Music in the Community with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Gather, analyse and critically evaluate feedback
• Work with multiple and variable types of sources to research a topic and present a clear line of argument
• Demonstrate communication skills appropriate to your intended audience

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Critically reflect on the skills needed for developing a successful community music practice
• Critically reflect on your community music practice and contribution to workshops
• Work with a range of music workshop techniques, models and approaches for leading workshops for diverse groups of people

Knowledge and Understanding

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

• A range of ways of designing and running music workshops in community settings
• The range of models and approaches involved in successful community music projects
• The importance and context of 'Music in the Community' and the wider field of community music

A series of topics will be presented over the module, each exploring approaches to working in community settings with music. Examples of topics that may be explored include:

• The role of music in the community
• Workshop styles
• Developing workshop activities
• Leadership skills
• Techniques for working with different groups of people
• Maximising creative music making
• Project Evaluation
• Critical reflection and presentation skills

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include:

• Lectures
• Workshops
• Group tutorials
• Mentoring

Learning activities include:

• Individual study
• Small and large group work
• Presentations
• Library research
• Online research
• Q&A with Music in the Community practitioners

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Pete Moser & George McKay (2005). Community Music: A Handbook.

Brydie-Leigh Bartleet & Lee Higgins (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Community Music.

Lee Higgins (2012). Community Music: In Theory and In Practice.

Lee Higgins & Lee Willingham (2017). Engaging in Community Music: An Introduction.

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.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External