ATS3022 - Chamber music 2 - 2019

The aim of this unit is to provide chamber music students in the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music the opportunity to be mentored by experienced and world-class chamber-music performers. The unit will consist of master-classes and workshops by tenured and visiting musicians. Students can expect to learn advanced rehearsal strategies and techniques in context of chamber music and they will participate in high-profile commercial public performance opportunities.

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. collaborate with others to plan, rehearse and perform selected chamber music;
2. identify and analyse the group psychology of music performance in a chamber music setting;
3. apply music leadership skills appropriate for the chamber music available for their instrument or voice;
4. perform in a commercial chamber music performance.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

See also Unit timetable information

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