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).

Prerequisites

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

Restrictions

MUSI140

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.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $942.00

International fee $4,663.00

* 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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