• Inactive for Year: 2024/25

• Module Leader(s): Professor David Clarke

• Owning School: Arts & Cultures
• Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus

• Capacity limit: 20 student places

Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Aims

1.       To build on existing practical experience of Indian Classical music for students who have already had at least one year’s study in this area (e.g. through MUS2045);
2.       To offer students the opportunity to continue learning in the Indian guru-śiṣyā paramparā (guru-disciple tradition);
3.       To foster academic knowledge informing this practice.
4.       To provide complementary skills and knowledge valuable to students in their future professional careers, e.g. as creative practitioners, teachers, composers;
5.       To encourage cultural understanding though practical encounter, and thus …
6.       To provide a practical complement to modules involving the study of ethnomusicology and world music;
7.       To further cultivate technical, cultural and historical knowledge relevant to this practice.

This module is aimed at students who wish to continue learning Indian music – on vocal or tabla (or possibly instrumental study), having already had at least one year’s experience of learning. The learning approaches follow a similar pattern to MUS2045, and place the experience of the guru-śiṣyā paramparā (guru-disciple tradition) at its heart. Additionally, you undertake complementary academic study that informs your practical learning; because this is a final stage module (level 6), it involves an element of research.

As a student on the module you’ll help build a community of practitioners, and, related to this, you’ll get to organise and participate in group riyāz (practise) sessions, baithaks (informal gatherings to share music), and workshops; and attend relevant performances in the University, in the region or online.

Assessment will be based on a two main components:

(i) A final performance. The mark will also be informed by your tutors’ evaluation of your progress on the course and the quality of your riyāz (practising).
(ii) A research assignment.

Outline Of Syllabus

The core of your activities comprises:

•       A series of regular lessons (e.g. vocal or tabla) in small groups.

•       Regular daily individual practice (riyāz).

•       A series of seminars / workshops providing cultural and practice-related theoretical knowledge; these also give you space to share your reflections on your learning experience.

•       A series of online learning packs, designed to help you acquire supporting skills and knowledge in your own time.

Surgery times will also be scheduled for tutorial support with the academic components of the module.
Assessment will be based on a mixture of elements: a final performance; your tutors’ evaluation of your progress on the course and the quality of your practising; and a research assignment.

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities

Jointly Taught With

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Small group teaching (vocal / tabla lessons) provide the core of students’ learning. Seminars / workshops provide fora in which students acquire further factual and contextual information and exchange ideas, as well as gaining experiential knowledge of the performing tradition and its cultural contexts. Online learning materials guide students in acquisition of core knowledge and skills, which inform their practice.

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Exams

Other Assessment

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

Performance & tutor’s report evaluate your basic practical development, absorption in practice of key concepts etc., and overall level of progress and application in tour core practical study.

Research project evaluates your ability to conduct individual research into a topic informing your practice.

Reading Lists

• MUS3052's Reading List

Timetable

• Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
• MUS3052's Timetable