Bachelor of Arts (BA) - The University of Hong Kong

271MUSI2026. II/III.7 Fundamentals of music composition (6 credits)This course seeks to provide an understanding of various musical techniques through writing music. Itcovers topics in notation, instrumentation, melodic writing, harmonization, timbral control, expansionand refinement of raw material, and structural design. The course comprises lectures, small-grouptutorials, individual supervision, composer/performer workshops and concert performances of studentworks.Assessment will be on the basis of coursework (100%).MUSI2027. II/III.8 Composing for the concert world (6 credits)This course encourages students to write music using 20th century techniques. It introduces students toorganizing and manipulating various musical parameters such as pitch, rhythm, meter, texture, color,form, etc. It also helps students to experiment with the incorporation of extra-musical inspiration andalternative aesthetics. Prerequisite: students must have completed the course Fundamentals of MusicComposition before undertaking this course.Assessment will be on the basis of coursework (100%).MUSI2013. II/III.9 Computer and electronic music (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course provides the students with a general knowledge of acoustics, sampling, sound design, soundediting, sampling, sound recording and mixing, audio-visual synchronisation, synthesiser techniquesand MIDI sequencing. The course comprises lectures, workshops, and individual studio exercises.Students are required to produce various practical, creative projects using the Music Department'sstudio equipment and computer programs.Assessment will be on the basis of coursework (50%) and an examination (50%).MUSI2028. II/III.10 The business of music (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course introduces students to topics in the music industry, such as marketing, finance, contractagreements, and copyright problems in the fields of music publishing, recording, performance, musicadministration and arts management. A music and/or writing background is helpful, but is notnecessary.Assessment will be on the basis of coursework (50%) and an examination (50%).MUSI2015. II/III.11 Popular music: from Cantopop to techno (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course covers popular music ranging from the history of Hong Kong's Cantopop (e.g.,Sam Hui, Aaron Kwok, Faye Wong) to the latest trends in the popular music market worldwide.The subject matter of this course is how popular music is defined, produced, disseminated andconsumed across different cultures of the world. Classes are not arranged chronologically toprovide a historical survey, nor are all areas of the world covered. However, themes andconcepts that can be applied to the serious study of all popular musics (and perhaps even more)will be discussed. Students will learn the basic critical tools to examine popular musics of theworld from a scholarly perspective.Assessment will be on the basis of coursework (100%).