BACHELOR OF MUSIC (Composition) [HB060]

STREAM 1: WESTERN CLASSICAL
This stream is intended to develop the skills of students who wish to specialise in composition. All applicants will have to pass an audition before being accepted.

Candidates must complete the following courses:
First year:
(a) MUZ1340W History of Music I
(b) MUZ1351W Music Theory and Analysis I
(c) Instrument B1
(d) MUZ1324W Aural I
(e) One of the following:
MUZ1333W Ensemble I*
MUZ1320W Accompanying I*
(f) MUZ1281W Secondary Piano 1+
(g) MUZ1367F Worlds of Music I
(h) MUZ1357F Research Methodology and Bibliographical Studies
(i) MUZ1358S South African Music
(j) Any first-year non-music semester course

Second year:
(a) MUZ2340W History of Music II
(b) MUZ2351W Music Theory and Analysis II
(c) Instrument B2
(d) MUZ2324W Aural II
(e) One of the following:
MUZ2333W Ensemble II*
MUZ2320W Accompanying II*
(f) MUZ2281W Secondary Piano 2+
(g) Elective:
Any non-music 1st year semester course OR
MUZ2367S Worlds of Music II
(h) MUZ2330W Composition I
(i) MUZ1321F Acoustics

Third year:
(a) MUZ3340W History of Music III
(b) MUZ3351W Music Theory and Analysis III
(c) Instrument B3
(d) MUZ3333W Ensemble III
(e) MUZ3355W Orchestration I
(f) MUZ3330W Composition II

Fourth year:
(a) MUZ4351W Music Theory and Analysis IV
(b) MUZ4333W Ensemble IV
(c) MUZ4355W Orchestration II
(d) MUZ4330W Composition III
* Ensemble required for all orchestral and African instruments; Accompanying for all keyboard
students
+ Non-keyboard majors only

STREAM 2: JAZZ STUDIES, COMPOSITION AND ARRANGEMENT
This stream is intended to provide a broad musical training, practical individual and group
instruction and the study of history and theory of jazz, as well as jazz arrangement and
improvisation. The Composition and Arrangement option is intended to develop the skills of students who wish to specialise in composition and/or arrangement. Applicants will likewise have to pass an audition before being accepted.

Candidates must complete the following courses:
First year:
(a) MUZ1339W History of Jazz I
(b) MUZ1363W Theory of Jazz I
(c) MUZ1324W Aural I
(d) Instrument B1
(e) MUZ1351W Music Theory and Analysis I
(f) MUZ1255W Jazz Piano D1*
(g) MUZ1367F Worlds of Music I
(h) MUZ1357F Research Methodology and Bibliographical Studies
(i) MUZ1358S South African Music
(j) Any non-music first-year semester course

Second year:
(a) MUZ2339W History of Jazz II
(b) MUZ2363W Theory of Jazz II
(c) MUZ2324W Aural II
(d) Instrument B2
(e) MUZ2351W Music Theory and Analysis II
(f) MUZ1343W Jazz Improvisation I
(g) MUZ2330W Composition I
(h) MUZ2255W Jazz Piano D2*

Third year:
(a) MUZ1341W Jazz Arrangement I
(b) One of the following:
MUZ2343W Jazz Improvisation II
Instrument B3
(c) MUZ3330W Composition II
(d) MUZ3355W Orchestration I
(e) MUZ2345W Jazz Styles and Analysis I
(f) MUZ1331W Contemporary Music Practice I

Fourth year:
(a) MUZ2341W Jazz Arrangement II
(b) One of the following:
MUZ4330W Composition III
MUZ3343W Jazz Improvisation III
Instrument B4
(c) MUZ4355W Orchestration II
(d) MUZ1326F Business Management for Musicians
(e) MUZ2331W Contemporary Music Practice II
* Non-pianists only; students who have not met the admission requirements to Jazz Piano D1
must complete Secondary Piano 1 before enrolling in Jazz Piano D1