Available in 2024
Course code

MUSI2462

Units

10 units

Level

2000 level

Course handbook

Description

This course provides students with opportunities to develop expert skills in music performance. Students will develop performance skills in both solo and ensemble contexts. Students will also explore the various ways music is disseminated and promoted in the music industry including live performance and online distribution. Students may explore any music style or genre including contemporary, popular, classical, jazz and folk/world music.


Availability2024 Course Timetables

Newcastle City Precinct

  • Semester 2 - 2024

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Perform technical work, demonstrating expert control of rhythm, articulation, timbre and intonation

2. Apply expert musicianship through performance

3. Create a music industry promotion and engagement project

4. Work effectively in a team within a creative context


Content

Topics will include:

  • Expert control of technique
  • Expert musical expression
  • Extending your musical style
  • Live performance and the music industry

Student projects may involve work integrated or research integrated learning opportunities; projects that involve external stakeholders; group / collaborative projects; speculative or more theoretically oriented projects; professionally oriented projects; projects based on competition or award briefs.


Requisite

To enrol in this course students must be active in:

Bachelor of Music [10646], [40045], [40206]

Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Arts [10910], [40048], [40120], or [40207]

Bachelor of Music and Performing Arts [40309]

Bachelor of Music and Performing Arts /Bachelor of Arts [40311]


Assumed knowledge

MUSI2461


Assessment items

Online Learning Activity: Blog or Wiki Documenting Music Industry Promotion and Engagement Project

Practical Demonstration: Performance Techniques

Performance: Collaborative Performance


Contact hours

Semester 2 - 2024 - Newcastle City Precinct

Lectorial-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1

Course outline