Elements and Performance Criteria
- Keep up to date with technologies that can be used to compose music
- Undertake research to keep abreast of developments in computer software and hardware relevant to music composition
- Listen to recordings of music composed using electronic devices as a way of generating ideas in relation to own music practice
- In consultation with appropriate personnel, identify factors that may have an impact on how electronic devices can be incorporated into the composition of planned pieces
- Generate ideas for musical pieces
- Clarify scope of composition brief with appropriate personnel
- Prepare a plan for completing work in line with the requirements of the brief and negotiate a contract as required
- Brief other people involved in the composition project as required
- Use features of relevant software and/or electronic devices to generate a range of musical ideas or starting points and experiment with options for realising them
- Investigate the potential of basic structural elements for achieving the desired effect
- Discuss options with appropriate personnel and refine ideas as required
- Create musical pieces
- Use electronic media to apply a range of compositional techniques to organise musical elements into working versions of musical pieces
- Listen to work in progress with appropriate personnel and seek feedback on how well compositions meet creative and technical requirements
- Incorporate ideas and suggestions into final compositions
- As required, attend rehearsals or performance workshops where compositions are being played and make any necessary adjustments to compositions
- Present all compositions in required file format by agreed deadline
- Evaluate own musical compositions
- Identify criteria to provide an effective measure of the success of own compositions
- Compare work against previous compositions to assess development of techniques and ideas
- Discuss strengths and weaknesses of compositions with appropriate personnel and identify strategies for improving own skills in composing music using electronic media