MUS2058 : Performance Studies 2
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Dr Larry Zazzo
- Owning School: Arts & Cultures
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
1) to develop further your performance skills and technical proficiency on one or more instruments
and/or voice.
2) to extend and broaden your repertoire encompassing a range of music from a variety of performance
traditions, historical epochs, national origins and genres, as appropriate.
3) to enhance your awareness of the relationships between performance and other aspects of musical
study.
In this module you take regular lessons on your instrument(s)/voice with an assigned tutor, in which you further develop appropriate technical and interpretative skills in MUS1058 and apply them to a broad range of musical styles and genres. One-to-one lessons are supplemented with masterclass and workshops opportunities with Heads of Studies and / or visiting artists.
Outline Of Syllabus
Syllabus guidelines for individual study are set out in the Performance Studies Handbook and vary according to instrument or voice.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 3 | 1:00 | 3:00 | lectures & materials: introducing module, performance anxiety and programme notes (PIP) |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Practical | 12 | 1:00 | 12:00 | 1-1 instrumental & vocal lessons (arranged individually with tutors) (PIP) |
| Guided Independent Study | Skills practice | 1 | 155:00 | 155:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 3 | 2:00 | 6:00 | Group Masterclasses / workshops led by Heads of Studies or invited guest tutors (PIP) |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Fieldwork | 8 | 1:30 | 12:00 | Attendance and participation via weekly Canvas Discussion Boards with live, weekly student 4PM concerts (PIP, minimum 4 per term--but students are encouraged to attend ALL weekly student concerts) |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Fieldwork | 8 | 1:00 | 8:00 | Attendance and participation via weekly Canvas Discussion Boards with live, weekly professional lunchtime concerts (PIP, minimum 4 per term--but students are encouraged to attend ALL weekly lunchtime concerts) |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Drop-in/surgery | 8 | 0:30 | 4:00 | 1:1 present in person or synchronous online meetings to discuss practice and programmes |
| Total | 200:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Individual lessons are the forum for development of appropriate technical and interpretative skills. Group classes (masterclasses, ensemble rehearsals and performances, performance workshop etc.) provide opportunities for further developing a range of performing, rehearsing and ensemble skills. Lectures introduce a range of issues related to stage presentation and professional practice.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Exams
| Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance | 10 | 1 | M | 20 | Interim/technical test (can be delivered remotely) |
| Performance | 20 | 2 | A | 70 | Final live in person solo recital of 20 minutes: may be followed by a viva voce discussion, please see below Assessment Rationale for recital length penalties. |
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written exercise | 2 | A | 10 | Final Recital Programme Notes (see below) |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The Interim test will require you to demonstrate the musical and technical skills you have developed during the first semester, and provides an opportunity to receive feedback on work-in-progress at the mid-point of the year. The final solo recital allows you to demonstrate musical, expressive, and technical skills developed through your individual and group lessons and in private practice; there is an additional focus on presentation and communication at Stage 2, as the end-of-year Recital may be a public event.
The written programme notes accompanying your final recital will aid the audience in following your recital and in understanding your choice of repertoire, and will track its development over the year under an appropriately formulated plan of study; these notes may document your working processes in tuition, practice and research, and include examples of how your regular participation in student performances and workshops and your active attendance at professional concerts may have impacted on these working processes.
Your one-to-one tutor will also write a progress report, which will be available to the assessment panel for consultation at the time of your end-of-year recital.
In accordance with practice at UK conservatories, the Dean has approved the use of fixed penalties in marking for recital length underruns and overruns, as follows:
1.Recitals that over-run by more than 10% will lose 3 points off their final mark and will be stopped in order to try and keep to the published schedule.
2.Recitals that under-run by more than 10% but less than 20% will lose 3 points off their mark.
3.Recitals that under-run by 20% or more will lose 10 points off their mark.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- MUS2058's Timetable