain familiarity with
selected jazz repertory and the ability to identify the hallmarks of specific regional or
historical styles (eg New Orleans, Chicago, swing, be-bop etc.).
Staff Dr A Forbes, contemporary staff
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2-hr lecture, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Mutual exclusions FCB 120; FCB 220
Assessment mode research assignment (10%), 1200-word essay (25%), end-of-sem listening
test (15%), final exam (50%)
Required texts etc
Ted Gioia, The History of Jazz OUP, 1997, ISBN 0195090810
Courses [F3H]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Music Teaching and Learning
Enrolment code: FCB113
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Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Special note: elective unit in the BMus course
Explores teaching and learning strategies in relation to vocal/instrumental performance
skills. The unit aims to provide students with an understanding of child development and
maturation issues, and requires them to develop a personal rationale for music education.
Advocacy and ethical practice are important matters for discussion.
Staff Ms D O’Toole
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2-hr lecture, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Mutual exclusions FCB205
Assessment mode class work (30%), assignments (70%) – a mixture of written, oral,
individual and group assignments
Courses [F3H]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
MIDI & Digital Audio
Enrolment code: FCB114
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Special note: required unit for all composition students. Unit enrolment limited to 10 students.
Introduces the MIDI/Digital Audio workstation. Each class meeting introduces new
software or hardware applications, and an assignment is given to the students to
demonstrate their understanding of how each application functions. Even numbered
sessions focus on this series of introductions of the various applications, while odd
numbered sessions consist of reviewing student assignments and discussion of the
solutions/problems encountered in realising an assignment.
Staff Prof D Knehans
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2-hr lecture and 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Mutual exclusions FCB190
Assessment mode class assignments (40%), mid-sem project (30%), end-of-sem project (30%)
Required texts etc
Pellman S,An Introduction to the Creation of Electroacoustic Music, Wadsworth, Belmont Ca,
1994.
Three CD RW discs
Reference folder for collation of Instructors tutorial documents
60 min. DAT tape.
Courses [F3H]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Improvisation 1
Enrolment code: FCB120
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Offered: not offered in 2002
Provides students with experience in music improvisation. On completion of the unit,
students should be able to: demonstrate an understanding of process and language
development; display versatility and competence within a range of musical styles; and,
demonstrate ensemble-based improvisational skills.
Staff Mr T O’Kelly
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1.5 hrs weekly (26 wks)
Assessment mode practical end-of-sem exams (25% ea), transcription of improvised solo
(20%), class work (30%)
Courses [F2M] [F3H]FFx:
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Advanced Audio Design
Enrolment code: FCB121
Offered: Hobart: semester 1 OR semester 2
Special note: required unit for all BMus (composition) students. Enrolment limited to 10 students
Requires students to design a substantial project in either recording, live sound production
or multi media, or indeed combinations of all three. The student needs to present a
proposal and business plan for discussion and finally implementation. The final project
must be published and/or recorded and presented with a paper detailing all research and
production information. The student will need to demonstrate a high level understanding
of digital streaming, web publishing, audio production and sound processing, CD
manufacture, promotional skills and appropriate understanding of music business law
and its practical application. The emphasis is on creating an interactive web page or real
time video sound track with full synchronisation. Students continue to develop an
understanding of path, mic selection and placement, attenuation and gain structure, leads
and basic wiring, integrated and component PA systems, crossovers and equalisation,
processing and live mixing. Students are also introduced to basic recording principles,
analogue and digital techniques, signal routing and processing, CD writing and
manufacture. Students are required to understand basic MIDI applications with real time
audio, digital audio (Pro Tools for Mac) and the application of real time plug-ins, and
outboard processing.
Staff Profile staff or PTA staff
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2-hr lecture and 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites FCB111
Mutual exclusions FCB290
Assessment mode assignments and exams as determined by lecturers: final project (50%),
final paper (50%)
Required texts etc
Pellman S,An Introduction to the Creation of Electroacoustic Music, Wadsworth, Belmont Ca,
1994.
