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

    Contemporary Ensemble 8
  • Unit Code

    MUS4414
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Richard Thomas EASTMAN

Description

In this unit students will demonstrate a high level of instrumental skills through ensemble rehearsals and public performances. Students will also demonstrate developed skills in ensemble playing at an advanced level. The development of leadership skills in an ensemble setting, along with the demonstration of readiness to enter the professional music industry, will be focal points. Each student will also demonstrate advanced levels of musicianship as a result of the culmination of individual programs of study from levels one to three.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from MUS4406

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply musical skills to a range of projects.
  2. Articulate salient ideas/concepts/practices from an area outside or complimentary to their discipline area.
  3. Demonstrate and implement musical skills at level three.
  4. Demonstrate strong ensemble leadership skills.
  5. Demonstrate the ability to apply professional management skills required to operate within the professional music industry.

Unit Content

  1. Assigned public performance during the semester.
  2. Cross-discipline experience where applicable.
  3. Ensemble playing skills: phrasing; dynamics; articulation and interpretation of the designated repertoire from diverse international sources.
  4. Music enrichment activities.
  5. Music industry professional management skills.
  6. Project organisation and collaborative learning methods.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Rehearsals, Performances, Lectures, Seminars.

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative WorkEnsemble assessment30%
WorkshopStudy assessment30%
ParticipationProject participation40%

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

    Contemporary Ensemble 8
  • Unit Code

    MUS4414
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Richard Thomas EASTMAN

Description

Students present a full-length public recital featuring significant works for their instrument or voice, demonstrating advanced levels of musicianship in ensemble performance. Students are expected to take an active role in the collaborative interpretation and communication of ideas, based on an understanding of the stylistic contexts of the music being performed as a result of thorough preparation, research and analysis of the selected musical genres.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from MUS4406

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Perform selected repertoire in a public concert with professional levels of musicianship and musical competence.
  2. Professionally lead an ensemble to a successful performance.
  3. Apply relevant performance practices for studied repertoire in ensemble performance.
  4. Reflect critically and constructively on own performance and the performance of others using an appropriate theoretical or conceptual framework.

Unit Content

  1. Recital repertoire.
  2. Assigned public performances during the semester.
  3. Ensemble playing and arranging skills.
  4. Rehearsal conventions and instrumental roles.
  5. Musical direction and ensemble leadership.
  6. Interpreting and applying aesthetic techniques appropriate to style.
  7. Advanced improvisation and interaction methods.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered11 x 2 hour ensemblesNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

All ensembles perform at least once in public during the semester, either in the University or in the wider community. Students will be required to work in an ensemble to produce and perform musical works. They will be required to engage in constant communication with each other about technical and stylistic issues. Students will be provided with opportunities to practise their performance and/or improvisation skills, with feedback from their peers and their ensemble director.

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentRecording20%
PerformanceRecital80%

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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