Band Maqam Encounters (Nawras Altaky)
Module code
M-JP-EBDMAQ
Curricular domain
Practical Classes
Credits
4
Group size
5 to 12 students
Number of course weeks
15
Class duration
90 - 120 minutes.
Total contact hours
32 hours
Study load
79 hours
Form / content / level
Prerequisites
Admitted to year 2 Jazz & Pop. This subject can only be followed on-campus.
NOTE that selecting one elective band is compulsory in the second year Jazz & Pop. In years 2, 3 and 4 students Jazz & Pop can select up to two elective bands per year in total.
Competencies
Aims
Acquiring and developing ensemble playing, improvisation and composition skills in repertoire of the relevant style.
Improving stage performance.
Relation to other modules
This module is related to the main subject module.
Content
With this band we delve into the rich tapestry of modal systems, rhythmic structures, and compositional forms of Maqam music from the Arab and Ottoman world. Through interactive learning, hands-on practice, improvisation and composition, students will develop a deep understanding of the historical, practical and theoretical fundaments of these traditions.
Mode(s) of instruction
Band rehearsals and performances.
Material & Tools
Handed out by the instructor (where applicable).
Student activity
Generating internal publicity for the band's concerts, and selecting repertoire.
Examination and assessment
Mode(s) of assessment
Assessment by the band instructor at the end of each semester.
Criteria
Creativity, improvisation, composition, sense of scales and melody, tuning, rhythmic idioms, timing and tempo control, musical interaction, sound, interpretation, style awareness, form principles, tonal balance, preparation, accompaniment, performance, active participation and attitude.
Pass requirements
The student has completed this module if being awarded a minimum grade of 5.5 at the end of the second semester.
Examination procedure
Written assessment by the instructor 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 rehearsals and public performances.
Resit options
Module summary
This module allows the student to study music from the Middle East, based on Maqam tuning & melodic systems, both traditional and contemporary, as well as to improvise and compose based on and using this material and influences.