M-MA-AUD1

Practical Classes

2

1

n/a

n/a

30 minutes

56 hours

Admitted to the Jazz & Pop Master program.

See Competencies Matrix.

Developing skills to design and perform an audition in every respect at a high level.

This module is related to Main Subject and Individual Productions.

The student designs and performs a public concert which lasts for at least 30 minutes and for no more than 45 minutes. The student is artistically free to make all choices. The audition is preferably held in either May or June of the first course year.
After consulting with the mentor and the examination committee (and gaining their approval), a student can opt to include a portfolio as part of the audition.

Audition.

Depending on the design of the audition.

Students independently organize all aspects relevant to performing the audition.

Public audition of 30-45 minutes for a panel of three to five teachers. As a rule, two of the panel members are teachers of the student's main subject (if this cannot be arranged, two or fewer panel members are teachers of the student's main subject). Students showcase their individual skills and musical identity. The audition is usually a concert, but can also include a portfolio.

Creativity, expression, improvisation, ensemble playing, interaction, harmonic possibilities, accompaniment, tonal balance, technique, sound, intonation, timing/tempo control, rhythm, reading skills, stylistic coherence, repertoire choice, set list, attitude, performance, preparation and arranging/composing.

The student has completed this module if being awarded a minimum grade of 5.5.

Examiners individually assess students, with the average grade being used as the final grade. The examiners hand in their assessment forms 'face-down' to the chair, who then reviews whether the assessments are sufficiently similar, i.e., whether the graded evaluations diverge no more than two points. If there are no problems in this area, the chair subsequently fills out the complete chair form, which contains, in the verbal part, a summary of the reasoned evaluations provided by the several examiners. The average grade of the examiners' evaluations is used as the final grade. In case the examiners' assessments diverge more than allowed, the chair initiates a panel discussion, and firstly asks the relevant examiners (whose grades diverge more than two points) to provide a further explanation. Subsequently the other examiners are allowed to participate in the discussion, and the chair eventually asks them to re-vote in consideration of the issues raised during the discussion. If the grades now fall within the permissible two-point range of divergence, the chair calculates the average grade of the re-vote and copies it to the chair form, under the heading of 're-vote', and this new average will serve as the final grade. If the grades are still too dissimilar, the chair also uses the average of the re-vote as final grade, adding a note on the chair form indicating why (from their perspective) the examiners were unable to find common ground.

See the Education and Examination Regulations.