This module focuses on the collaborative development of a group performance project, and explores the technical skills necessary to stage a professional performance event. As well as performing in a group, students undertake both practical and theoretical work in live sound management and event production. The performances may be multimedia-based (which could involve dance and/or moving image), or might centre on live electronics, hybrid art-forms or the role of music technology in live performance. Individual groups may decide to focus on traditional acoustic or amplified electronic instrumentation; the specific agenda of each performance, and the technical parameters necessary, are negotiated with module tutors. The wording of the module title is intended to promote as broad, inclusive, and overlapping a definition of composition/performance/improvisation as is possible; students may utilise all relevant forms of repertoire, but significant emphasis is placed on creative interpretation. Summative assessment is through performance, critical reflection and peer assessment.
Students work mainly in small groups under the guidance of a tutor; larger workshop and group sessions introduce theoretical skills and practical techniques.
Definitive UNISTATS Category | Indicative Description | Hours |
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Scheduled learning and teaching | Lectures, seminars, and practical group work. | 44 |
Guided independent study | 256 | |
Total (number of credits x 10) | 300 |
Summative assessment will consider the students ability to:
The assessment strategy aims to evaluate the final performance of each group and each student's contribution to the group. Peer assessment will be used to assess the working of individuals within the group.
Seminar/workshop sessions allow ample opportunity for formative feedback, further opportunities are also available via an ensemble showcase session towards the end of the module.
* In order to be included in a group, students must have 75% attendance on the module concerned by week eight of semester 1, i.e. if they miss more than two classes out of eight, the module tutor may require them to do a solo assessment. This will mean that the student cannot be marked on key aspects of all group-based assessment, participation and ensemble skills, so is likely to result in a lower grade. If the illness or situation causing absence is serious enough to mean missing more than 25% of classes the student should apply for mitigating circumstances.
Learning Outcome | Assessment Strategy |
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1) demonstrate an imaginative and effective commitment to performance-based work; | Group performance |
2) demonstrate an active contribution to the working of a group and to the final creative outcome; | Group performance Live sound management |
3) understand specialist live sound equipment and be competent in its operation; | Live sound management |
4) prepare and present events involving mixed performance resources; | Group performance Live sound management |
5) conceive and event manage an advanced multimedia project; | Live sound management |
6) respond thoughtfully, creatively and flexibly to a given brief; | Group performance Live sound management |
7) locate and situate their practice within the contemporary cultural context. | Essay |
Description of Assessment | Definitive UNISTATS Categories | Percentage |
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PRC | Group performance | 60 |
PRC | Live sound management | 20 |
Coursework | Essay | 20 |
Total (to equal 100%) | 100% |
It IS NOT a requirement that any major assessment category is passed separately in order to achieve an overall pass for the module
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