Composition Area
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The Composition program
is unique in Australia in that it places equal emphasis on instrumental/vocal
composition and computer-based music composition. All composers
at the School of Music, Faculty of Arts have the opportunity to
have their music performed, and to take the initiative and arrange
other performances. The educational philosophy is to facilitate
each student's artistic development and their own compositional
voice. Students work through an increasingly complex range of compositional
tasks and a variety of approaches in a range of mediums, using repertoire
studies, analysis and workshops on individual compositions as the
main tools in learning. The goal is to complete a folio that includes
both instrumental and vocal composition and electroacoustic works
which together demonstrate a readiness to contribute as professional
composers or as creative individuals in the music industry. Studies
in computer music are undertaken at the Centre for New Media Arts.
In addition to developing skills and knowledge in a range of up-to-date
technologies, this component of study is oriented toward the artistic
use of computers and emphasises live performance and presentation.
For composition students the excellent facilities and resources
available in the national cultural institutions stimulate research
and generate creative collaborations. |
Head of Area
Jim Cotter
T: +61 2 6125 4805
F: +61 2 6248 0997
E: Jim.Cotter@anu.edu.au
Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Professor Larry Sitsky, Higher
Doctorate of Fine Arts (ANU), Fellow Australian Academy of the Humanities,
Diploma State Conservatorium of Music, (Sydney)
T: +61 2 6125 5765
F: +61 2 6248 0997
E: Larry.Sitsky@anu.edu.au
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