M-JP-BND1

Practical Classes, Community

8

Band

Approx. 10 coachings (typically, but not always, one every two weeks) or less if the band is very small, plus two recording dates

130 minutes (or else if the coachings are distributed differently throughout the year) plus 2 days of recording

38 hours

186 hours

Admitted to year three, or, occasionally, to year two. Please mind that this module is a mandatory part of Jazz & Pop. This means it can only be chosen as an elective by students of other programs (Composition for Film and Theatre or Music Theatre).
Mind that it is normally not possible to do two Coaching Bands in the same year. In some cases, exceptions are made; for instance if there is a shortage of bass players, they are allowed to do two Coaching Bands in the same year.
If this exceptional situation applies: see also below under "Mode(s) of assessment".

See Competencies Matrix.

Further developing all skills related to band playing.

Related to the main subject module and all theory modules.

• Studying and performing self-chosen compositions in a self-chosen style; the coaches provide support in the process of style choices.
• Selecting a feasible repertoire.
• Learning to accompany and play solos in the chosen style(s).
• Improvisation in the chosen style(s).
• Ensemble playing and interaction.
• Solo building, self-expression and band sound.
• If applicable to the chosen style: reading and rehearsing arrangements.
• Developing tonal balance in a band setting.
• Developing timing and tempo control.
• Creating arrangements of covers and/or original compositions specifically for the band's instruments.
• Composing a performance program.
• Evaluating the band's progress and choices.
• Developing rehearsal discipline, decision-taking skills.
• Dealing with technology and the various difficulties that may arise during preparation and performance.
• The tech rider & stage plot.
• The sound check.
• Two days of recording in a studio.
• Bands organize a festival with all other coaching bands. Organizational tasks regarding that festival will be divided among participating bands and students in the second semester. Fixed parts of the preparation for that festival are a 20-minute preview during one of the regular classes in January, in the usual rehearsal room, in the presence of all coaches and the production of a trailer in the eight weeks following that preview, which can be used in publicity for the festival.

Students who have been abroad for the first semester of the fourth Year make an alternative plan for Band Coaching. This plan may comprise a written report of another band they're playing in, including a video clip, a recording, a tour or something else relevant. Under specific circumstances being part of a Coaching Band for the last semester only may be approved if the student has a stronger role than average. In any case, an alternative plan for Band Coaching should be talked through and approved by the head of ArtEZ Jazz & Pop Arnhem or a representative of this head.

Different teachers function as coaches for bands organized by the students and in principle consisting of only students. Students can indicate their preference for a specific coach. Each band is also assigned one of the available coaches as mentor.

Depends on the band's style/repertoire.

Choosing and gathering relevant material and carrying out the assignments.
Composing and/or arranging material before the rehearsals.

Assessment by the band instructors at the end of each semester. Active participation in and output of the coaching sessions play an important role in both assessments.
Mind that, if a student does two Coaching Bands simultaneously (in the same year) the student is assessed only once and if a student does Band Coaching 1 outside year two or three, that activity is considered to be non-curricular and no ECs are rewarded.

Students should have mastered all elements described under Content. Specific musical criteria are: repertoire selection, accompaniment, improvisation, ensemble playing, interaction, self-expression, creativity, tonal balance, timing, tempo, intonation, reading skills, sound, interpretation, style awareness, program, active participation, attitude, concert performance, studio recording, lesson preparation and arranging/composing.

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

Assessment by the instructors at the end of both semesters.
The 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 the assignments and performances at rehearsals and public performances. The final grade will also be expressed in terms of satisfactory/unsatisfactory.

See the Education and Assessment Plan.