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Explore early 20th century examples of musical theatre, with a particular focus on performance style, the role of the pit band/orchestra, use of popular dance forms in supporting the development of narrative, and expressive parallels that exist with mainstream Jazz […]
Jazz and the Origins of the Modern Musical Read More
This module will explore a range of topics, including: The canon Music and gender Music and mediation Music and education Music and cultural identity Popular and elite traditions. You will be encouraged to discuss your own positioning and understanding within
This module considers how music defines and identifies communities. Through an exploration of your own relationship with music, you will analyse the nature of musical experience and perception, with reference to selected musical texts. You will identify and discuss functions
Music and the Community 1: Music and the Mind Read More
Available in two different delivery modes, this module can be followed as either a conventional weekly series of lectures during semester two, or as a week-long intensive culminating in a staged performance outside the semester period. Learning is focused on
Examine the problem of performance anxiety and stage nerves and study the theoretical background and how to effectively deal with anxiety. You will look at the performance itself and the surrounding physiological and psychological factors that lead to stage nerves
This includes your 1 to 1 tuition in your selected instrumental or vocal study.
Performance Development Read More
This module will explore a range of different strategies designed to offer support to the emerging arts practitioner and will introduce students to a number of different models of successful self-development.
Professional Resilience Read More
You will have an opportunity to select an area of study of your choice over an extended period, to research and present their findings in written form.
This module will develop your confident and probing analytical style with a close exploration of compositional intention, particularly where this is allied to programmatic or narrative elements in the models you study.
The importance of achieving high standards of creativity and communication within performance work will be emphasized in group lessons and in formative performance assessment. Discussion about performance practice relevant to your individual choice, or combination of disciplines, will help in
