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African Composition - CST3714
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: CST2611 Co-requisite: CST3711 & CST3713
Purpose: Qualifying students will analyse and apply advanced techniques of African composition in a range of instrumental and vocal art musics. Qualifying students will create transcriptions and analysis of musical works by twentieth and twenty-first century composers from Africa and abroad who have used African indigenous elements as structural elements in their music. Competency to create short- to medium length composition projects using African compositional techniques will be assessed through a portfolio of compositions in a range of idioms.