Strings Only (Jasper le Clercq)
Module code
M-JP-STRO
Curricular domain
Practical Classes
Credits
6
Group size
4
Number of course weeks
30
Class duration
One 65-minute lesson per week
Total contact hours
32 hours
Study load
136 hours
Form / content / level
Prerequisites
Completion of the first year cello, viola or violin.
Competencies
Aims
Acquiring and developing skills in playing together as a string group in all kinds of forms.
Relation to other modules
This module is related to the main subject module.
Content
In this lesson various types of music and ways of playing will pass, from free improv to playing and accompany all kinds off scales. From blues to jazz to pop to funk.
Each year will be completed by a 'special string concert'.
Mode(s) of instruction
Rehearsals and performances.
Material & Tools
Handed out by the instructor (where applicable).
Student activity
Generating internal publicity for the ensemble'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, 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.
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 students to extensively study string ensemble music. All relevant elements of this music are discussed, in addition to more general aspects of ensemble playing.