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Three CD RW discs
Reference folder for collation of Instructors tutorial documents
60 min. DAT tape.
Courses [F3H]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
World Music
Enrolment code: FCB122
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Special note: Elective unit for BMus students
Provides students with an introduction to the musical life of non-Western societies
including discussion of the cultural significance and function of music and characteristic
musical styles and instruments of regions including the Middle East, India, Japan, China,
Indonesia and Africa. An introduction is also given to indigenous Australian music and
the migrant folk traditions contributing to the vitality of the Australian musical landscape.
Staff Dr A Forbes
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2-hr lecture and 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Mutual exclusions FCB120, FCB220
Assessment mode research assignment (10%), 1200-word essay (25%), end-of-sem listening
test (15%), end-of-sem exam (50%)
Required texts etc
Bruno Nettl (ed), Excursions in World Music, 2nd edn. Book and CD set, Prentice Hall, 1996,
ISBN 013740929X
Courses [F3H]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Advanced Music Teaching and Learning
Enrolment code: FCB123
Offered: Hobart: semester 1 OR semester 2
Special note: Elective unit for BMus students
Requires students to develop, broaden and become more articulate about the skills and
knowledge learned in FCB113 Music Teaching and Learning. Students are required to
develop and critique schemes of work for a range of situations, and to research and report
on an area of particular interest in their chosen field.
Staff Ms D O’Toole
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2-hr lecture and 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites FCB113
Mutual exclusions FCB205
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Assessment mode class work (30%), assignments (70%) – a mixture of written, oral,
individual and group assignments
Courses [F3H]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Advanced MIDI & Digital Audio
Enrolment code: FCB124
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Special note: required unit for all BMus (composition) students. Enrolment limited to 10 students
Through the introduction of advanced programming languages for MIDI and Digital
Audio (such as Max, Reverb, CSound and others), the student work towards the
realisation of a specific composition. In collaboration with the instructor the best
technological means for achieving a compositional goal is identified and pursued. Lessons
promote a hands-on, problem-solving format whereby the resources of object oriented
programming in a MIDI/Digital Audio environment are explored from a compositional
and a programming bias.
Staff Prof D Knehans
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2-hr lecture and 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites FCB114
Mutual exclusions FCB290
Assessment mode class assignments (40%), mid-sem project (30%), end-of-sem project (30%)
Required texts etc
Pellman S,An Introduction to the Creation of Electroacoustic Music, Wadsworth, Belmont Ca,
1994.
Rowe R, Interactive Music Systems: Machine Listening and Composing, MIT Press, Cambridge
Massachusetts, 1993.
Three CD RW discs
Reference folder for collation of Instructors tutorial documents
60 min. DAT tape.
Courses [F3H]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Keyboard Skills 1
Enrolment code: FCB130
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Focuses on the continuous development of keyboard technique, sight reading and
keyboard harmony. Emphasis is placed on the support of the individual student’s work
through specific assignments and the preparation of score reading and assigned pieces.
Non-pianists are shown the basics of keyboard technique. Simple melodies are used for
sight-reading and transposition. Other exercises include improvising melodies to given
rhythms, singing/playing two-part canons and vamping simple chord progressions to
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given rhythms. Pianists are expected to develop their skills in transposition, the realisation
of figured basses and score reading. The unit is conducted in groups and individual work
assigned, as appropriate to the needs of the individual.
Staff Ms K Smithies
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1.5 hrs weekly (26 wks)
Prerequisites FCB100 or FCB110 or Music 1
Assessment mode weekly assignments (60%), semester exams (40%)
Courses [F2M] [F3H]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Conducting 1
Enrolment code: FCB150
Offered: not offered in 2002
Special note: entry is by audition
Provides the students with an awareness of and practical experience in the techniques of
conducting and rehearsal procedure. Issues covered include preparation, technique, and
interpretation, incorporating related pedagogical issues relevant to the area. Phrasing,
diction, balance, intonation, etc are looked at, using a range of materials from a wide range
of repertoire. Students are prepared for a selection of conducting situations and, where
possible, are given the opportunity to work with the Conservatorium ensembles.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1.5 hrs weekly (26 wks)
Assessment mode preparation and presentation of work during year (60%), end-of-year
practical exam (40%)
Courses [F3H]FFx:
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Orchestration and Arranging 1
Enrolment code: FCB160
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Is a study of the nature of sounds and their qualities and how they can be combined into
various sized ensembles. Examples are drawn from a range of representative literature
from the major music traditions. Arranging practice is explored through a number of
group and individual projects of varying dimensions, with attention being given to the
production of music for performance for acoustic and digital sound sources.
