Course Modules

You will explore sound approaches to technique and analyse a range of technique strategies as you draw upon your own experience as a learner.

This module will introduce a range of concepts and debates which inform our lives as musicians. You will develop your critical and analytical approach and gain the confidence and skill needed to express your analysis in written form. These concepts

This module will consider the Classical style in music primarily through the work of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Special consideration will be given to problems of formal analysis and the application of the conventions of a musicology to an artistic

You will produce a professional standard performance, demonstrating confidence within your chosen repertoire(s) and technical and expressive maturity. You will need an appropriate balance in programming and the ability to lean towards either a supporting or leadership role and develop

You will work on your technical development and expressive facility in performance in a bespoke way, with regular one-to-one tuition. We pride ourselves in helping you to form an excellent working relationship with your one-to-one tutor, which will enable you

This module will look at jazz from two perspectives. Initially, the module will look at the history of jazz, starting with its birth in New Orleans and examining its stylistic developments concentrating on a number of key figures and movements

This module continues to develop your performance and communication skills and your sense of performance context. You will develop your repertoire, your understanding of style and your skill in preparing for audition or performance.

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

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

The practical, placement experience allows you to become a beginner all over again by learning a ‘new’ instrument during this term, recreating the feelings experienced by beginners. Reflections on this experience will inform and shape your approach to teaching in