Orchestration in the Colouring of Iraqi Kurdish Orchestral Compositions“Hope for Orchestra” as a model

Abstract

Abstract

This is an experimental study that explores the dimensions and possibilities of orchestration in colouring Kurdish orchestral works in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq through a work written by the researcher specifically for this study entitled "Hope for Orchestra". The research presents a suitable scientific model for Kurdish orchestral music composition for students of the Department of Music Composition at the College of Fine Arts at the University of Sulaymaniyah in particular, and for music students in other Iraqi universities in general. When writing the piece, the researcher tried to show the new sound colours in the orchestral writing of Iraqi Kurdish music and to highlight most of the tonal possibilities of the families present in the orchestra, such as the string, woodwind, brass and percussion families, in an educational and appropriate way for teaching orchestration and music composition at the university. It is clear that the basic concepts of studying orchestral music in the Department of Music Composition include studying the families of musical instruments, where students get to know the families of different orchestral musical instruments and their characteristics. In order to investigate and analyse these elements through a local musical piece during teaching, the researcher tried to write "Hope for Orchestra" in a way that is suitable for studying the module of orchestration and music composition for students on the one hand, and to reveal new tonal colours suitable for Iraqi Kurdish orchestral music on the other hand.