M-JP-ABC2

Practical Classes

6

Circa 15 students

30

One 120-minute class per week

60 hours

108 hours

Completion of ArtEZ Big Collective 1. This subject can only be followed on-campus. The ArtEZ Big Collective is compulsory for first, second and third year students of the main subjects cello, clarinet, flute, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, viola and violin and an elective for the students of those main subjects in the fourth year. All other students have to pass an audition before joining the ArtEZ Big Collective. Desirable line-ups are also taken into account in the admission process; some main subjects may have more or less opportunity to join in a given year for this reason. Anyone interested in choosing ArtEZ Big Collective as an elective is advised to contact the instructor(s) leading the orchestra as early as possible, preferably long before the beginning of the process of choosing the electives for the next academic year.

See Competencies Matrix.

Acquiring and further developing the skills required to perform in, as well as compose and arrange for, large bands.

This module is related to the main subject, band modules and composing/arranging.

This module focuses on experimentation and modern and contemporary repertoire.
Students learn to:
Compose and arrange for the available instrumentation; apart from being band members, students contribute to one or more compositions/arrangements.
Rehearse original compositions written by students.
Rehearse existing compositions arranged by students.
Rehearse jazz and pop repertoire adapted to the available instrumentation.
Improvise in a large band.
Develop rehearsal discipline.
Develop their ability to function within a band section and with other band sections.
Understand the importance and position of their solo contribution in relation to the band.
Understand collective timing.
Develop their sense of tuning.
Develop their understanding of dynamic shadings.
Develop their reading skills.
Become aware of and develop band tone.
Prepare and perform concerts.

Rehearsals and band meetings. This module is taught by two band leaders.

Original compositions and arrangements.

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Assessment by the instructor at the end of each semester.

Students should have mastered the elements described under Contents, active participation.

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

Students are assessed 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 lessons and public performances.

See the Education and Assessment Plan.