MUSA143-25W (A) Whole Year 2025 (The Arts Centre Christchurch)

Performance 1 (Secondary)

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 16 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 August 2025

Description

This course enables students to develop technical skills in an instrument or voice, music knowledge and understanding through performance on an instrument or with voice, and develop knowledge of the repertoire for that specific instrument or voice. It is designed for students from a non-Performance major (or a non-music degree), or for Performance Major students who wish to study a relevant second instrument (or possibly voice).

The course aims to develop technical skills, musical knowledge and understanding in an instrument or voice, through regular lessons, practice and rehearsals that lead to three (or more) public performances through the year, one of which is an end-of-year assessment concert.
The course also develops knowledge of repertoire for the specific instrument or voice, as well as a working knowledge of chamber and ensemble music that includes it.
To support the public performance skills expected of the student, attendance is required at a weekly Combined Performance Workshop (Wednesday 5–6:30pm); also required is attendance at a Performance Class related specifically to their instrument/voice; and the students are also expected to be available for at least four of the Friday lunchtime (1:10-2pm) concerts held in the Arts Centre Recital Room to perform and/or support (by listening to) their community of fellow students, performance staff and selected guests.

Learning Outcomes

▪ Technical performance skills in an instrument or voice;
▪ Music understanding through performance in an instrument or voice;
▪ A knowledge of repertoire for a specific instrument or voice;
▪ A body of repertoire for a specific instrument or voice;
▪ Public performing skills, including public speaking and engagement with one’s community.
▪ Transferable skills: Setting and achieving goals; time management; performance under pressure; persistence; self-motivation; connection to community.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Engaged with the community

Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of School following an audition.

Restrictions

MUSI140

Timetable Note

Student workload (150 hours) is allocated:
• 12 hours attending lessons
• 36 hours attending Performance Workshop (Wednesday 5:00-6:30) / other performance classes and/or masterclasses
• 8 – 24 hours attending and/or performing at UC Friday lunchtime concerts
• 78 – 106 hours individual practice, rehearsals, final performances

All workshops, lessons and other course-related activities are subject to what is advisable under COVID conditions.

Course Coordinator

Mark Menzies

Lecturer

Justin DeHart

Semester 1 Course Coordinator - Justin deHart
Semester 2 Course Coordinator - Mark Menzies

Individual Performance Teachers are assigned to each student

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Teachers Grade 20% 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 semester, growth of the students' technical mastery, and breadth of engagement with the repertoire. The teacher's grade could also include assessments from one or more technical exams set during the year.
Combined Performance Workshop attendance and engagement 10% Participation in the Combined Performance Workshop (Monday 6:30-8pm), and any Performance Class specific to their instrument (if in addition) are an important support system to the learning environment provided by private lessons. All vocalists are invited to take part in Consortia singers & band that meets on Thursdays at 6:30-8:30.
Performance Class appropriate to the participant's instrument or voice 10% Participation in the Combined Performance Workshop (Monday 6:30-8pm), and any Performance Class specific to their instrument (if in addition) are an important support system to the learning environment provided by private lessons. All vocalists are invited to take part in Consortia singers & band that meets on Thursdays at 6:30-8:30.
Public Performances with self-reflection 30% A minimum of two public performances throughout the semester, either on the Friday lunchtime concert series, at the Combined Performance workshops (Monday at 6:30pm) or another venue, as arranged with the Head of Performance; a self-reflection needs to be submitted on LEARN within one week of each performance. The two (or more) performances through the semester ask the student to aspire to an artistic performance of solo - or small ensemble repertoire that features the student's instrument or voice - with stage presence, interpretative insight, as well as the successful integration of a developing "technical" mastery.
End of Year Performance 30% The end-of-year performance will be of approximately 15-25 minutes duration, and will include at a minimum two short recital pieces; these can include repeat performances of repertoire presented during the semester, and can include small ensemble repertoire as appropriate - the assessment will, like the other performances, take into account performance demeanour and presentation, interpretative insight, as well as the successful integration of developing "technical" mastery.


Please check the course LEARN page for further details and updates.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $998.00

International fee $4,850.00

* 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.

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