School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Allied Arts 1
  • Unit Code

    DAN1033
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Gennaro DI DONNA

Description

This unit is an Introduction to studies in Western Music. A wide-ranging style-centred exploration of musical language examines aspects of rhythm, tonality, tempo, texture, timbre, dynamics and form. Studies include consideration of culturally specific music and dance, Western and non-Western musical traditions, jazz and contemporary music.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appreciate a fundamental understanding of the variable musical dynamics and form found in; Western Art Music, Non-Western Music, Jazz and Popular Music.
  2. Appreciate of aural basis of musical language.
  3. Communicate in the language of major current streams of music/compositional thought.
  4. Develop a descriptive vocabulary for discussing musical attributes.
  5. Execute rhythmic and spatial precision in performance.
  6. Explore the basic relationships between the structures of dance and music.

Unit Content

  1. Transforming mathematical structures into meaningful musical phrasing and its integration into performance.
  2. Presentation of complex culturally specific rhythmic patterns, eg Indian and Spanish dance.
  3. A wide range of contrasting rhythmic and a-rhythmic structures in class work and performance.
  4. Methods of establishing communication and links with musicians, sound designers or composers.
  5. Music terminology - definitions and application.
  6. Cultural and historical contextualization of music from a variety of world cultures: Western music, Jazz and popular styles.
  7. Musical form is examined in relation to different types of dance and music history.
  8. Definitions of rhythm, tonality/atonality, metre, tempo, texture, dynamics.
  9. The characteristics of a variety of styles from the Western Art music tradition - their recognition aurally and principles of articulation.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Full YearNot Offered5 x 1.5 hour ensemblesNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminar discussions. Practical classes. Sound and composition analysis. Individual research and creative processes.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PerformancePerformance30%
PortfolioResearch Portfolio30%
ReviewWritten Assessment30%
ExerciseClassroom Activities10%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Allied Arts 1
  • Unit Code

    DAN1033
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Gennaro DI DONNA

Description

This unit is an Introduction to studies in Western Music. A wide-ranging style-centred exploration of musical language examines aspects of rhythm, tonality, tempo, texture, timbre, dynamics and form. Studies include consideration of culturally specific music and dance, Western and non-Western musical traditions, jazz and contemporary music.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appreciate a fundamental understanding of the variable musical dynamics and form found in; Western Art Music, Non-Western Music, Jazz and Popular Music.
  2. Appreciate of aural basis of musical language.
  3. Communicate in the language of major current streams of music/compositional thought.
  4. Develop a descriptive vocabulary for discussing musical attributes.
  5. Execute rhythmic and spatial precision in performance.
  6. Explore the basic relationships between the structures of dance and music.

Unit Content

  1. Transforming mathematical structures into meaningful musical phrasing and its integration into performance.
  2. Presentation of complex culturally specific rhythmic patterns, eg Indian and Spanish dance.
  3. A wide range of contrasting rhythmic and a-rhythmic structures in class work and performance.
  4. Methods of establishing communication and links with musicians, sound designers or composers.
  5. Music terminology - definitions and application.
  6. Cultural and historical contextualization of music from a variety of world cultures: Western music, Jazz and popular styles.
  7. Musical form is examined in relation to different types of dance and music history.
  8. Definitions of rhythm, tonality/atonality, metre, tempo, texture, dynamics.
  9. The characteristics of a variety of styles from the Western Art music tradition - their recognition aurally and principles of articulation.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Full YearNot Offered5 x 1.5 hour ensemblesNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminar discussions. Practical classes. Sound and composition analysis. Individual research and creative processes.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PerformancePerformance30%
PortfolioResearch Portfolio30%
ReviewWritten Assessment30%
ExerciseClassroom Activities10%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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