MUSA392-18S2 (C) Semester Two 2018

Small Ensemble 3

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 16 July 2018
End Date: Sunday, 18 November 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 27 July 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 12 October 2018

Description

This course provides students with further experience in playing in small ensembles. Students gain further experience in rehearsing and public performance.

The course aims to provide students with experience in performance in a small ensemble (for example chamber music groups). The ensemble will provide students with skills in rehearsal techniques, tuning, blending, accuracy, knowledge of repertoire, and rehearsal discipline. Students will also gain experience of public performance in a small ensemble.

Note that this ensemble is made up of a mix of 100, 200 and 300 level instrumental students, all of whom demonstrate abilities in a range of instrumental and musical skills. In addition to their base set of skills, students will also demonstrate abilities and experience based upon their level of enrolment corresponding to early, intermediate and advanced stages of development.

Learning Outcomes

  • Students who pass this course will have developed:
  • Ensemble skills
  • Repertoire knowledge of chamber music
  • Understanding of rehearsal techniques
  • Experience of public performance
  • Discipline in self-preparation, careful rehearsing and cooperative music making.

    Transferable skills:
  • Communication skills: public performance, public performing under pressure,
  • Organizational skills: goal setting and meeting deadlines, attention to detail, punctuality.
  • Interpersonal skills: the ability to take direction and to work cooperatively, skills in adapting (to various performing environments), assessing own and other’s work; group discipline and responsibility.

      • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

MUSA292 and the approval of the Head of School.

Restrictions

MUSI 398

Timetable Note

Student workload (150 hours) will be allocated to:
• 50 hours attending rehearsals
• 5 hours preparing for oral presentation
• 20 hours dress rehearsal and concert performance
• 75 hours self-directed practice

Course Coordinator

Justin DeHart

Lecturer

Mark Menzies

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Individual Assessment 30% A high mark here will indicate your prompt and regular attendance, quality of preparation, and degree of engagement with rehearsals
Group Assessment 40% 2-4 documented performances. Participation in the 2pm, September 23rd Musical Guerilla Games concert at the Arts Centre Great Hall is required for everyone. In addition, 1-3 other qualified performances are required
Oral Presentation 30% Present a description and reflection of your involvement with the ensemble you participated in. 10 Minute slot during the Performance Workshop (Wednesday 5-6:30pm) at the Arts Centre Location in September

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $834.00

International fee $3,600.00

* 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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