Subject Name: Concert Performance Practice 5
Subject Code: 31111
Credit Points: 3
Award(s): Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance
Core / Elective: Core
Pre / co-requisites: Students who do not pass a semester of this subject will be required to repeat
Modes: Full-time. On campus only.
Delivery / Contact hrs: 2 hour practical class per week for 13 weeks
Subject Coordinator: Dan Quigley
Teaching Staff: Dan Quigley, Paula Girvan other sessional staff when required
Subject Rationale:
Jazz musicians need to perform together with other musicians, and be able to engage in reflective and analytical discourse about their own performance and that of their peers. Concert Performance Practice gives students the opportunity to perform among and with their peers and engage in such discourse. In the context of this course, Concert Performance Practice provides the outlet in which the students’ developing body of knowledge and skills come together in performance and critical analysis. It offers a range of performance practice formats and styles which build the student s’ experiences from conceptual and practical perspectives. Covering all set lists, it expands student familiarity with repertoire. Both sequenced and layered in experience, the subject has students draw upon their own understanding of jazz style, materials, historical and social contexts, and performance practice to make informed comments on their own work and that of their peers. Engaging with students of different levels of experience expands the breadth of their experience. This subject involves all students from all levels and is a core subject throughout all semesters of study. Thus it exposes all students to all set repertoire lists, although they will only be required to perform from the list appropriate to their level.
Learning Outcomes
Through reflective and analytical discourse about their own performance and that of their peers, their ensemble participation and leadership, improvisation, technique, and presentation, students will develop the knowledge and confidence required to:
Assessment
Assessment Item | Topic/s | Learning Outcomes assessed (LO) | Week Content Delivered | Due | Weighting |
Practical workshop before peer audience | 1 workshop per semester | 1,2,5,6 | 1-6 | As scheduled | 20% |
Practical Performance: 10 minutes maximum before peer audience | 1 performance per semester | 1,2,5,6 | 7-13 | As scheduled | 50% |
Written Assessment: Individual Reflective Essay | 500 word reflective essay | 1,3,4,5 | 7-13 | One week after first performance | 15% |
Written Assessment: Peer Review | 500 word reflective essay | 1,3,4,5 | 7-13 | Week 13 | 15% |
Subject Name: Ensemble 5
Subject Code: 31117
Credit Points: 5
Award(s): Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance
Core / Elective: Core
Pre / co-requisites: Ensemble 4
Modes: Full-time, in person. On campus only.
Delivery / Contact hrs: 2 Hours per week for 12 weeks
Subject Coordinator: Dan Quigley
Teaching Staff: All Sessional Staff
Subject Rationale
Professional jazz players need highly developed ensemble skills and experience. Ensemble aptitude is therefore an integral component of the course for all students. In this subject, students experience the dynamics of working in a jazz ensemble and develop skills and understanding appropriate to this setting. In the context of this course, Ensemble brings all the elements together, practical and theoretical. Using the set repertoire which students are learning in Principal Study and developing through Improvisation and Contemporary Performance Practice, it integrates student experience of all set repertoire through a sense of balance, style, timing, tone colour, intonation, interpretation, sectional playing and sight reading, etiquette and ethics relevant to ensemble performance. In this subject students will be placed in one or more small group ensembles and will develop repertoire from the supporting lists as well as other suggestions from students and teachers. All chosen repertoire will be learned, practised and analysed in this subject, using knowledge and skills developed in other subjects of the course. Ensemble classes will refine listening skills, reading skills, and blending within an ensemble. It is recommended that ensembles rehearse regularly outside the formal supervised times. Although there is a focus on small ensembles, students have the opportunity to play in a range of ensembles, including various jazz combos, vocal groups, duos, trios, quartets, quintets and larger contemporary music ensembles depending on the student cohort.
Learning Outcomes:
Through effective integration of the knowledge and skills gained from other subjects in this course, on successful completion of this subject, students will be able to
Assessment
Assessment Item | Detail | Learning Outcomes assessed (LO) | Due | Weighting |
Group Performance | 1 x 45 minute performance | 1,2,3,4,5 | As scheduled | 50% |
Ensemble Contribution | Weekly contribution towards Ensemble class | 1,2,3,4,5 | Each Week | 36% |
Oral Presentation | Critical review of performance | 3 | Week following performance | 14% |
Subject Name: Principal Study 5
Subject Code: 31149
Credit Points: 12
Award(s): Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance
Core / Elective: Core
Pre / co-requisites: Principal Study 4
Modes: In person. On campus only
Delivery / Contact hrs: 1 hour per week for 13 weeks
Subject Coordinator: Dan Quigley
Teaching Staff: Sessional staff
Subject Rationale:
Principal Study 5 develops each student’s technical skill in their discipline, and challenges and extends their artistic understanding and creativity. The study is sequenced according to the needs and abilities of each individual, and the demands of each instrument. In the context of this course, Principal Study prepares the student technically and musically to be able to apply knowledge developed in academic and practical classes and ensembles. Study is undertaken through individual lessons, workshops and masterclasses in the instrument/voice, in which the student’s technical and musical proficiency is assessed and developed and a range of repertoire is explored.
