Music InvestigationOutcome 2

Composition

Improvisation

Arrangement

Preconditions for creative work

• The imaginative space - instinct, intuition, impulse, non-thinking, non-verbal. Stimuli can be musical, also extra musical. Sensing.

• The analytical framework – shaping impulse into direction. Forming micro/macro structure. Developing the totality of the work. Observing.

• The instrument, and your history with it, as the connecting medium

The focus area

• Diversity of chosen works is useful

• Intention in working with chosen works – what are you looking for? What creative relationship do you want to explore? How will this feed your creative work?

• eg. referencing, embedding, quotation, homage, parody, antithesis, synthesis

Practicalities

• Working routine

• Organisation, documentation

• Time management – defined stages for exploring, drafting, refining, rehearsing, performing

• Who are you writing for?

• What performance situation? When?

Synthesis

• Identifying and connecting influences

• Absorbing elements of chosen works in an idiosyncratic way

• Observing and identifying significant micro/macrostructures. Developing a symbolic language