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This is a composition module that focuses on sound as the starting point for creative work and considers strategies, motivations, rationales, and behaviours associated with the organisation of sound. This module will provide you with the opportunity to explore, experiment with, and develop a range of approaches to creating, manipulating, combining, and organising sounds, as a way to begin to make the music they are interested in. Through practical exercises, analytic activities, and group collaborations, you will develop a range of knowledge, skills, and conceptual frameworks, to help you understand your work and the work of others in a range of artistic contexts. In fortnightly lecture-workshops and tutorials, you will be encouraged to consider a range of music and artistic applications for your compositional work. Through listening, analysis, experimentation, and group discussion, you will gain experience in and knowledge of a range of topics including sampling and sound design, theoretical ideas pertaining to melody, harmony and rhythm, songwriting and production, and music analysis.

The delivery/experience of the module will largely be practice-based and driven by an ethos of exploration; you will be expected to write/produce music regularly and share it with peers. This will be used as a basis for group discussion, peer-feedback sessions, and formative feedback from staff.

LO1: Demonstrate a critical awareness of a range of principles governing the organisation of sound.
LO2: Employ knowledge and skills enabling you to explore theoretical concepts through compositional practice and analysis.
LO3: Demonstrate an awareness of the cultural and aesthetic context of your work.
LO4: Communicate compositional ideas using appropriate methods.