MUCP 364 MIDI Orchestration

College of Performing Arts School of Music

1.5 credits 22.5 hours
300 level undergraduate course

This course examines instrumentation and orchestration techniques for ensembles of various sizes, instrumental combinations, and musical genres. Ranges, transpositions, characteristics, and idiosyncrasies of the instruments are presented with examples from the orchestral, chamber, and contemporary music repertoires. Students apply this knowledge using MIDI, virtual instrument libraries, and mixing procedures to emulate live ensembles in diverse idioms.

Prerequisites MUSC*203 and MUSC*205 or or MUSC*207 and MUSC*209

This course is not repeatable for credit.