Performance in Practice B

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Work and perform independently
• Be self-critical musically and technically.
• Organise your time efficiently.

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Exert greater technical control over your instrument or voice
• Perform from notation or by ear, at short notice

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Structure practice sessions effectively.
• Display an informed musical understanding of your chosen repertoire

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Stage presentation and audience communication.
• Effective programming of the repertoire of your chosen instrument (or voice).

You will meet with your instructor individually and will be required to learn repertoire appropriate to your level and year, as well as technical materials provided by performance staff.

You will attend lunchtime concerts and engage in relevant performance projects and workshops run by visiting musicians, members of the department and Heads of Performance.

You will be required to complete three assessments:

• a practical performance examination 10 - 12 minutes in length
• a practical sight-reading or playing by ear performance examination (which includes a preparation period)

Teaching and learning methods

We are aiming to deliver a significant amount of your teaching face to face, blended with online learning, unless circumstances dictate otherwise. In which case the delivery could comprise an increased element of online learning, or move to entirely online if face to face teaching is not possible or advisable

Teaching will be delivered in lessons with specialist teachers and workshop sessions. Where possible, you will be given the opportunity to participate in classes/workshops and department performance projects (often resulting in public performance), as well as the opportunity to take part in workshops and masterclasses with visiting performers.

Where possible, you will also learn while listening and observing lunchtime concerts and while rehearsing with accompanists (if appropriate for your programme).

Resources & Reading list

Internet Resources

Naxos Music Library.

Assessment strategy

You will receive verbal feedback during each lesson. Feedback on the performance exam is given in writing by the examiners on an exam sheet providing a mark, detailed commentary on the performance itself.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.