Staff Mr R Marcellino, Mr R Gilmour
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1.5 hrs weekly (26 wks)
Assessment mode class assignments and projects (70%), end-of-year exam (30%)
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Courses [F2M] [F3H]FFx:
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Music Technology 1
Enrolment code: FCB190
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Provides students, through compositional realisation and research, skills for exploring the
technical and artistic potential of the electronic/digital medium. The unit is
comprehensive and covers the following topics: sound synthesis/sampling, MIDI studio
techniques, digital recording, tape composition, and interactive computer music.
Staff Prof D Knehans
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1-hr lecture, 1-hr tutorial weekly (26 wks)
Mutual exclusions FST288/388
Assessment mode class assignments (20%), projects (30%), semester projects (30%), semester
exams (20%)
Required texts etc
Roads C, The Computer Music Tutorial, ISBN 0262680823
Courses [F2M] [F3H]FFx:
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Principal Study Extension 2
Enrolment code: FCB200
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Enables students to extend their skills in an area already being studied in Principal Study 2
( FCC200, FCG200, FCN200, FCO200, FCV200, FCY200). Students are required to perform
at least twice in each semester and to offer critical analysis of their own and others’
performances which they document in a workshop diary.
Staff Mr C Wojtowicz
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1.5 hrs weekly (26 wks)
Prerequisites FCB100 (or credit in any of FCC100, FCG100, FCN100, FCO100, FCV100 or
FCY100)
Assessment mode as for FCB100
Courses [F3H]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Music Teaching and Learning
Enrolment code: FCB205
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
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Looks at music teaching and learning strategies for both classroom and studio teaching as
they relate to child development from birth to late adolescence.
Staff Ms D O’Toole
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1.5 hrs weekly (26 wks)
Assessment mode class work (30%), assignments comprising a mixture of written and oral,
individual and group presentations (70%)
Courses [F3H]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Improvisation 2
Enrolment code: FCB220
Offered: not offered in 2002
Covers analysis and performance of selected contemporary repertoires, the derivation and
application of appropriate chord/scales with an emphasis on group interaction.
Staff Mr T O’Kelly
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1.5 hrs weekly (26 wks)
Prerequisites FCB120
Assessment mode exam each sem (50%), transcription of an improvised solo (20%), class
work (30%)
Courses [F3H]FFx:
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Keyboard Skills 2
Enrolment code: FCB230
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Provides an opportunity for non-pianists to acquire some facility at the keyboard and for
pianists to develop their skills in transcription and score reading.
Staff Ms K Smithies
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1.5 hrs weekly (26 wks)
Prerequisites FCB130
Assessment mode weekly assignments (60%), end-of-year exam (40%)
Courses [F3H]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Conducting 2
Enrolment code: FCB250
Offered: not offered in 2002
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Has the same broad objectives as FCB150.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1.5 hrs weekly (26 wks)
Prerequisites FCB150
Assessment mode preparation and presentation of work during year (60%), end-of-year
practical exam (40%)
Courses [F3H]FFx:
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Music Technology 2
Enrolment code: FCB290
Offered: not offered in 2002
Provides students, through compositional realisation and research, further skills for
exploring the technical and artistic potential of the electronic/digital medium.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1.5 hrs weekly (26 wks)
Prerequisites FCB190
Assessment mode weekly assignments, projects (60%), exams, each sem (40%)
Required texts etc
Roads C, The Computer Music totorial, ISBN 0262680823
Courses [F3H]FFx:
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Principal Study Extension 3
Enrolment code: FCB300
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Provides an extension for students already taking Principal Study 3. The unit provides a
forum for further performance/presentation of an research into work undertaken in
Principal Study 3 (FCC300, FCG300, FCN300, FCO300, FCV300 or FCY300) as well as
opportunities for learning from exposure to other disciplines. Students are required to
perform at least twice in each semester and to offer critical analysis of their own and
others’ performances, which they document in a workshop diary.
