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MUS3470

Performance studies: early music ensemble

C Williams

4 or 8 points
* 4 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton
* Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Objectives On successful completion of the subject, students should be able to direct a small ensemble from score to performance and have absorbed appropriate participatory ensemble behaviour for both rehearsal and performance environments.

Synopsis The subject provides an overview of the early music repertoire for study, listening and performance. It aims to foster an understanding of some of the issues and problems within the early music repertoire. It provides the foundation for an early music ensemble which functions simultaneously as a subject for credit, a performance laboratory for a musicology curriculum, and an extracurricular activity.

Assessment Written (4000 words): 40%
* Examination (1 hour): 20%
* Performance: 40%


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