M-JP-EBDBS

Practical Classes

4

5 - 12 students

30 - dependent on group size

minimum 60 minutes - maximum dependent on group size

32 hours

79 hours

Admitted to year 2 Jazz & Pop or, after audition, Composition for Film and Theatre. This subject can only be followed on-campus.

NOTE that selecting one elective band is compulsory in the second year Jazz & Pop. In years 2, 3 and 4 students Jazz & Pop can select up to two elective bands per year in total.

See Competencies Matrix.

Acquiring and developing ensemble playing skills in repertoire of the relevant style.
Improving stage performance.

This module is related to the main subject module.

The Beatles were one of the most influential bands in pop music history, and provide an immense repertoire of classic popsongs.
Starting out as a rock ‘n roll / rhythm & blues cover band, they soon began writing their own material. Within only a few years, their catchy ‘beat music’ developed into highly sophisticated and experimental pop, creating a musical revolution in the late sixties on records like Sgt. Pepper and The White Album.

NOTE: This is not a tribute band! Anyone, from Frank Sinatra to Stevie Wonder, Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé, has covered the songs of Lennon/McCartney (and Harrison). In this elective band we will explore The Beatles’ catalogue, and make our own versions of their songs.

This band is initiated by Eric Dijsseldonk. Note that we can not guarantee which teacher will lead a band, it will be clear by September.

Band rehearsals and performances.

Handed out by the instructor (where applicable).

Generating internal publicity for the band's concerts, and selecting repertoire.

Assessment by the band instructor at the end of each semester.

Creativity, improvisation, sheet music, sense of harmony, rhythmic idioms, timing and tempo control, musical interaction, intonation, reading skills, sound, interpretation, style awareness, form principles, tonal balance, preparation, accompaniment, performance, active participation and attitude.

The student has completed this module if being awarded a minimum grade of 5.5 at the end of the second semester.

Written assessment by the instructor at the end of both semesters. Assessment at the end of the autumn semester is formative and expressed in terms of satisfactory/unsatisfactory. It indicates a student's progress in this module. No ECs are awarded and there is no resit. Modules can only be absolved, and ECs awarded, after the end of the spring semester. The end-of-semester assessments comprise evaluations of students' performance during the rehearsals and public performances.

See the Education and Assessment Plan.