Undergraduate Course: Practical Music Workshops (MUSI08062)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Music |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The primary mode of study in this course is practical participation in a music ensemble. Supported by a tutor, you will take part in an existing ensemble in order to learn skills within a specific musical community. (Options will vary from year to year dependent on availability and student numbers, and may include: North Indian music; Gamelan; traditional music; community choir; or improvising ensemble.) You are also required to undertake a minimum 4-hours practice per week outside of scheduled workshops.
Alongside workshop participation and private rehearsal, six whole-class seminars will explore topics such as repertoire, performance convention, pedagogy, theory and appraisal. Over the duration of the course, you will identify particular skills and knowledge required to participate in an appropriate ensemble for a given musical tradition, and you will develop some of the practical and intellectual expertise behind the act of 'musicking' (Small, 1998) within that tradition.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Only available to students enrolled on the MA Music programme.
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| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: 30 |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 12,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 16,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 16,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
152 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
70 %,
Practical Exam
30 %
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate practical performance competence at a level appropriate to the opportunities presented through the course.
2. Identify some of the skills and knowledge required to participate in an appropriate ensemble.
3. Describe distinguishing features of repertoire, performance convention and pedagogy for the given musical tradition.
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Assessment Information
1. TUTOR REPORT: End-of-year report on level of engagement and attainment of practical competence (10%).
2. PRESENTATION: Identify three concepts raised during the seminars and relate these to your practical learning. (30%, Week 11, Semester 1).
3. ESSAY (3000 words): Write a reflective account of your individual learning, specifying new knowledge (practical and theoretical) that you have acquired in your chosen musical workshops tradition. (60%, Week 11, Semester 2).
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
To play or to sing is a normal human activity. To perform well in any given tradition requires a specific array of skills and knowledge, based on rehearsed, practical expertise; an understanding of the conventions and context of a given practice; and acquired sensitivity to the actions of other musicians. This course provides students with practical performance opportunities to support the experiential learning through which all students may acquire a common disciplinary understanding of technical accomplishment in music performance. This learning is contextualised through theoretical understanding, via seminars and guided reading/study addressing such questions as: How is musical knowledge acquired and shared among musicians participating in a given tradition? What constitutes essential knowledge and theoretical framework for that music? On what grounds (aesthetic, technical, functional) is a given music appraised? This is a core course for the MA Music degree programme.
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| Syllabus |
Musical Workshops: These will vary from year to year dependent on staff availability and student numbers, and may include: North Indian music; Gamelan; traditional music; community choir; improvising ensemble.
Seminar topics:
- Musical encounters (formal, informal and non-formal learning)
- The importance of repertoire
- Performance context and conventions
- Pedagogy and apprenticeship
- Appraising performance: what matters, and what doesn't?
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| Transferable skills |
Knowledge of technical specialism. Individually-motivated practice/rehearsal.
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| Reading list |
Bell, Cindy L. "Toward a definition of a community choir." International Journal of Community Music 1, no. 2 (2008): 229-241.
Blacking, John. How musical is man?. University of Washington Press, 1973.
Folkestad, G. (2006). Formal and informal learning situations or practices vs formal and informal ways of learning. British Journal of Music Education, 23:2 (2006):135-145.
Green, L. How popular musicians learn: a way ahead for music education. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002.
Moon, Jennifer A. A handbook of reflective and experiential learning: Theory and practice. Routledge, 2013.
Neuman, Daniel M. The life of music in north India: The organization of an artistic tradition. University of Chicago Press, 1990.
Oliveros, Pauline. Deep listening: a composer's sound practice. iUniverse, 2005.
Small, Christopher. Musicking: The meanings of performing and listening. Wesleyan, 2011.
Stevens, John, Julia Doyle, and Ollie Crooke. Search and reflect: A music workshop handbook. Rockschool, 2007. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
8 workshop sessions (1 hr) per semester (weeks 1-5 & 7-10).
3 seminars (2 hr) per semester (weeks 3,7 and 11).
30 hrs teaching contact, of which: seminar = 12, Workshop sessions = 18. Notional 20 hrs summative assessment for reflective essay and tutor report. Notional 106 hrs directed preparation, of which: practical workshop attendance = 16; individual rehearsal = 88; preparation for seminars = 18; formative assessment via presentation, including preparation and feedback = 30.
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| Keywords | Music, Performance, Ensemble, Practical skills |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Thomas Wagner
Tel:
Email: twagner@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Annabelle Evans
Tel: (0131 6)50 2422
Email: Annabelle.Evans@ed.ac.uk |
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