Courswork B351 – what’s next?

Performance 1 (12+12+6) (15%)

Commentary (10) (5%)

Composition 1 (15+5) (10%)

Recording performances on Tuesday and Wednesdays – timetable

What will you do during these lessons if you are not recording?

Planning/preparing “sketches” for composition

Brief – paragraph 4 (this need only be a short paragraph)

Think about the features in your piece that you will use in your composition. This could be: structure, harmony, techniques (should include techniques, just don’t talk too much about it)

WHY will you use them? (Effective in giving character to piece? Good use of the instrument? Etc

Which particular techniques are you going to use?

Singers – what set of words will you choose? How does this relate to your song?

What will the mood/style of your piece be and how will you use your instrument to achieve this?

Style? Perhaps influenced by your composition? Eg Blues, jazz, classical (?), or simply just a flute and piano piece etc

Structure and keys

Melodic ideas? 2-4 bar opening phrase?

Accompaniment? Chords? Style of accompaniment?