Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

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• Unit Title

  Colloquium

• Unit Code

  MUS4115

• Year

  2016

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  20

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

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Description

This unit introduces students to a wide variety of issues and topics in academic and professional musical discourse, including aesthetics, musical analysis, performance practices, and historical and sociological musicology. It will instil a breadth of knowledge and vocabulary necessary to communicate effectively as a professional musician and/or scholar.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate a broad knowledge of issues and topics.
2. Demonstrate effective rhetorical skills.
3. Explain the impact of contemporary social contexts on musical practice.
4. Generate effective ad libitum and scripted materials to the colloquium group.

Unit Content

1. Critical analysis of source materials.
2. Issues in aesthetics, musical analysis, performance practices, and historical and sociological musicology.
3. Techniques of academic discourse.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars - student presentations

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 Board of Examiners.

Text References

• Barzun, J. (2001). From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present. Harper Perennial.
• Burkholder, P.,and Palisca, C.V. and Grout, D.J. (2006). A History of Western Music. (7th ed.). NY: WW Norton & Co.
• Crist, S. A., and Marvin, R.M. (2004). Historical Musicology: Sources, Methods, Interpretations. Rochester: University of Rochester Press.
• Treitler, L., and Strunk, O.(1998). Source Readings in Music History. NY: WW Norton & Co.
• Kerman, J. (1985). Contemplating Music: Challenges to Musicology. MA: Harvard University Press.
• Sadie, S., and Tyrell, J. (ed.) (2001). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Macmillan.
• Everist, M. (ed.) (1999). Rethinking Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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