School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Improvisation for Classical Musicians
  • Unit Code

    MUS3515
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Keith Raymond SMITH

Description

In this unit students learn to improvise in a variety of musical styles. Emphasis is placed on developing fluency on their instrument, both as a soloist and as an ensemble participant.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Create improvisations in response to a text or an image.
  2. Improvise in tonal and post-tonal styles.
  3. Improvise over a ground bass.
  4. Perform on their instrument with freedom and spontaneity.
  5. Perform selected aleatoric scores.

Unit Content

  1. Developing themes.
  2. Listening, interacting and cueing in a ensemble situation.
  3. Playing over chord changes (ground bass & Jazz).
  4. Study of recorded improvisations.
  5. Working with harmony.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, and practical demonstrations.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExaminationExam50%
PerformancePerformance50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Improvisation for Classical Musicians
  • Unit Code

    MUS3515
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Keith Raymond SMITH

Description

In this unit students learn to improvise in a variety of musical styles. Emphasis is placed on developing fluency on their instrument, both as a soloist and as an ensemble participant.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Create improvisations in response to a text or an image.
  2. Improvise in tonal and post-tonal styles.
  3. Improvise over a ground bass.
  4. Perform on their instrument with freedom and spontaneity.
  5. Perform selected aleatoric scores.

Unit Content

  1. Developing themes.
  2. Listening, interacting and cueing in a ensemble situation.
  3. Playing over chord changes (ground bass & Jazz).
  4. Study of recorded improvisations.
  5. Working with harmony.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, and practical demonstrations.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExaminationExam50%
PerformancePerformance50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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