Music
Expose yourself to music of all kinds
and in all contexts
What is Music?
Music is everywhere in the world around us; it is part of all of our lives, whether we play it, actively listen to it, or hear it in passing. Music studies focuses on reading, listening, performing and composing. We create music in all its aspects – acoustic, electronic, individually and communally, working with world-class professionals and with local communities. We investigate, through analysis, the relationships within a piece of music, and between that piece and its genre and context. Throughout the music course, you will be exposed to music of all kinds and in all contexts: Western classical, popular music, musics of other cultures, community music, seeing these musics in terms of their history (and how that history has been shaped over time), social context, and psychology.
Field of Music
Musical composition, the act of conceiving a piece of music, the art of creating music, or the finished product. These meanings are interdependent and presume a tradition in which musical works exist as repeatable entities. In this sense, composition is necessarily distinct from improvisation.
This course explores the wide range of aspects associated with the development of skills and expertise in both performance and musicianship across various ages and differing levels of skill attainment, from beginners to elementary and advancing levels. The course includes a focus on Music in the Community, and provides students with strong links to the profession. The course also explores ideas about cultural diversity and non-western music as applied to repertoire for music learning. There will be a focus on ensemble methodology which will embrace arranging, conducting and relevant teaching materials.
To learn about the different classical music masterpieces such as; Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, and Puccini. Begin with the elements of music, breaking classical musical into its components of pitch, duration, and sound color, allowing us to better understand how music works. Next, we proceed to the compositions themselves, starting with the Middle Ages and Renaissance, to show how Western music developed in ways unique to the West.
The creation and distribution of music and sound has been transformed by digital technology. It’s accelerated the growth of the arts, entertainment, creative and media industries into huge global enterprises.
This course will provide an introduction to the scope, bibliography, and prominent methodologies of musicology. To that end, it will explore the history and development of the discipline, focusing especially on the current trends and their background: provide a practical introduction to the diverse sources of information in the field; and give experience employing solid research and writing strategies.