Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor, lecturer, tutor
Adrian Renzo
Contact via Email
25WW-C314
By appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
130cp at 1000 level or above
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit addresses musical experimentation and innovation. It examines key movements, innovations, and major ideas that have shaped, and continue to shape, the evolution of musical forms and practices. The unit also addresses contemporary approaches to musical hybridity and sound production as related to contemporary performance practice in a globalized environment. This includes approaches to songwriting and digital production. In particular, the unit will explore examples of musical creativity such as progressive rock, jazz, psychedelic music, punk/post-punk, ambient, mash-up, minimal techno and electronics, glitch and noise, post-rock and post-classical music. Students will gain a current and historical overview of the dynamic pattern of innovative ideas in music across writing, performance and production. |
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue.
This late penalty will apply to non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special Consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Essay | 40% | No | 23:55 12/09/2024 |
Creative Work OR Analysis | 60% | No | 23:55 31/10/2024 |
Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 40 hours
Due: 23:55 12/09/2024
Weighting: 40%
Students will write an essay addressing one of the set topics on iLearn. The essay topics will require students to draw on unit content and independent research.
Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 60 hours
Due: 23:55 31/10/2024
Weighting: 60%
There are two options for this assignment. The assessment takes the form of either (1) a creative task with exegesis or (2) a written analysis.
1) Create a musical work that implements the ideas specified on iLearn. The work must be accompanied by a written exegesis. Further details on how to write an exegesis will be available on iLearn.
2) Analyse a musical work. The analysis should go beyond merely describing the work and must mount an argument about the work. Further details will be available on iLearn.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
There is one lecture and one tutorial per week. Lectures will be recorded and available on iLearn. It is expected that all students will have viewed each lecture on iLearn before they attend the associated tutorial. Lectures begin in Week 1. Tutorials begin in Week 2. Please see iLearn for further information about delivery and resources in this unit.
All lecture and tutorial times will be available on the MQ Timetables website (timetables.mq.edu.au).
Please see “Late Assessment Submission Penalty” above.
Please see iLearn for details.
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Unit information based on version 2024.02 of the Handbook