Undergraduate - UnitATS3901 - Music - Overseas Study Program

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music
Monash Passport category	International Short Field Experience (Explore Program)
Offered	Not offered in 2013
Coordinator(s)	Mr Robert Burke

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to the study of music in different cultural contexts. Culturally-specific approaches to performance, research and composition will be investigated in their environments. The focus of the unit will be a reflective approach to the integration of diverse traditions of music into individual creative and research activity.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, the students:

Will understand key elements of the relevant music culture including unique approaches to performance, research and composition
Will have the ability to reflect upon their own musical practices and develop these in the context of newly acquired music cultural knowledge
Will apply learned concepts in a performance/composition/musicological context

Assessment

Assignment (2000 words): 40%
Folio of compositions/performances/written work(2000 words equivalent): 40%
Class participation (900 words): 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Robert Burke

Contact hours

Three week course of:Four 2-hour lectures/seminars and Four 2-hour rehearsals/workshops per week

Prerequisites

Non-Bachelor of Music students will be required to audition, submit a folio of compositions or sample of written work according to course requirements prior to enrolment