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Course Name	Turkish	Kompozisyon Projesi 1
	English	Composition Project 1
Course Code	MDP 603E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	1	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Eray Altınbüken
Course Objectives		1. Through weekly lesson and assignments, students are mentored to gain a greater competency in the necessary contrapuntal and harmonic skills necessary for chamber-music composition. 2. To help students develop an advanced understanding of musical process and forms, particularly those of contemporary music. 3. To provide students with advanced skills in notation, such as for extended instrumental techniques
Course Description		Chamber Music writing, technical form and notational topics, development of personality, selfcriticism.
Course Outcomes		1. An appropriate set of advanced skills for chamber-music composition. 2. Deeper knowledge of contemporary musical styles. 3. The competency on developing a sense of stylistic self-awareness. 4. The competency on commenting on a range of musical and aesthetic issues regarding creation, originality, intention, and emulation in contemporary music. 5. Self-critical awareness and an ability to edit, revise and improve their compositions.
Pre-requisite(s)		None
Required Facilities		Notation software use
Other		None
Textbook		Paul Griffiths. 1994. Modern Music, Thames and Hudson. Clifford Taylor. 1990. Musical Idea and the Design Aesthetic in Contemporary Music: A Text for Discerning Appraisal of Musical Thought in Western Culture, Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press. John L. Holmes. 1993. Composers on Composers, New York: Greenwood Pres. Elliott Schwartz and Barney Childs. 1967. , Contemporary Composers on Contemporary Music, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Other References		Audio and video display of music through the CD/DVD player signifying the class content.

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