Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2014-2015 (archived)
Module MUSI3672: Performance 3: Public Performance Project (double)
Department: Music
MUSI3672: Performance 3: Public Performance Project (double)
Type | Tied | Level | 3 | Credits | 40 | Availability | Available in 2014/15 | Module Cap | None. | Location | Durham |
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Tied to | W300 |
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Prerequisites
- MUSI2711 Performance 2: Practice as Research
Corequisites
- None
Excluded Combination of Modules
- MUSI3621 Performance 3 (single): Recorded Performance Project AND MUSI3611 Contemporary Music Performance
Aims
- To develop a multi-faceted approach towards the production of a public performance event, incorporating an appropriate variety of both musicological and practical skills, building upon the foundation gained in the Level 1 and 2 modules in performance.
- To employ practical and intellectual skills appropriately and effectively in the preparation and delivery of performance. These skills include an ability to communicate music with technical competence, knowledge and understanding of the repertoire and history of the chosen instrument.
Content
- This module offers opportunities to develop a public performance project that showcases not only practical performance skills but also a wide range of knowledge and understanding borne out of a university education in Music. Each student will choose an individual project where s/he presents a performance on her/his chosen instrument. The content of the project will be decided in consultation with a tutor and must be approved by the module leader. The module is based on independent study using knowledge and skills taught at Level 2, and supported by regular individual/group tutorials. Individual instrumental tuition forms essential part of the learning. The mid-year Summative Assessment (Essay) provides an opportunity to engage with the project from the academic perspective, enabling students to gain a multidimensional understanding for the chosen subject matter.
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge:
- Students will gain practical and critical understanding of how to prepare for and what is involved in a successful production of a public performance. Through work on recital performance with an accompanist students develop both presentation and team-working skills.
Subject-specific Skills:
- Students will enhance their ability to demonstrate competence in the practice of interpreting and executing musical ideas in a public arena
- Students will gain an understanding of the chosen repertoire, an ability to organize appropriate ideas and present the results through performance in a coherent and communicable form.
- Students will gain an advanced measure of personal expression and creativity in practical music-making.
- Students will gain the ability to work with other musicians where required.
- Students will gain presentation skills.
Key Skills:
- The ability to communicate
- The ability to think through sound and articulate ideas in performance
- The ability to work as a team
- The ability to work towards a single event and deliver it at the appropriate time
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Tutorials 3/3/2 hours per Term 1/2/3
- Performance seminars in Terms 1 and 2
- Individual lessons throughout the year
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total/Hours | |
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Individual Tutorials | 16 | 6/6/4 | 30 minutes | 8 | |
Seminars | 10 | 4/4/2 | 1 hour | 10 | |
Mock Exam | 1 | 7 hours | 7 | ||
Individual lessons | 20 | During terms 1, 2 and 3 | 1 hour | 20 | |
Preparation and Reading | 355 | ||||
TOTAL | 400 |
Summative Assessment
Component: Essay | Component Weighting: 25% | ||
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Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
Essay on a topic (agreed by the tutor) related to their chosen project, to be submitted in Term 2 | 100% | No | |
Component: Public Performance | Component Weighting: 75% | ||
Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
Public Performance of an approved programme of 30-40 minutes duration | 30-40 minutes | 100% | No |
Formative Assessment:
• Project planning exercises in Term 1. This includes guided preparation for the essay assignment. • Peer and tutor performance assessment in Terms 1 and 2
■ 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