M-MA-JPOP

Practical Classes

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Admitted to the Master's

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In general: The student sets out the personal learning objectives in accordance with the skills and general objectives mentioned in Competence Matrix Master of Music.
Specific: The student learns to independently set up and realise his own productions. They prepare the productions, carry them out, and record the process in order to have a tangible product, which fits in with their study plan.

The choice of own productions is in line with the learning objectives mentioned in the study plan and worked out in detail in Connecting the Dots. The activities in the individual route support the own production/performance.

Students will complete three own productions or they will work actively on other people's productions or on course productions. They are responsible for the content of the productions' module, which must correspond with their study plan. The time invested in the production must be in proportion to the number of credits awarded.
Examples of productions are: studio recording (incl. production of the music), making a website, having a film made to go with the music that the student writes, having music recorded, working with a DJ, etc. The own productions can be presented e.g. in the form of (at least one) performance, website, CD or video, podcast, TED talk).

At least one production in year 1 or year 2 should be interdisciplinary, combining music with one or more disciplines into one activity. It is about creating something new by crossing borders and thinking beyond them, by connecting and integrating different professions (inside or outside the arts), companies or technologies - with their specific perspectives - in the pursuit of a common task.
Each production should preferably be audio and video recorded.

A production comprises different aspects:
• Preparation;
• Presentation such as concerts, studio recordings and performances;
• Documentation: research, argumentation, justification, reflection, evaluation.

• 6-8 study group meetings (October-May);
• Individual research coaching to discuss research strategies and methods suitable for the project/production at hand;
• 8 research group meetings, as working space and for intervision, connected to the projects and productions, focusing on a variety of research strategies and methods, (problem-based) discussions.

Depending on the productions.

Research, studying professional literature, source study, creating a production (preparation + performance), completing research assignments, making assignments, writing reflections and justification, evaluation.

Assessment of the productions is part of the integral assessment year 1 (interim audition).
Granting of 15 EC after the second term:
a) 3 productions (presented e.g. in the form of a website, CD, performance or video), documentation (research, design, planning, argumentation, justification, reflection, evaluation) (June).
b) 1 final reflection on and justification of own productions, supported by digital documentation (June).

What will be assessed:
• The presented final production or performance;
• The process leading to this final product;
• The theoretical and practical knowledge that forms the basis of both process and product;
• The artistic/technical qualities and usefulness of the product and the skills employed and developed by the student;
• The documentation: research, design, planning, argumentation, justification, reflection, evaluation;
• The communication: The student’s ability to explain how he has made use of the above, how he has engaged and implemented it, and his ability to share his insights with the audience.

The assessors use MaMu JPA Individual route, assessment form Integral assessment, year 1 (interim audition).

The student has completed this module when each project and the final reflection have been assessed as sufficient.

Assessment by mentor and research supervisor, and if necessary: a content expert.
In December/January, the mentor has a mid-term meeting with the student to discuss their progress in research and production.

Late June / early July.