Principal Study uses the repertoire list to foster:
Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to demonstrate developing understanding and proficiency in all aspects of performance relative to their instrument/voice commensurate with established international benchmarks, in particular:
Repertoire list
Assessment
Assessment Item | Topic/s | Learning Outcomes assessed (LO) | Due | Weighting |
Recital: 6 songs, 30 – 40mins before Internal Panel (3 staff) * | Performance Recital | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 | Exam Period | 40% |
Scales exam | Scales, Arpeggios and Bebop melody | 1,2,3,4,5,9 | Week 13 | 25% |
Transcription | At least 32 bars from selected or otherwise approved solo. | 1,3,4,5,7 | Exam period | 15% |
Research essay | 2500 word Research Essay on selected topic | 4,7,9 | Week 8 | 20% |
Subject Name: Business Studies 1
Subject Code: 32105
Credit Points: 5
Award(s): Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance
Core / Elective: Core
Pre / co-requisites: Jazz Materials 4, Aural and Analysis 4
Modes: Full Time. On Campus only.
Delivery / Contact hrs: 2 hour lecture per week for 13 weeks
Subject Coordinator: Dan Quigley
Teaching Staff: Andrew Shaw
Subject Rationale:
Professional musicians need a basic understanding of the principles of small business management, including financial, legal and administrative functions oriented to the music industry. In the context of this course, this subject is not integrated with the musical components, but plays an important role in preparing the professional musician for work in any of the music industries. In this subject, students learn the business and administrative skills necessary for a sustainable career. It will introduce principles of marketing the individual, the band and the musical product.
Learning Outcomes:
In this subject, students build a body of knowledge which assists them to understand and apply issues related to taxation, salaries and contractual employment. They will also develop an understanding of marketing and basic promotional skills.
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to
Assessment:
Assessment Item | Topic/s | Learning Outcomes assessed (LO) | Week Content Delivered | Due | Weighting |
Portfolio: Create an annotated portfolio of documents | All relevant material both provide and sourced, with analytical and reflective annotations | 1,2,3 | 1-5 | Week 7 | 45% |
Assignment: Develop a marketing strategy for a prescribed event | Marketing | 1,4 | 6,7,8,9,10 | Week 12 | 55% |
Subject Name: Improvisation Techniques 5
Subject Code: 33123
Credit Points: 5
Award(s): Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance
Core / Elective: Core
Pre / co-requisites: Improvisation Techniques 4
Modes: Full-time. On campus only.
Delivery / Contact hrs: 2 hours per week for 13 weeks
Subject Coordinator: Dan Quigley
Teaching Staff: Dan Quigley
Subject Rationale
Excellent skills in improvisation are essential to jazz musicians, and therefore form a fundamental component of this course. This subject develops skills and conceptual understanding of improvisation. In the context of this course, Improvisation uses set repertoire and general improvisation concepts which are in common with those in Principal Study, Ensemble, Jazz Materials, Aural & Analysis and Contemporary Performance Practice. In this subject, students will build on the concepts learnt in Improvisation Studies 4. In this subject students build advanced improvisation skills and understanding, studying chromatic and intervallic harmonies to create more complex musical permutations in their improvisations. . In the process, they also develop sight reading and sectional skills.
Learning Outcomes:
Through increasingly creative improvisation founded on theory and practice, on successful completion, students will be expected to:
Assessment:
Assessment Item | Topic/s | Learning Outcomes assessed (LO) | Week Content Delivered | Due | Weighting |
Practical Assessment | Repertoire Assessment 1 | 1,2,3,4 | 1-5 | Week 6 (in class) | 25% |
Practical Assessment | Repertoire Assessment 2 | 1,2,3,4 | 6-11 | Week 12 (in class) | 25% |
Practical Assessment: individual improvisations | Demonstrate multiple improvisation techniques learned to include use of rhythm, guide tones; harmonic relationship; and melodic embellishment over 3 repertoire pieces of assessor’s choice with staff rhythm section. | 1,2,3,4 | 1-13 | Exam period | 30% |
Practical assessment | Set practical tasks as set by the teacher | 1,2,3,4 | 1-10 | Week 10 | 20% |
Subject Name: Concert Performance Practice 6
Subject Code: 31112
Credit Points: 3
Award(s): Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance
Core / Elective: Core
Pre / co-requisites: Students who do not pass a semester of this subject will be required to repeat
Modes: Full-time. On campus only.
