Music ensembles: Laptop Orchestra I
| Title | Μουσικά Σύνολα: Laptop Orchestra I / Music ensembles: Laptop Orchestra I |
| Code | ΜΠ3045 |
| Faculty | Fine Arts |
| School | Music Studies |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600021507 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Mousikṓn Spoudṓn (2017-sīmera)
Registered students: 21
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musicology / Music Education | Elective Courses | Winter | - | 2 |
| Music Composition | Elective Courses | Winter | - | 2 |
| Academic Year | 2024 – 2025 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Instructors from Other Categories |
|
| Weekly Hours | 2 |
| Total Hours | 26 |
| Class ID | 600256937
|
Class Schedule
| Building | Τμήμα Μουσικών Σπουδών (Θέρμη) |
| Floor | Ισόγειο |
| Hall | ΑΜΦΙΘΕΑΤΡΟ 8 (317) |
| Calendar | Παρασκευή 17:00 έως 20:00 |
Course Type 2021
Skills Development
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600256937
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
The aim of the workshop is to expand the knowledge that students have received in other electronic music courses and to focus on deeper artistic as well as technical-technological issues such as the composition of new works and/or free improvisations through the development of tools for their implementation along with stylistic, analytical, and technical approach of their concert presentation. At the heart of the research that takes place in the course is
- Composition of sound music works (tape music)
- Composition of mixed works (natural instruments with tape)
- Composition of works with live electronics
- Composition of works of interactive nature (interactive music)
- Composition of works / improvisations for electronic meta-instruments (laptop orchestra)
- Composition/creation of sound, sound-kinetic installations
- Composition of works of new media (multimedia art)
- Development of code for artistic purposes
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course students are expected to:
- To have developed skills in innovative ways of collaboration and in setting up and artistically guiding electronic music ensembles
- To have programmed at least one of their own virtual-electronic musical instruments (software)
- To have implemented at least one project in the field of new media arts
- To have experimented in group music performance using new technologies
- Have worked and understood issues of aesthetics, music style, and analysis in computer-music performance, in relation to the medium of technology they use
- To have presented material of their artistic pursuits in a public concert.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Make decisions
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Preparation & presentation of computer music and installation artworks by the students (either solo or teamwork)
The laptop orchestra is an orchestra in which portable computers are used as musical meta-instruments, programmed by its members, and perform music in live musical
events. The orchestra will be based at the Department of Music Studies but will be open to all students of AUTh. This is an innovation of our university as this will be the first orchestra of its kind with an official operation in Greece. Orchestras of similar structure and dynamics are currently just very few around the world, mostly at important universities in Europe and America. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop_orchestra). Students from different geographic areas can participate actively in such an ensemble via internet transmission of musical data (OSC - networked art). One of the functions of the orchestra is to bring the artistic creation that takes place in the TMS close to the public both inside and outside the city.
Keywords
Computer music, laptop music, laptop orchestra
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Audio
- Multimedia
- Coding
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artistic Workshop | 26 | 0.9 | |||
| Artistic creation | 34 | 1.1 | |||
| Total | 60 | 2 |
Student Assessment
Description
The course is not marked, but evaluated on a pass/fail basis. The following criteria should be met for successfully completing the course: a) attendance of at least 70% of the meetings b) active participation in weekly group activities c) participation in all concert presentations during the semester
Student Assessment methods
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
- Artistic Performance (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
McNutt, E. (2003), ‘Performing Εlectroacoustic Μusic: Α Wider View of Interactivity’, Organised Sound 8(3).
Roads, C. (2015), Composing Electronic Music: A New Aesthetic, Oxford University Press.
Roads, C. (1996), The Computer Music Tutorial, MIT Press.
Ruviaro B. (2015), A Gentle Introduction to SuperCollider, Creative Commons, [download]
Valle, A. (2016), Introduction to Supercollider, Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH.
Wishart, T. (1996), On Sonic Art, Routledge.
Last Update
08-03-2025
