MTC431: Instrumentation and Orchestration
A this discipline course at Arizona Christian University.
Course Description
Application of traditional instrumentation and orchestration techniques to live and sampled orchestra performances. Students learn instrument family characteristics for strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion. Approaches to writing for full orchestra focus on idiomatic writing. Technological considerations required to create recorded orchestra sounds include sample libraries, sequencing techniques and hardware setup. By the end of the course, students will be able to apply skills to orchestrate music in digital and live performance venues. This course allows students to use the Digital Audio Workstation.
Prerequisites
Corequisites
- None
Learning Outcomes
Engage the Course Material
Build a working understanding of instrumentation and orchestration as the course's central subject.
Apply Discipline Methods
Use the methods, vocabulary, and frameworks of the discipline to address course problems.
Connect Course Content
Connect this course's content to broader work in the discipline and related fields.
Demonstrate Course Competencies
Demonstrate the specific competencies the course is designed to develop.
Biblical Worldview Connection
A Biblical Worldview treats music as a craft worth doing well — a way of engaging beauty, skill, and worship with the seriousness any vocation deserves.
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