Delivery / Contact hrs: 2 hour practical class per week for 13 weeks
Subject Coordinator: Dan Quigley
Teaching Staff: Dan Quigley, Paula Girvan other sessional staff when required
Subject Rationale:
Jazz musicians need to perform together with other musicians, and be able to engage in reflective and analytical discourse about their own performance and that of their peers. Concert Performance Practice gives students the opportunity to perform among and with their peers and engage in such discourse. In the context of this course, Concert Performance Practice provides the outlet in which the students’ developing body of knowledge and skills come together in performance and critical analysis. It offers a range of performance practice formats and styles which build the student s’ experiences from conceptual and practical perspectives. Covering all set lists, it expands student familiarity with repertoire. Both sequenced and layered in experience, the subject has students draw upon their own understanding of jazz style, materials, historical and social contexts, and performance practice to make informed comments on their own work and that of their peers. Engaging with students of different levels of experience expands the breadth of their experience. This subject involves all students from all levels and is a core subject throughout all semesters of study. Thus it exposes all students to all set repertoire lists, although they will only be required to perform from the list appropriate to their level.
Learning Outcomes
Through reflective and analytical discourse about their own performance and that of their peers, their ensemble participation and leadership, improvisation, technique, and presentation, students will develop the knowledge and confidence required to:
Assessment
Assessment Item | Topic/s | Learning Outcomes assessed (LO) | Week Content Delivered | Due | Weighting |
Practical workshop before peer audience | 1 workshop per semester | 1,2,5,6 | 1-6 | As scheduled | 20% |
Practical Performance: 10 minutes maximum before peer audience | 1 performance per semester | 1,2,5,6 | 7-13 | As scheduled | 50% |
Written Assessment: Individual Reflective Essay | 500 word reflective essay | 1,3,4,5 | 7-13 | One week after first performance | 15% |
Written Assessment: Peer Review | 500 word reflective essay | 1,3,4,5 | 7-13 | Week 13 | 15% |
Subject Name: Ensemble 6
Subject Code: 31118
Credit Points: 5
Award(s): Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance
Core / Elective: Core
Pre / co-requisites: Ensemble 5
Modes: Full-time, in person. On campus only.
Delivery / Contact hrs: 2 Hours per week for 12 weeks
Subject Coordinator: Dan Quigley
Teaching Staff: All Sessional Staff
Subject Rationale
Professional jazz players need highly developed ensemble skills and experience. Ensemble aptitude is therefore an integral component of the course for all students. In this subject, students experience the dynamics of working in a jazz ensemble and develop skills and understanding appropriate to this setting. In the context of this course, Ensemble brings all the elements together, practical and theoretical. Using the set repertoire which students are learning in Principal Study and developing through Improvisation and Contemporary Performance Practice, it integrates student experience of all set repertoire through a sense of balance, style, timing, tone colour, intonation, interpretation, sectional playing and sight reading, etiquette and ethics relevant to ensemble performance. In this subject students will be placed in one or more small group ensembles and will develop repertoire from the supporting lists as well as other suggestions from students and teachers. All chosen repertoire will be learned, practised and analysed in this subject, using knowledge and skills developed in other subjects of the course. Ensemble classes will refine listening skills, reading skills, and blending within an ensemble. It is recommended that ensembles rehearse regularly outside the formal supervised times. Although there is a focus on small ensembles, students have the opportunity to play in a range of ensembles, including various jazz combos, vocal groups, duos, trios, quartets, quintets and larger contemporary music ensembles depending on the student cohort.
Learning Outcomes:
Through effective integration of the knowledge and skills gained from other subjects in this course, on successful completion of this subject, students will be able to
Weekly Topics
Assessment
Assessment Item | Detail | Learning Outcomes assessed (LO) | Due | Weighting |
Group Performance | 1 x 45 minute performance | 1,2,3,4,5 | As scheduled | 50% |
Ensemble Contribution | Weekly contribution towards Ensemble class | 1,2,3,4,5 | Each Week | 36% |
Oral Presentation | Critical review of performance | 3 | Week following performance | 14% |
Subject Name: Principal Study 6
Subject Code: 31150
Credit Points: 12
Award(s): Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance
Core / Elective: Core
Pre / co-requisites: Principal Study 5
Modes: In person. On campus only
Delivery / Contact hrs: 1 hour per week for 13 weeks
Subject Coordinator: Dan Quigley
Teaching Staff: Sessional staff
Subject Rationale
Principal Study 6 develops each student’s technical skill in their discipline, and challenges and extends their artistic understanding and creativity. The study is sequenced according to the needs and abilities of each individual, and the demands of each instrument. In the context of this course, Principal Study prepares the student technically and musically to be able to apply knowledge developed in academic and practical classes and ensembles. Study is undertaken through individual lessons, workshops and masterclasses in the instrument/voice, in which the student’s technical and musical proficiency is assessed and developed and a range of repertoire is explored.
