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Individual Performance Studies 5 (MUSI30227)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
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Contact information
Semester 1
Andrea Meagher: andrea.keller@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
Andrea Meagher: andrea.keller@unimelb.edu.au
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This subject hones advanced individual performance skills through technical studies appropriate to the specialist area. The subject includes individual lessons with expert practitioners, as well as group classes, which focus on the art of improvisation and developing the ability to compose and perform in real time.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- employ advanced techniques of functional harmony as related to jazz-based chord construction;
- employ advanced techniques of contemporary rhythmic practice;
- identify their strengths and weaknesses in technical development and implement strategies for improvement;
- appraise their practice regime in terms of efficacy in achieving development goals;
- apply an advanced understanding of non genre-based compositional tools to improvisation;
- explore the connection between 'real-time' composition and concepts of 'flow' and 'play';
- critically self-reflect and apply creative problem-solving to their development as improvising musicians.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- developed in-depth knowledge of their specialist discipline;
- reached a high level of achievement in creative artistic practice, problem solving and communication;
- be critical and creative thinkers, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning;
- have the capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problems.
Last updated: 8 November 2024