Performance

A full-year module, this is a practical course on performance in four Asian and African music traditions. Available traditions may vary from year to year.  

Students will normally have weekly group lessons with established musicians of the respective traditions. Students are assessed by their tutors continuously throughout the sessions based on their effort and progress, yet in the last session of each block (instrument), there is a more formal assessment by the practice tutor and the module convenor.

Students must keep a Learning Diary to be used for a 1000-word self-critique (to be submitted by the end of March).

Please note students will not be able to select this module, Performance and Self-reflective Writing 1 and Performance and Self-reflective Writing 2 as this is a restricted combination.

Objectives and learning outcomes 

On successful completion of this module students will be able to

• Begin to develop performance-related skills (e.g. physical dexterity and control over the instruments studied.
• Recognise the cultural conventions and symbolic meanings associated with the traditions studied.
• Explore unfamiliar musical sounds, concepts, repertoires, and practices through working in multi-cultural environments.
• Begin to develop self-motivation and reliability by working independently, or as an integrated member of a team (depending on the instrument in question).

Workload

• By arrangement

Method of assessment

• Exam - performance & oral (worth 85% of marks)
• Learning diary (worth 15%)

Disclaimer

Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules.