Unit name | Practical Studies: Instrumentation and Conducting |
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Unit code | MUSI10051 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Allinson |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
Students taking this TB-1 unit will be required to take an approved Level C 10 credit point unit in another department in TB-2. |
School/department | Department of Music |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit comprises an introduction to two fundamental aspects of practical musicianship: instrumentation and conducting. The unit takes as its starting-point the contention that converting notated music into sound is a social act, that music is written not just for a certain instrument or voice-range but for a performer who has to produce the sound. Practical experience of turning the notated arrangement into living sound is gained in the conducting sessions (in which students conduct ensembles draen from the rest of the group in rehearsals of the notated arrangements). This part of the unit also offers the opportunity to participate in a workshop recording session.
Aims:
This unit aims to develop existing practical skills in the field of instrumentation and conducting by means of weekly workshop sessions allowing students to gain hands-on experience of the social act of rehearsing a group of individuals that lies behind successful ensemble performance. It has to do with the formation of a vision of how a notated work should be represented in sound, and the communication of that vision to others. It also deals with the process of negotiation required in producing the desired sound from the notated scores, and communicating the individual interpretation of that score in rehearsal and performance.
Successful completion of this unit will enable students to:
Lectures; workshops; seminars
Instrumentation 50%; Conducting 50%.