M-JP-EBDOC

Practical Classes

4

5 to 12 students.

30 - dependent on group size

minimum 60 minutes - dependent on group size

32 hours - dependent on group size

79 hours - dependent on group size

Admitted to year 2 Jazz & Pop or, after audition, Composition for Film and Theatre. 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.

See Competencies Matrix.

Students get familiar with (some of) the music of Ornette Coleman.
Students are able to treat different forms differently when improvising.
Students are able to write pieces that have an open structure.
Students are aware of different ways of phrasing.

This band is initiated by Dion Nijland. Note that we can not guarantee which teacher will lead a band, it will be clear by September.

This module is related to the main subject module.

In this course we will be studying and playing pieces by Ornette Coleman and comparable musicians. Students will be exploring the relation between different forms and different ways to use them for improvisations. Every student will also be requested to write a piece with focus on improvisation.

Band rehearsals and performances.

Handed out by the instructor (where applicable).

Transcribing and playing compositions, selecting repertoire and generating internal publicity for the band's concerts.

Assessment by the band instructor at the end of each semester.

Creativity, improvisation, timing and phrasing, musical interaction, interpretation, form awareness, tonal balance, preparation, performance, active participation and attitude.

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

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.

See the Education and Assessment Plan.