Handbook home
Opera Atelier (MUSI90243)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
From 2023 most subjects will be taught on campus only with flexible options limited to a select number of postgraduate programs and individual subjects.
To learn more, visit COVID-19 course and subject delivery.
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Overview
Availability | Semester 2 |
---|---|
Fees | Look up fees |
The Opera Atelier elective offers students in the Master of Music (Opera Performance) an immersive two-week experience.
This subject will focus on continuing the development of high-level performance-ready skills in acting and singing for opera. Students will engage in a daily program of specialist studio-based workshops, working with a diverse range of the world’s best opera performance teachers. Additionally, students will attend a production by a leading professional opera company.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- effectively engage in practical workshops and classes, demonstrating commitment to the development and application of skills in studio tasks and self-directed practice;
- critically evaluate their own learning, independent practice and performance;
- examine professional expectations and practices of opera performance;
- articulate the contribution of professional perspective and cultural context to the development of a personal operatic performance practice.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- demonstrate skills in evaluative thinking;
- demonstrate the application of analytical criteria to practical outcomes;
- communicate effectively, in oral, written and presentational forms;
- plan effectively to meet deadlines.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
---|---|---|
20-minute oral presentation on student experience
| Late in the teaching period | 40% |
Reflective learning journal on the atelier experience
| During the assessment period | 40% |
Written analysis of an opera performance attended
| During the assessment period | 20% |
Hurdle requirement: Participation in 2-week intensive. 100% full attendance is expected. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Hurdle requirement: Students must successfully complete all elements of assessment to be eligible to pass this subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Coordinator Jane Davidson Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 72 hours, comprising preparatory coaching and tutorials and a 2-week fully immersive atelier in a variable mixture of class, tutorial coaching and individual settings Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 23 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 5 August 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Music (Opera Performance)
Last updated: 31 January 2024