MUSA142-17S2 (C) Semester Two 2017

Performance Major 1B

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 July 2017
End Date: Sunday, 19 November 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 30 July 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 15 October 2017

Description

This course builds on MUSA 141 to provide students with further technical skills, musical knowledge and understanding through performance on an instrument or with voice. Students will gain further knowledge of the repertoire for their particular instrument and undertake a concert performance at the end of the semester. This course is only available to students in the Mus.B.

Public performance is also encouraged so that students continue to develop strengths in this area.
This is the second course in a sequence that leads the student towards MUSA342 in which the student will be expected to demonstrate a high level of performance to an external audience.

Students will attend individual lessons and performance classes.

Learning Outcomes

Students who pass this course will have developed:
*  further technical performance skills in an instrument or voice;
*  further music understanding through performance in an instrument or voice;
*  an increased knowledge of repertoire for a specific instrument or voice;
*  improved public performing skills, including public speaking and engagement with one's community;
*  Transferable skills: Setting and achieving goals; time management; performance under pressure; persistent; self-motivation, connection to community.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

MUSI 141

Timetable Note

Workload
Student workload (150 hours) will be allocated to:
*  12 hours attending lessons
*  12–30 hours attending Performance Workshop (Wed 5:00–6:30)/other performance classes and/or masterclasses
*  102–126 hours individual practice, rehearsals, final performance

Course Coordinator

Mark Menzies

Individual Performance teachers are assigned to each student.

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Final Recital 70% Performance examination of approximately 15-25 minutes' duration (between 24 Oct and 3 Nov)
Participation 30% Teacher's grade for participation in individual lessons and performance classes


The performance examination will be of approximately 15-20 minutes' duration, including technical exercises and at least one short recital piece.  Performance demeanour will also contribute to the mark.
30% may be based on "technical" material relevant to the instrument/voice such as scales and arpeggios, etudes and technical studies, orchestral excerpts, vocalise exercises, works that have a strongly technical component rather than an artistic/interpretative one.**
40% will be based on the artistic performance of solo (or small ensemble) repertoire, and will take into account performance demeanour and presentation, interpretative insight, as well as the successful integration of developing "technical" mastery.

*  NB:  please note, music performance courses are not eligible for aegrotat consideration
**NB: in the case of some instruments (eg, brass) it may be deemed appropriate to examine this part of the assessment separately.

The teacher's grade will consider such things as: an assessment of punctuality and reliability in attending lessons, consistency of practice and learning through the year, technical mastery gained through the year, breadth of engagement with the repertoire, participation in Performance Workshop (Wed 5:00–6:30), and any Performance Class specific to their instrument (if in addition).

Notes

Use of Technology

This course assumes that you have sufficient information and technology skills to confidently use a computer to access material for your course.  Your written work will be handwritten and submitted in class time.

You will be required to access our learning management system – LEARN – and to become familiar with its tools.  LEARN provides easily-accessible information about the course and assessments, topics and deadlines, and supports the learning you will gain from attending all lectures and tutorials.  For help using LEARN, refer to: http://learn.canterbury.ac.nz/course/view.php?id=2157

Additional Course Outline Information

Assessment and grading system

The following shows how to translate grades to numerical scores:

A+  90–100;    A   85–89;    A-  80–84;    B+   75–79;    B 70–74;    B-   65–69;     C+  60–64;     C  55–59;     C- 50–54;     D  40–49;   E  0–39
In a course at 100- or 200-level examiners may grant restricted credit (R) which will be equivalent to a pass for all purposes except as a prerequisite.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $817.00

International fee $3,525.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

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