Class Ensemble Project — Short Score	MUS 111 Syllabus & Schedule  William Wieland
Submit a MuseScore or PDF file which meets the following criteria: Short (1 to 2 minutes) — so you have time to complete a full score and extract parts and so we have time to perform it. Polyphonic — at least 2 independent parts Just enough staves for all of your parts. (An SATB piece will use 4 staves.) This will make it easy to copy and paste into your final score. Simple — so your classmates can sight read it. We are all too busy to rehearse these. Transpose the piece to an easy key—1 flat, 1 sharp, or none. Avoid sixteenth notes and syncopations. (If your rhythms are tricky, ask me for suggestions.) Complete — all pitches and rhythms — Don't simply write chord symbols.
Writing music well for a unique ensemble is a useful skill. You will create a piece for instruments available in class. You may do one of the following: Composition — an original work. You create everything. Arrangement — an adaptation that retains the melody or harmony of the original but otherwise is new   — A good example is a lead sheet. You are given the melody and bass line, but you must write the inner part(s). Transcription — music scored for different performing forces. You might change the key, but the music remains fundamentally unchanged.   — If you want to keep things simple, you may select a Christmas Carol.
Voices and piano are not included because you will compose a threefold amen and a piano piece this semester.
Please ask questions and show me your progress before this is due.