M-JP-EBF

Practical Classes

4

Flexible group size. 4 to 12 students. Larger or smaller very occasionally possible in consultation with faculty.

30

4 students: 40 minutes per class, 5 students: 45 minutes per class, 6 students: 50 minutes per class, 7 students: 55 minutes per class, 8 to 12 students: 65 minutes per class. Please note that only students who earn credits count toward determining the group size. Group sizes below 4 or above 12 with different class times are sometimes possible after consultation with faculty. Class time will not be adjusted after the start of the academic year due to any change in group size.

32 hours

79 hours

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.

Acquiring and developing ensemble playing skills in repertoire of the relevant style.
Improving stage performance.

This module is related to the main subject module.

Study subjects will be selected based on the students' level of development, which means there may be considerable differences between their level upon completion of the course.
Studying and performing simple as well as more difficult repertoire in various fusion styles.
Learning to play accompaniment and solos in various rock, funk, Latin funk and modern pop grooves (e.g., hip hop), as well as in more unusual meters and grooves.
Developing a sense of the structure of regular progressions, as well as studying and memorizing more complex structures, including irregular forms.
Improvising over simple modal and functional chord progressions, as well as over more complex progressions (which are analyzed beforehand).
Developing ensemble playing and musical interaction skills, building solos, personal expression and band tone.
Writing and arranging original pieces.
Reading and studying simple and more complex arrangements, with a focus on 16-bar rock styles and shuffle feel.
Developing tonal balance in a band setting.
Working on timing and tempo control in various tempi.
Developing rehearsal discipline.
Studying and reproducing existing interpretations of fusion pieces.
Preparing and performing a concert.

Band rehearsals and performances.

Handed out by the instructor (where applicable).

Generating internal publicity for the band's concerts, and selecting repertoire.

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

General criteria: creativity, improvisation, sheet music, sense of harmony, rhythmic idioms, timing and tempo control, musical interaction, intonation, reading skills, sound, interpretation, style awareness, form principles, tonal balance, preparation, accompaniment, active participation and attitude.
Performing a repertoire of 5-10 pieces studied and rehearsed in a band setting.
Understanding the functions of the various instruments in a fusion band, particularly of the student's own instrument.
Performing an arrangement of intermediate complexity at sight.
Playing a solo over a modal or functional chord progression of intermediate complexity.
Rehearsing and performing an intermediate fusion piece with a band based on sheet music.

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.