Performance Lab 1: Own Productions

Module code
M-MA-JPOP
Curricular domain
Practical Classes
Credits
15
Group size
n/a
Number of course weeks
n/a
Class duration
n/a
Total contact hours
15
Study load
405

Form / content / level

Prerequisites
Admitted to the Master's
Competencies
pending
Aims
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.
Relation to other modules
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.
Content
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.
Mode(s) of instruction
• 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.
Material & Tools
Depending on the productions.
Student activity
Research, studying professional literature, source study, creating a production (preparation + performance), completing research assignments, making assignments, writing reflections and justification, evaluation.

Examination and assessment

Mode(s) of assessment
Summative (June):
Granting of 4 EC after the second term.
Performance/Presentation and portfolio including Main Subject and Own Productions for substantiation and justification, accompanied by digital documentation, including a reflection report, assessed by main subject lecturer(s), mentor and research coach.
Criteria
Consult the Feedback form Free Space and Assessment form Integral assessment year 1 (interim audition).
Pass requirements
The evaluators' ratings are equally weighted in the assessments, which are expressed as either satisfactory or unsatisfactory. A satisfactory results in a pass.
Examination procedure
Summative: Panel of teachers, supervised by an examiner assess the presentation and portfolio integrally.
Resit options
Additional assignment related to deficiencies or new performance.

Module summary

Students carry out 3 productions per year, including preparation, presentations, evaluation, reflection and justification.