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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: WA 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

    Acting and Performance Skills 8

  • Unit Code

    MUS4714

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

Description

This unit teaches advanced performance skills for the singing actor. Acting, text and stagecraft skills acquired in class are consolidated through a range of vocal productions including oratorio, opera and workshop productions. Score analysis and sung text interpretation are taught. Audition, rehearsal and performance procedures are also addressed.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 7 units from MUS1705, MUS1708, MUS2705, MUS2709, MUS3705, MUS3713, MUS4713

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse and effectively deliver complex texts, and demonstrate an indepth understanding of the relationship between music and text.
  2. Demonstrate advanced acting skills.
  3. Demonstrate advanced movement and physical characterisation skills.
  4. Demonstrate an awareness of rehearsal and performance etiquette.
  5. Demonstrate audition and recital techniques.
  6. Perform an advanced physical warm-up.
  7. Rehearse and perform in vocal productions.

Unit Content

  1. Advanced acting method for singers.
  2. Advanced movement and physical characterisation.
  3. Advanced physical warm-ups.
  4. Advanced text and score analysis.
  5. Audition and recital techniques.
  6. Rehearsal and performance etiquette.
  7. Rehearsals and performances of vocal productions.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Weekly classes and rehearsals as per the production schedule.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail 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
TypeDescription
VivaIn class acting assessment
PerformancePublic performance

Text References

  • Berry, C. (2000). Voice and the actor. London: Virgin.
  • Rodenberg, P. (1997). The actor speaks: voice and the performer. London: Methuen.
  • De Mallett Burgess, T., Skilbeck, N. (2000). The singing and acting handbook. London: Routledge.
  • Benedetti, J. (2004). Stanislavski: an introduction. Routledge.
  • Hagen, U. (2009). Respect for acting. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Stanislavski, K. (1989). An actor prepares. Routledge.
  • Self-published.

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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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: WA 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

    Acting and Performance Skills 8

  • Unit Code

    MUS4714

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

Description

This unit teaches advanced performance skills for the singing actor. Acting, text and stagecraft skills acquired in class are consolidated through a range of vocal productions including oratorio, opera and workshop productions. Score analysis and sung text interpretation are taught. Audition, rehearsal and performance procedures are also addressed.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 7 units from MUS1705, MUS1708, MUS2705, MUS2709, MUS3705, MUS3713, MUS4713

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse and effectively deliver complex texts, and demonstrate an indepth understanding of the relationship between music and text.
  2. Demonstrate advanced acting skills.
  3. Demonstrate advanced movement and physical characterisation skills.
  4. Demonstrate an awareness of rehearsal and performance etiquette.
  5. Demonstrate audition and recital techniques.
  6. Perform an advanced physical warm-up.
  7. Rehearse and perform in vocal productions.

Unit Content

  1. Advanced acting method for singers.
  2. Advanced movement and physical characterisation.
  3. Advanced physical warm-ups.
  4. Advanced text and score analysis.
  5. Audition and recital techniques.
  6. Rehearsal and performance etiquette.
  7. Rehearsals and performances of vocal productions.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Weekly classes and rehearsals as per the production schedule.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail 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
TypeDescription
VivaIn class acting assessment
PerformancePublic performance

Text References

  • Berry, C. (2000). Voice and the actor. London: Virgin.
  • Rodenberg, P. (1997). The actor speaks: voice and the performer. London: Methuen.
  • De Mallett Burgess, T., Skilbeck, N. (2000). The singing and acting handbook. London: Routledge.
  • Benedetti, J. (2004). Stanislavski: an introduction. Routledge.
  • Hagen, U. (2009). Respect for acting. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Stanislavski, K. (1989). An actor prepares. Routledge.
  • Self-published.

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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