Composition Tasks:

Rhythmic Motif (Week 1) 
Compose a rhythmic motif based on rhythmic cells. 
 

Melodic Motif (Week 1) 
Assign notes to your rhythmic motif. 
 

Phasing (Week 1)
Apply phasing shifts to either your rhythmic or melodic motif. 
 

Melodic Theme (Week 2) 
Compose a short melodic theme. (no longer than 4 bars) 
 

Composition 1 (Week 2) 
Using your short composed theme, form 11 more ideas using compositional techniques such as augmentation, diminution, inversion, retrograde, hocketing, phasing or other creative forms. You must compose for both treble and bass clefs as well as including (at least) 2 rhythmic lines. (You will end up with 12 ideas in total).
Using a planner scaffold, assign ideas to each instrument and fill in the 'Big Ideas.'
Enter your ideas into Sibelius using the blank score.
Edit your composition as you go along. 
 

Minimalism (Week 4) 
You have two options in this composition task: 

1. ​Compose a short work (no more than 16 bars) that uses minimalist features explored in class. You may even choose to use sound files or recordings (rather than traditional notation). 

2. Arrange your Composition 1 so that it reflects Minimalism. You may choose to add some features e.g. drone, ostinato or alter some of your ideas using the minimalist features explored in class.
    

Composition 2 - Layers and Texture (Week 6) 
Using either the set of layers above from Rush or Dawn Mantras, arrange your own short composition (32 bars). You may choose to compose your own melodic layer however majority of the lines should be from the respective works. It is not necessary to use the full notation of each line above (e.g. you can use bars 8-9 of the Violin I layer from Rush as an ostinato). You may also modify layers using thematic alteration or other compositional devices you have learnt so far.