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Professional Project (Performance) (MUSI40066)

HonoursPoints: 12.5Not available in 2019

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Overview

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This subject prepares performance-focused students for entry into the music performance profession. Students will identify individual career motivators, and construct artistic and financial pathways towards reaching their medium and long term goals. Intensive work with industry professionals will prepare students for the competitive realities of auditions, competitions, performances and oral presentations. Students will create a portfolio of written documents in preparation for the professional project concert, and in support of their future careers.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of the subject, students will be able to:



  • clearly articulate career goals
  • articulate pathways towards career goals
  • develop and maintain peak performance capacity
  • identify and create opportunities for developing a financially sustainable career in the arts
  • understand, evaluate and adjust individual physical and psychological performance health for a sustainable career
  • construct appropriate written materials in support of career goals
  • construct and deliver appropriate oral presentations with poise and confidence (interviews, networking, competitions, auditions, concerts etc.)

Generic skills

Students will develop:

  • initiative, resilience, interpersonal and resource management skills relative to the professional world of performance
  • the capacity to evaluate and elevate one's own physical and mental performance health
  • greater awareness of pathways in the music profession
  • the ability to self-manage one's individual career

Last updated: 3 November 2022