Semester 1, 2023 Springfield On-campus | |
Units : | 1 |
School or Department : | School of Creative Arts |
Grading basis : | Graded |
Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in the following Program: BMUC
Overview
Opportunities for early career musicians often arise from independent, artist driven initiatives. The ability to situate and negotiate creative practice within this increasingly independent music industry can be key to career sustainability and ongoing artistic development. It is therefore essential for students to be able to identify and cultivate opportunities for knowledge building, skills development, and promotion of their work. The two music project courses are a two-part capstone sequence, designed to allow third year students to demonstrate their cumulative command of musical and theoretical processes learned in previous courses with an original body of work that may be produced individually or collaboratively with peers. Students are encouraged to build on their existing knowledge and skill base to grow as emerging independent and reflective musicians and show their readiness for professional activity.
This course seeks to explore at an advanced level the intersection between theory and practice in music and the student's readiness for independent creative work just prior to entering the profession or for future more advanced tertiary study. The two music project courses build on the knowledge and skill base accumulated in the first two years of study. This course forms an intermediate phase between acquiring proficiency in music performance, theory and context and being ready to launch oneself as an independent musician.
Each student determines a practical and creative project, plans its execution and delivers Individually and/or in collaboration with peers, and under the supervision of teaching staff, an artistic or research-based outcome. The project will demonstrate their cumulative capability and musical expertise. This project-based learning promotes the technical, analytical and critical skill development essential to a professional creative practice in music. The assessment will focus on the student's capacity to formulate a `doable' creative project, the stages of development of the project which could be reproducible in future creative tasks and the quality of the completed outcome based on the notion of readiness for professional work as a musician.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- Effectively manage and deliver a performance or body of work that demonstrates musical competence and the evidence of critical reflection;
- Utilise cultural and critical literacies that can: identify, locate, access and utilise research and source materials/requirements for theoretical and/or applied projects;
- Communicate the processes used and the creative outcomes obtained, through clear written and oral reflections and reports that articulate a coherent approach to the development of particular theoretical and/or applied music projects;
- Recognise and reflect on social, cultural and ethical issues, and apply local and international perspectives to musical practice.
- Evaluate and engage discipline and professional literacy to contemporary theoretical and/or applied music practice.
Topics
Description | Weighting(%) | |
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1. |
Topics will be determined in consultation with staff from the Bachelor of Music program. Topics will be based on actual community and/or artistic projects taking place during the semester, a scholarly research task or will be designed to generate experimental applications of practice. |
20.00 |
2. |
Developing and planning the project |
20.00 |
3. |
Critical reflection upon the project process and monitoring work in progress |
20.00 |
4. | Preparing and delivering the final outcome | 40.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
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Planning document | No | 20 | 2,3 |
Journal | No | 30 | 1,2,3 |
Creative work | No | 50 | 3,4,5 |