Principal Study uses the repertoire list to foster:
Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to demonstrate developing understanding and proficiency in all aspects of performance relative to their instrument/voice commensurate with established international benchmarks, in particular:
Weekly Topics
Repertoire list:
Assessment:
A graded result reflects the level of achievement in technical assessments and recitals. During the semester, each student receives regular critical feedback and formative evaluation by staff in individual and group contexts. The following assessment requirements may vary according to the nature of the instrument. Detailed guidelines setting out specific requirements and assessment criteria for each discipline will be provided to the student.
Assessment Item | Topic/s | Learning Outcomes assessed (LO) | Due | Weighting |
Performance:30 – 40 mins before Internal Panel* | Performance Recital | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 | Exam Period | 40% |
Technical Assessment: | Scales, Arpeggios and Bebop melody | 1,2,3,4,5,9 | Week 13 | 25% |
Transcription | At least 32 bars from selected or otherwise approved solo. | 1,3,4,5,7 | Exam period | 15% |
Research Essay | 2000 word essay on selected topic. | 4,7,9 | End of Study week6/6/14 5pm | 20% |
Subject Name: Business Studies 2
Subject Code: 32106
Credit Points: 5
Award(s): Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance
Core / Elective: Core
Pre / co-requisites: Business Studies 1
Modes: Full Time. On Campus only.
Delivery / Contact hrs: 2 hour lecture per week for 13 weeks
Subject Coordinator: Dan Quigley
Teaching Staff: Andrew Shaw
Subject Rationale
Professional musicians need a clear understanding of the principles of small business management, including financial, legal and administrative functions oriented to the music industry. In the context of this course, this subject is not integrated with the musical components, but plays an important role in preparing the professional musician for survival as an independent contractor in the music industry. This subject is relevant to the professional musician’s ability to engage in contractual arrangements, legally copy and publish musical product, and access a range of funding options.
Learning Outcomes:
This subject provides an overview of legal and contractual issues and copyright laws relevant to musicians. Students will develop knowledge which supports awareness of accessible funding pathways, and build knowledge and understanding of the approach, strategies, language and evidence which support successful funding applications.
On successful completion of the subject, students will be able to:
Weekly Topics
Assessment:
Assessment Item | Topic/s | Learning Outcomes assessed (LO) | Week Content Delivered | Due | Weighting |
Exam:A short/long answer written exam | Understanding & Explaining concepts & elements with Publishing & Copyright | 1,2 | 1-4 | Week 7 in class | 40% |
Grant Submission: Complete an application form to apply for funding for a specific purpose | Simulated grant submission | 2,3 | 5-11 | Week 1325/10/13 5pm | 60% |
Subject Name: Improvisation Techniques 6
Subject Code: 33124
Credit Points: 5
Award(s): Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance
Core / Elective: Core
Pre / co-requisites: Improvisation Techniques 5
Modes: Full-time. On campus only.
Delivery / Contact hrs: 2 hours per week for 13 weeks
Subject Coordinator: Dan Quigley
Teaching Staff: Dan Quigley
Subject Rationale
Excellent skills in improvisation are essential to jazz musicians, and therefore form a fundamental component of this course. This subject develops skills and conceptual understanding of improvisation. In the context of this course, Improvisation uses set repertoire and general improvisation concepts which are in common with those in Principal Study, Ensemble, Jazz Materials, Aural & Analysis and Contemporary Performance Practice. In this subject, students build on the concepts learnt in Improvisation Studies 5. This subject develops advanced understanding and skills of improvisation, through playing free of harmonic constraints by using advanced chromatic and intervallic harmonies coloured by different timbral option for instruments. In the process, they also develop sight reading and sectional skills.
Learning Outcomes:
Through increasingly creative improvisation founded on theory and practice, on successful completion, students will be expected to:
Weekly Topics
Assessment:
Assessment Item | Topic/s | Learning Outcomes assessed (LO) | Week Content Delivered | Due | Weighting |
Practical Assessment | Repertoire Assessment 1 | 1,2,3,4 | 1-5 | Week 6 (in class) | 25% |
Practical Assessment | Repertoire Assessment 2 | 1,2,3,4 | 6-11 | Week 12 (in class) | 25% |
Practical Assessment: individual improvisations | Demonstrate multiple improvisation techniques learned to include use of rhythm, guide tones; harmonic relationship; and melodic embellishment over 3 repertoire pieces of assessor’s choice with staff rhythm section. | 1,2,3,4 | 1-13 | Exam period | 30% |
Practical assessment | Set practical tasks as set by the teacher | 1,2,3,4 | 1-10 | Week 10 | 20% |