Undergraduate Course: Intercultural Musical Performance (MUSI08071)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | In this year-long course, you will learn to play as part of an ensemble led by a specialist in a particular musical tradition. You do not require any previous experience or formal music performance education to take this course.
Musical ensembles vary from year to year according to expert tutor availability. Previous ensembles include North Indian Sitar, Javanese Gamelan, West African Drumming, and Contemporary Improvisation.
To select your ensemble, you must attend the introductory seminar in Semester 1, Week 1. *For 2017-18, this is held on Friday 22 September, 2-4pm in Lecture Room A, Alison House.* |
| Course description |
Musical ensembles vary from year to year according to expert tutor availability. Previous ensembles include North Indian Sitar, Javanese Gamelan, West African Drumming, and Contemporary Improvisation.
To choose your ensemble, you must attend the introductory session in Semester 1, Week 1. *For 2017-18, this is held on Friday 22 September, 2-4pm in Lecture Room A, Alison House.*
Performance in any musical tradition or style requires specific techniques and knowledge. These include both practical expertise, and an understanding of conventions and context. Equally important is learning how to listen and respond to fellow musicians. In this year-long course, you will learn to play as part of an ensemble led by a specialist in a particular musical tradition. The course provides practical performance opportunities for you to gain specialised experiential learning, leading to personal development in musical performance skills.
Alongside the practical workshops and your own private rehearsal, your learning is contextualised through guided reading and seminar discussion. In six seminars (three per semester), you will consider questions such as: How is musical knowledge acquired and shared among musicians in a given tradition? How is musical performance appraised in that tradition?
You do not require any previous experience or formal music performance education to take this course. You are required to dedicate a minimum of four hours individual rehearsal each week to make progress. Ensembles may have additional performance and rehearsal opportunities available to them, at the discretion of the tutor - dates/times all provided by tutors.
There are two equally-weighted components of assessment. Practical-based assessment is monitored through your workshop attendance and engagement with your ensemble throughout the year. You also submit a 2000-word reflective essay at the end of Semester 2.
1. Practical-based assessment: Level of engagement and attainment of practical competence, monitored throughout the course by workshop/rehearsal participation (50%)
2. Coursework: Write a reflective account of your individual learning, specifying new knowledge (practical and theoretical) that you have acquired in your chosen musical workshops tradition (2000 words, 50%)
Feedback on your progress is available through your ongoing interaction with the specialist ensemble tutor at workshops. You will also receive feedback on your ideas and learning during the six whole-class seminars led by the Course Organiser. You will receive advice and feedback on the reflective essay from the Course Organiser through two group tutorials (one per semester).
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 33 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| 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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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
50 %
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate practical performance competence at a level appropriate to the opportunities presented through the course.
- Identify some of the skills and knowledge required to participate in an appropriate ensemble.
- Describe distinguishing features of repertoire, performance convention and pedagogy for the given musical tradition.
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Reading List
Required Course Reading:
Moon, Jennifer A. 2013. A Handbook of Reflective and Experiential Learning: Theory and Practice. London: Routledge. Pgs. 186-217. (e-book)
Small, Christopher. 2011. Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan. Pgs. 1-18.
Further Course Reading:
Blacking, John. 1973. How Musical is Man? Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Brinner, Benjamin Elon. 1995. Knowing Music, Making Music: Javanese Gamelan and the Theory of Musical Competence and Interaction. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Green, Lucy. 2002. How Popular Musicians Learn: A Way Ahead for Music Education. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Kingsbury, Henry. 1988. Music, Talent, and Performance: A Conservatory Cultural System. Philadelphia. Temple University Press.
Lave, Jean and Wenger, Etienne. 1991. Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Moon, Jennifer A. 2013. A Handbook of Reflective and Experiential Learning: Theory and Practice. London: Routledge. (e-book)
Rice, Timothy. 1994. May It Fill Your Soul: Experiencing Bulgarian Music. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Small, Christopher. 2011. Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan.
Talis Aspire: http://resourcelists.ed.ac.uk/lists/F7E6B755-CD54-9DB7-B1EF-49F1E0D2A5BF.html |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Knowledge of technical specialism. Individually-motivated practice/rehearsal.
Music, Performance, Ensemble, Practical skills. |
| Keywords | Music,Performance,Ensemble,Practical skills |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Tom Western
Tel:
Email: twestern@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Carrie Lyall
Tel: (0131 6)50 2422
Email: Carrie.Lyall@ed.ac.uk |
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