Module: PM7025-30 Intertextuality in Sound Production

Level: 7

Credit Value: 30

Module Tutor: Ben Ramsay

Module Tutor Contact Details: b.ramsay@bathspa.ac.uk

1.Brief description and aims of module

This module aims to capture and contextualise emerging trends and innovation at the forefront of sound production. The module content is directly influenced from local sound production culture as well as exploring a national and international angle. As you study the module, you produce an intertextual composition that references or re-contextualises groupings of sonic influences from a rich milieu of sound making and related practices.

The module aims to:

• Explore the emerging trends and innovation at the forefront of sound production
• Engender an advanced understanding of the intertextual aspects of sound production

2.Outline syllabus

Lectures and seminars will cover the following topic areas:

• Reading modern music
• The limitations of ‘genre’
• Hybrid musical forms
• Electroacoustic fusion music
• Polystylistic and eclectic tendencies in contemporary music
• Intertextuality in contemporary electronic music
• Cross media and multimedia influences

3.Teaching and learning activities

Lecturers and seminars explore contemporary music making from an intertextual and multi-genre perspective.

Teaching and learning will take the form of:

• Formal lecture delivery
• Guest lectures
• Seminars
• Practical workshops
• Peer listening
• Self-directed study

Assessment Item 1:

• Assessment Type: Course Work
• Description: Intertextual composition (5,500 words)
• % Weighting: 70%

Assessment Item 2:

• Assessment Type: Course Work
• Description: Critical reflection (2,000 words)
• % Weighting: 30%