Performance and Keyboard 1 (U03907)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : ACE-1-U03907

The course has two components: Keyboard Skills and instrumental/vocal performance. It aims to provide an integrated introductory course in general musicianship, with particular emphasis on developing basic keyboard skills, as well as encouraging students' performance on their individual instruments or voice.

The aim of the seminars is to foster and develop students' experience of performance and therefore the confidence with which they approach performance. They complement the instrumental/vocal studies that students are expected to pursue with private teachers. They encourage performance within the School in a more social and public setting, and they consider issues that are not always easily covered in individual lessons.

Students' work in Keyboard Skills might well be related to such performances: e.g. accompanying a singer/instrumentalist from a simple figured bass, accompanying a vocal ensemble (perhaps at sight) from a vocal score and so on.

The tutorials introduce students to a variety of keyboard skills, all of which have useful applications in practical music-making.

? Keywords : performance keyboard skills recital music

Entry Requirements

? This course is not accepting further student enrolments.

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Only available to students on a Bachelor of Music degree programme.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Music, (School of Arts, Culture and Environment, Schedule A)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) 45 minutes per week for 16 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 12 hour(s) per week for 1 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
24/09/2007	11:10	13:00	Room G.22, Reid School	Central	Classes in the Reid Concert Hall, Bristo Square.

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	11:10	13:00	Central

? Additional Class Information : Project Semester 1 Week 11, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10.00 to 1.00. Seminars in Weeks 2,3,4,8,10 and additional tutorials in keyboard skills in Weeks 3,5,7,9,11.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

To foster students' aptitude as performers, including their ability to communicate with an audience.

To make them aware of the issues to be considered when preparing and presenting a performance.

To improve students' fluency at the keyboard in various skills of musicianship.

Assessment Information

Performance (50%): 10-minute programme, to consist of either solo and/or ensemble performances.

Keyboard (50%): One exam in the December diet (50%) and one exam in the April/May diet (50%).