M-JP-VOC3

Practical Classes

17

1

30

One 50-minute lesson per week

25 hours

451 hours

Completion of M-JP-VOC2.
And please note the following prerequisite concerning the main subject teacher choice:
Basically, students are free in their choice of main subject teacher(s) from the second year onward. However, there is a restriction on this. Students can have a maximum of two years of main subject lessons from the same teacher. This is a net calculation, so if a student has 50/50 lessons from two different teachers in a given year, half a year of each teacher has been used up.

See Competencies Matrix.

Further developing the technical aspects of the students' musicianship in the broadest sense of the word as well as their individual musical identity.

The contents of the main subject lessons are in line with the partly self-chosen band and theory lessons such as Analysis.

General: the content descriptions of JPzng3 and JPzng4 are the same. The program is generally distributed over the third and fourth study years, depending on the student's individual interests and possibilities.
TECHNIQUE:
General tone production; see previous years.
Learning to incorporate the technical voice exercises in performances of the chosen repertoire.
Further developing individual vocal possibilities, techniques and timbres (e.g., belting, falsetto).
INTERPRETATION:
In-depth study of an individual style.
Developing presentation and performance skills.
Compiling and rehearsing a performance program for a 30-minute public recital (third year) and the final audition exam (fourth year).
IMPROVISATION:
More complex scales (e.g., altered, octatonic).
Rhythm changes and progressions with conventional chord sequences.
Composing solos, possibly with scat parts.
Developing and using an individual vocabulary (syllables, sound).
Transcribing, analyzing and performing vocal and instrumental solos.
REPERTOIRE:
Developing an individual style with respect to repertoire selection.
Writing original arrangements.
Writing original pieces and lyrics.
Third year: working on a song portfolio with lyrics, chord symbols and melody (as in a real vocal book) of 15-20 pieces in the relevant styles and appropriate keys, as studied in main subject lessons or band settings.
From the second study year onwards, students begin to specialize and accordingly choose an appropriate program.

Individual lessons & occasional group lessons.

Selected repertoire.

Organizing a performance (band, repertoire, rehearsals) as part of the annual Jazz & Pop ensemble week.
Students need to bring their own microphone to all practical classes!

Assessment by the main subject instructor at the end of each semester.

The student should have mastered the elements described under Aims. Specific criteria are: creativity, expression, improvisation, technique, sound, intonation, timing, reading skills, repertoire knowledge, progress, self-reflection, session participation, attitude and lesson preparation.

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

At the end of both semesters the instructor fills out an assessment form designed specifically for this module. Assessment is comprised of a verbal evaluation and a concluding grade. The instructor reviews this assessment with the student during the first subsequent lesson. 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.

See the Education and Assessment Plan.