Staff Mr C Wojtowicz
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1.5 hrs weekly (26 wks)
Prerequisites FCB200
Assessment mode performance/presentation and participation in weekly workshops (50%);
and submission of workshop diary at the end of each sem (50%)
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Courses [F3H]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Orchestration
Enrolment code: FCB311
Offered: not offered in 2002
Special note: Elective unit for BMus students
Allows the student to become thoroughly acquainted with the instruments of the standard
symphony orchestra. To develop effective strategies for combining instrumental
combinations in a manner supportive of the musical goals of any orchestration or
arranging project, or for use in original composition.
Staff Prof D Knehans (Coordinator), Mr R Marcellino, Dr M Grenfell
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1 x 2-hr lecture weekly, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites FCT 210
Mutual exclusions FCB160
Assessment mode small weekly assignments (no extensions or exemptions given), several
larger projects, a folio of work (in the 7th and last wk of sem) to consist of all weekly
assignments and larger projects set towards the end of sem (60%), final project (40%)
Required texts etc
Blatter A, Instrumentation/Orchestration, Longman NY, 1980
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
Manuscript paper for short exercises and orchestral score paper for full orchestral projects.
Recommended texts etc
Adler S,The Study of Orchestration, Norton, NY 1982.
Blades J, Orchestral Percussion Technique, OUP Lond & NY, 1961
Read, Gardner, Thesaurus of Orchestral Devices, Pitman, NY, 1953
Smith-Brindle R, Contemporary Percussion, OUP Lond & NY, 1970
Courses [F3H]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Conducting
Enrolment code: FCB312
Offered: not offered in 2002
Special note: Elective unit for BMus students
Provides students with an ability to convey the mechanics of beat patterns, expressive
facial, hand and body gestures. The unit provides students with the necessary score study,
preparation and interpretive skills necessary for score analysis and conveyance. It also
provides students with basic rehearsal procedure skills needed for the effective
communication of musical ideas in both large and small ensembles.
Staff Profile staff
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Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2-hr lecture and 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites FCT210
Mutual exclusions FCB150, FCB250
Assessment mode Notebook (30%), 5 rehearsal observations evaluation (20%), written
end-of-sem take-home exam (25%), final practical exam (20-min rehearsal with
approved ensemble) (25%).
Courses [F3H]
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Improvisation 3
Enrolment code: FCB320
Offered: not offered in 2002
A complementary study available to third year students of the BMus course. For details of
the unit, please contact the Conservatorium of Music.
Unit weight 12.5%
Assessment mode exam each sem (50%), transcription of improvised solo (20%), classwork
(30%)
Faculty website <http://www.arts.utas.edu.au/>
Instrumental/Vocal Pedagogy
Enrolment code: FCB312
Offered: not offered in 2002
Special note: Elective unit for BMus students
Provides students with a practical and philosophical approach to teaching within the
private studio environment. The unit aims to provide for the acquisition of the necessary
skills and personal qualities for students to teach their pricipal instrument (or voice)
effectively at a variety of levels. The unit provides a synthesis of various teaching
approaches proposed by significant music educators. It assists students in formulating
specific teaching strategies and techniques appropriate to the area of a principal study. It
also enables students to acquire effective communication skills, both written and verbal
and to cover a wide range of relevant teaching resources, including external examinations
and other performance opportunities.
Staff Profile and/or PTA staff
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2-hr lecture, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites FCT210
Mutual exclusions FCB205
Assessment mode participation in lectures and tutorials (20%), mid-sem test (20%),
concert/performance diary (20%), end-of-sem performance exam (40%)
Courses [F3H]
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