Artistic Practice Development (APD)
Module code
M-JP-APD
Curricular domain
Profile, extension and depth: Practical and Theoretical Classes
Credits
4
Group size
maximum 8
Number of course weeks
15
Class duration
90 minutes - dependent on group size
Total contact hours
22,5
Study load
89,5
Form / content / level
Prerequisites
Admitted to year two of Jazz & Pop. This subject can only be followed on-campus.
Competencies
See Competencies Matrix.
Aims
APD aims to:
1) develop artistic curiosity and the capacity to investigate artistic questions through practice,
2) build systematic habits of experimentation, documentation and reflection,
3) enable students to formulate and pursue their own artistic research questions,
4) develop the ability to contextualise and position artistic work within a broader musical and professional field,
5) cultivate the skills to articulate and share artistic development convincingly, culminating in a cohesive artistic
exposition in the final year.
Relation to other modules
Audition, Premiere, Main Subject, Band Coaching.
Distinction from Research: APD treats research as an attitude and working method flowing entirely from your artistic practice.
Distinction from Artist Writer: APD aims to help you develop awareness in your work with these and other elements of your practice, making you better able to define your direction and needs, and as a result, to source the knowledge and skills that you need.
Content
Artistic Practice Development (APD) is an elective course in which students develop an enquiring artistic practice. The course looks at artistic development as an attitude and working method embedded in artistic practice itself.
The course serves both students who identify as makers and those who identify primarily as performing musicians. Artistic questions may concern composition, sound, style, performance practice, ensemble interaction or professional identity. The course can help students to formulate their artistic vision and direction, as well as help students who have a defined artistic vision to develop their working methods in relation to that vision.
Group classes include show & tell sessions with CRP protocol, experiments, reflection, idiom development, and more.
Mode(s) of instruction
Group Classes.
Material & Tools
Students use their own instruments, practice resources and recording devices. A phone is sufficient for process documentation.
Student activity
Active participation in all group sessions; carrying out artistic experiments and practice activities between sessions; maintaining a process log throughout the year; building a portfolio of your activity and artistic interests; presenting own work to peers.
Examination and assessment
Mode(s) of assessment
Portfolio assessment.
Criteria
1) Artistic Direction: does the student pursue a clear and developing artistic inquiry, emerging from their own
practice?
2) Experimentation & Process: does the student actively investigate artistic possibilities through variation,
iteration and risk-taking?
3) Reflective Awareness: does the student understand and articulate what is happening in their own work?
4) Contextual Awareness: does the student know where their work is situated within a broader artistic or
professional context?
5) Articulation & Sharing: is the student's work shared convincingly, with coherence between intention and
outcome?
Pass requirements
The module is completed when the student has been awarded Sufficient or Excellent across all five domains.
Examination procedure
The portfolio is assessed by the APD supervisor.
Resit options
When the portfolio is not submitted or is rated Unsatisfactory, the student has a second opportunity to submit a
revised or supplemented portfolio. The scope of the resit is determined by the supervisor.
Module summary
Artistic Practice Development is an elective course in which students develop an enquiring artistic practice through experimentation, documentation, reflection and dialogue.