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Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

7

Level of learning

Advanced

Former School/College

Former School of Arts and Social Sciences

Pre-requisites

MUS00621 - Contemporary Music Theory II

Co-requisites

MUS10524 - Studies in Western Art Music

Unit aim

Provides the opportunity for students to achieve vocational-level skills and technical proficiency in ensemble direction, through ensemble conducting, performance and arranging in a variety of Western art music and contemporary music genres, appropriate to secondary school music curriculum studies.

Unit content

  • Musical direction of large and small instrumental ensembles
  • Musical direction of large and small choral ensembles
  • Classical and contemporary instrumental and choral repertoire studies
  • Ensemble performance practices and rehearsal techniques
  • Theory and theory applications
  • Musicianship and transcription skills
  • Orchestration
  • Improvisation and soloing
  • Accompanying techniques
  • Advanced jazz harmony
  • Scale harmony application
  • Conducting techniques

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to: GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 demonstrate vocational-level instrumental or vocal techniques appropriate to selected genres and repertoire
2 demonstrate the application of vocational-level instrumental or vocal techniques to the musical direction and performance of selected genre-based repertoire
3 demonstrate an understanding of vocational-level theory appropriate to secondary school music syllabus
4 demonstrate the application of theory to ensemble direction, performance and arranging of repertoire
5 demonstrate vocational-level musicianship skills
6 direct and perform in instrumental and vocal ensembles representative of Western art and contemporary music repertoire appropriate to secondary school music syllabus.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. demonstrate vocational-level instrumental or vocal techniques appropriate to selected genres and repertoire
    • GA2:
    • GA5:
  2. demonstrate the application of vocational-level instrumental or vocal techniques to the musical direction and performance of selected genre-based repertoire
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  3. demonstrate an understanding of vocational-level theory appropriate to secondary school music syllabus
    • GA2:
    • GA5:
  4. demonstrate the application of theory to ensemble direction, performance and arranging of repertoire
    • GA2:
  5. demonstrate vocational-level musicianship skills
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  6. direct and perform in instrumental and vocal ensembles representative of Western art and contemporary music repertoire appropriate to secondary school music syllabus.
    • GA5:
    • GA6:

Prescribed texts

  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.