Module MUSI1241: Performance 1: Listening and Performing

Department: Music

MUSI1241: Performance 1: Listening and Performing

Prerequisites

• A-Level Music or equivalent.

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• The course introduces performance as a discipline that involves not only playing or singing but also many listening skills: it aims therefore to develop aural skills that are useful and integral to performance skills. Students will gain knowledge and awareness of the role of listening in performance and develop time management and practice skills, while also improving practical skills in performance as such.

Content

• The course develops listening skills through exercises in recognising 'patterns' and musical forms at many levels. The aural skills to be developed include recognition and identification of musical elements and precise description of musical extracts (expressed in the form of written commentaries), dictation, and memorisation. Throughout the course students take individual instrumental/vocal lessons with a teacher from the Department's list of approved teachers and will receive one-to-one tutorial supervision from the course leader.

Learning Outcomes

• Students will gain fundamental understanding of the relationship between listening and performing.

• Students will gain skills in listening and practising which are applicable while performing music.
• Students will gain enhanced competence in instrumental/vocal performance.

• Aural recognition and identification, dictation and memorisation
• Technique and musicality in performance.
• Practice routines, time management, discipline, and organisation.
• Communication through instrumental/vocal performance.
• The ability to work with other musicians, demonstrating and evaluating individual and group skills.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The module consists of 22 lectures and 3 tutorials and is supported by instrumental/vocal tuition. Lectures address theoretical issues in conjunction with directed reading, and incorporate aural exercises. Individual tutorials focus on performance technique with advice on repertory and practice routines. Additional teaching is provided by instrumental and vocal tutors, who develop performance competences. Regular formative assignments are given for aural training and instrumental/vocal performance.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Regular fortnightly exercises in aural recognition and dictation with written commentary. Self-assessment is made and verbal feedback is given by the course leader during individual tutorials.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University