M-JP-ACPT

Profile, extension and depth: Practical Classes

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3

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One 90-minute lesson per week

15 hours

97 hours

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

See Competencies Matrix.

Acquiring and developing the skill of creating ideas and the capacity of performing them in a piano-trio setting.

This module is related to the main subject .

This class will focus on performing as an acoustic piano-trio (preferably double bass inclusive, but bass guitar is possible as well). There will be an emphasis on choosing and creating original pieces, and on the performance of that material as an expressive improviser and performer; we will work on defining the concept of your music. Subjects are rhythmic lock / un-lock, groove, dynamics, interaction, freedom, sound (both individually and as a trio).
In spring a performance is a mandatory part of this elective.

Band rehearsal and performance.

Originals and hand-outs.

Composing and collecting material, practicing, preparing concert.

Assessment by the instructor at the end of the course.

Creativity, connectedness as a band, interaction, sound, tonal balance, consistency of style / concept, owning the music, active participation.

The student has completed this module if being awarded a satisfactory assessment at the end of the module.

Students are assessed at the end of the course. The assessments comprise evaluations of students' performance during the lessons and public performance.

See the Education and Assessment Plan.