MUSA241-17S1 (C) Semester One 2017

Performance Major 2A

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2017
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 21 May 2017

Description

Performance work involving weekly individual lessons, performance classes and ensemble training in an approved instrument or in voice. This course is only available to students majoring in Performance for the Mus.B.

The course aims to develop technical skills, musical knowledge and understanding in an instrument or voice, through regular lessons, practice and rehearsal culminating in performances and a performance examination.  It also develops knowledge of the repertoire for the specific instrument or voice, as well as build concert performance repertoire for each student.  Public performance is also encouraged so that students begin to develop strengths in this area.

This is the third 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.

Learning Outcomes

Students who pass this course will have developed:
*  Further technical performance skills in an instrument or voice;
*  Advanced music understanding through performance in an instrument or voice;
*  Wide knowledge of repertoire for a specific instrument or voice;
*  Professional preparation and performing skills.
*  Transferable Skills:  Public performing; setting and achieving goals; time management; performance under pressure; self-assessment and persistence; self-motivation.

Prerequisites

MUSA142 with a C grade or higher

Restrictions

MUSI 241

Timetable Note

Students will attend individual lessons and performance classes.

Workload

Student workload (150 hours) will be allocated to:
*  12 hours attending lessons
*  18-36 hours attending performance classes / masterclasses
*  102-120 hours individual practice, rehearsals, final performance

Course Coordinator

Mark Menzies

Individual performance teachers are assigned to each student.

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Performance Examination 70% End-of-semester performance examination (scheduled between 7 and 17 June).
Participation 30%


The performance examination will be a maximum of 20-30 minutes' duration, and will include technical exercises and at least two short recital pieces.*
30% may be based on "technical" material relevant to the instrument/voice such as scales and arpeggios, études and technical studies, orchestral excerpts, vocalise exercises, works that have a strongly technical component rather than an artistic/interpretive one.**
40% will be based on artistic performance of solo (or small ensemble) repertoire, and will take into account performance demeanour and presentation.

 * NB: 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.

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 .

All MUSA241 Occurrences

  • MUSA241-17S1 (C) Semester One 2017