MUSC 100 Small Ensemble Units: 1.50
Chamber music, collaborative piano, or small ensemble experience for qualified instrumentalists and singers. Topics may vary. Course includes weekly coaching and a minimum of one evaluation concert per term for all students. Credit attained only with regular attendance, active participation, and ample preparation.
NOTE Students will be registered into the course number that matches their current level of study (i.e., if a student is in their third year they will be registered in MUSC 300).
NOTE Collaborative Piano is strongly recommended for all piano and organ majors in the BMUS program.
LEARNING HOURS VARY.
NOTE Students will be registered into the course number that matches their current level of study (i.e., if a student is in their third year they will be registered in MUSC 300).
NOTE Collaborative Piano is strongly recommended for all piano and organ majors in the BMUS program.
LEARNING HOURS VARY.
Requirements: Prerequisite Permission of the School.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Describe current and previous experiences of musical performances, in both historical and contemporary contexts, in order to inform performance practice.
- Describe their own performances with general descriptors of success and failure.
- Identify and reproduce performance gestures in order to collaborate and coordinate musical performance with other musicians.
- Show an awareness of present genres, styles, and performance traditions in order to identify appropriate professional conduct (such as rehearsal and concert etiquette) and methodologies.
- Successfully reproduce a given musical style, reformulate a collection of available ideas, and recognize connections between previous experience and current performance in order to create a new musical interpretation.
- Support a constructive team climate by treating other members with respect, maintaining positive attitude and interactions, and providing assistance and support for other team members in order to accomplish both regular rehearsal tasks and to create a successful final performance.