| CODE | MSP2296 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Performance 1: Woodwind | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Music Studies | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will focus mainly on improving the student's technical and musical abilities to a high performance level. Students will be guided to work on a core repertoire which will include classical, romantic and 20th century compositions, which will focus on both solo and ensemble playing techniques. This study-unit will examine and discuss performance anxieties and coping strategies, improving personal skills for optimal performance and how to obtain better results from practicing. Study-unit Aims: The main aim is to provide students with a good level of performance skills to improve their musical capabilities in order to succeed as a performer. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - demonstrate an understanding of the development of their respective instrument's repertoire; - identify major works for their instrument and build up an effective and contrasting programme; - have the tools to be self-critical, prepare a musically-rendered performance and prepare effective programme notes. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - identify strengths and weaknesses in their musical performance and improve their qualities; - focus on the relevance of historical and stylistic issues in performance. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Grindea, C (ed.). 1995. Tensions in the Performance of Music : A Symposium ( London: Kahn & Averill). - Leppert R. (ed.). 1989. Music and Society : The Politics of Composition, Performance and Reception. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). - Dorian F. 1981. The History of Music in Performance: The Art of Musical Interpretation from the Renaissance to Our Day (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press). - Greene, D. 2002. Performance Success (London: Routledge). |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-unit: MSP1275 or by audition | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Practical | ||||||||||||
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