MUSA144-17S1 (C) Semester One 2017

Sight-Reading and Keyboard Accompaniment

This occurrence is not offered in 2017

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): Friday, 3 March 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 19 May 2017

Description

This course assists keyboard performance students to develop the necessary skills in sight-reading and musical accompaniment.

The course aims to help keyboard performance students to develop necessary skills in sight-reading and musical accompaniment.  In order to be fully functional as piano performers all pianists must develop a set of parallel skills which will enable them to carry out essential tasks at a professional level.  This includes a high level of sight-reading ability and skills in accompanying instrumentalists and singers.  This course provides an introduction to these essential skills and assists students in developing some knowledge of the repertoire for keyboard-accompanied works for other instruments or voice.

Learning Outcomes

Students who pass this course will have developed:
*  sight-reading skills;
*  quick study techniques;
*  basic skills in accompanying singers and instrumentalists;
*  knowledge and experience in working within teaching studios as accompanist
*  transferable skills:  setting and achieving goals: co-operative and collaborative skills.

Prerequisites

Available only to students studying Performance on a keyboard instrument. Entry by permission of the Head of School.

Timetable Note

Student workload (150 hours) will be allocated to:
*  24 hours attending classes
*  36 hours rehearsing accompanying skills
*  90 hours practice

Course Coordinator

Mark Menzies

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Sight-reading Tests (2) 50%
Performance Test 50% End of semester accompaniment performance test

Notes

Use of Technology

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.

A pass is 50 marks and over.

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.

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