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

    Classical Ensemble 8
  • Unit Code

    MUS4512
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Philip EVERALL

Description

In this unit, students develop instrumental and/or vocal skills to a professional level of excellence through ensemble rehearsals and performances. They participate in one or more ensembles, which may include chamber music groups, choirs, symphony orchestras, music theatre orchestras, operas, new music groups, and other instrumental ensembles. Emphasis is placed on the cultivation of a professional-level of skills in musicianship, as well as an understanding of historical performance practices and keys to successful musical interpretation. In addition, students apply leadership skills in ensembles, refine their expertise in ensemble playing, teamwork, concert presentation and professional etiquette, and further advance their capacity for self-evaluation, and reinforce their strategic understanding of rehearsal processes and outcomes.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from MUS4507

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MUS3105

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate a professional level of excellence in ensemble playing, teamwork, musicianship, and stylistic understanding.
  2. Demonstrate an expert ability to critically monitor their own performances.
  3. Demonstrate leaderships skills in an ensemble context.
  4. Demonstrate mastery of concert presentation and professional etiquette.
  5. Perform with distinction in an instrumental and/or vocal ensemble setting.

Unit Content

  1. Critical reflection and self-evaluation.
  2. Ensemble rehearsals and assigned public performances.
  3. Musical interpretation and performance practices.
  4. Musical leadership in an ensemble setting.
  5. Professional-level skills in musicianship and ensemble playing.
  6. Repertoire selected by the Unit Coordinator and/or Ensemble Director.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered11 x 1.5 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 2Not Offered11 x 3.5 hour practical classNot Offered
Semester 2Not Offered11 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered
Semester 2Not Offered33 x 2 hour workshopNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Rehearsals, performances, workshops

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.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestPreparation assessment40%
PortfolioReflective portfolio20%
PerformanceLive performance40%

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.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

MUS4512|4|1

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

    Classical Ensemble 8
  • Unit Code

    MUS4512
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Philip EVERALL

Description

In this unit, students develop instrumental and/or vocal skills to a professional level of excellence through ensemble rehearsals and performances. They participate in one or more ensembles, which may include chamber music groups, choirs, symphony orchestras, music theatre orchestras, operas, new music groups, and other instrumental ensembles. Emphasis is placed on the cultivation of a professional-level of skills in musicianship, as well as an understanding of historical performance practices and keys to successful musical interpretation. In addition, students apply leadership skills in ensembles, refine their expertise in ensemble playing, teamwork, concert presentation and professional etiquette, and further advance their capacity for self-evaluation, and reinforce their strategic understanding of rehearsal processes and outcomes.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from MUS4507

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MUS3105

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate a professional level of excellence in ensemble playing, teamwork, musicianship, and stylistic understanding.
  2. Demonstrate an expert ability to critically monitor their own performances.
  3. Demonstrate leaderships skills in an ensemble context.
  4. Demonstrate mastery of concert presentation and professional etiquette.
  5. Perform with distinction in an instrumental and/or vocal ensemble setting.

Unit Content

  1. Critical reflection and self-evaluation.
  2. Ensemble rehearsals and assigned public performances.
  3. Musical interpretation and performance practices.
  4. Musical leadership in an ensemble setting.
  5. Professional-level skills in musicianship and ensemble playing.
  6. Repertoire selected by the Unit Coordinator and/or Ensemble Director.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered11 x 1.5 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 2Not Offered11 x 3.5 hour practical classNot Offered
Semester 2Not Offered11 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered
Semester 2Not Offered33 x 2 hour workshopNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Rehearsals, performances, workshops

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.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestPreparation assessment40%
PortfolioReflective portfolio20%
PerformanceLive performance40%

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.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

MUS4512|4|2