MUS 204 Classical Theory and Musicianship 2 - Course Outlines

Course Prescription

Continuation of work in MUS 203 on music theory, aural skills and musicianship. Includes a choral component.

Course Overview

Continuation of work begun in MUS 104 and 203 in the development of the music-theory and aural-perception skills necessary to be an effective musician, including the study of harmony and analysis, and aural skills and musicianship, including a choral-performance project.

Being a musician involves having knowledge of and control over a wide variety of musical materials. As such, students need to acquire skills in the areas of music theory (harmony, counterpoint, analysis) and musicianship (aural training, singing). These skills are transferable across all musical disciplines and pathways of study. They provide students with the confidence to articulate their musical thoughts and ideas in performance, in composition and in the various written formats associated with academic music study.

This course enables students further to strengthen essential skills and develop more advanced ones, whilst at the same time engaging with music from across historical repertoires. Students will augment their understanding of the basic materials of music and how these materials inform all areas of musical practice.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: MUS 203

Semester Availability

Semester 2 2020

Course Co-ordinator

Professor W. Dean Sutcliffe
wd.sutcliffe@auckland.ac.nz
Fisher Building, Floor 6, Room 609
373 7599 x82367

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

Demonstrate a command of advanced precepts of voice leading and tonal harmony (Capability 1)
Recognize basic formal typologies (Capability 1)
Interpret an unseen piece of music by making use of various analytical approaches and parameters (Capability 1 and 2)
Recognize forms of harmonic prolongation and melodic diminution (Capability 1)
Harmonize a chorale melody in four parts in the style of J. S. Bach, making appropriate use of such features as passing notes, neighbour notes, suspensions and secondary chords, and demonstrating stylistic awareness (Capability 1)
supply analytical symbols of functional harmony to a chorale or other work (Capability 1)
Understand, appreciate and comment perceptively on listening examples from a range of periods, styles, genres and composers, with particular focus on how a variety of musical materials is used to create specific musical and/or dramatic effects (Capability 1)
Complete exercises in aural perception (Capability 1)
Apply musical intelligence, skills and knowledge in a practical performance context, in the presence of a live audience (Capability 1)
show good fundamental knowledge of the healthy alignment of the singing mechanism and demonstrate as if in a performance context (Capability 1)

Assessments

Assessment Type	Percentage	Classification
Tests	45%	Individual Test
Assignments	25%	Individual Coursework
Final Exam	30%	Individual Examination
Formative Assessment	0%	Individual Coursework
4 types	100%

Assessment Type	Learning Outcome Addressed
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Tests
Assignments
Final Exam
Formative Assessment

Pass Requirements

Attendance: owing to its practical nature, your contribution through active participation in Applied Musicianship is regarded as compulsory coursework. Failure to complete this compulsory coursework component will result in a DNC (did not complete) fail grade for the course. If you miss more than two scheduled rehearsals and/or performances (without medical certificate or other official written evidence) you will not satisfy this compulsory coursework requirement. It is your personal responsibility to sign the participation registers at every class. These will be available during the class and for a short while afterwards.

Assignments are to be submitted, according to submission type specified on CANVAS, by the due date. In the event of illness or other circumstances which prevent the completion of an assignment, please contact the course coordinator with evidence as appropriate, prior to the due date. Late assignments that do not have an approved extension will be penalized 10% for each day or part thereof. No assignment will be accepted after that assignment has been returned to students.

Teaching & Learning Methods

Through lectures and tutorials in theory/analysis and musicianship, as well as participation in the choral performance project, students will work on a range of activities that will enable them progressively to develop their knowledge and skills.
Lectures and tutorials in theory and analysis:
•   examine the primary musical parameters of rhythm, pitch and form, and introduce the secondary parameters such as texture;
•   provide exercises and training in the handling of these materials in notated form, to enable students to recognize, identify and analyse these features and to understand their significance in a given musical context.
Lectures in aural:
•   further explore these musical materials, utilizing active listening to perceive the musical characteristics of a variety of musical examples;
•   provide training to enable students accurately to recreate notated musical examples, and to realize in notated form their own aural ideas, including training in melodic and rhythmic dictation, clapping rhythms at sight, singing at sight, identification of chords and aural analysis;
•   support theory lectures with aural exercises in relevant weekly chapter(s) of set text.
Applied musicianship (choral performance project):
•   rehearse selected repertoire, leading to a concert performance or a workshop performance;
•   provide exercises in contextual listening, including work on inner hearing (intervallic/melodic relationships), internal pulse and subdivision, holding a part;
•   inform students of the techniques and discipline of choral ensemble singing as a tool to develop musicianship skills and professional skills in the workplace (this will help foster an immediate practical context for study undertaken in the areas of both musicianship and music theory);
•   develop students’ understanding of the nature of the vocal instrument, linguistic models (including IPA) and singers’ score markings.

Learning Resources

Jane Piper Clendenning and Elizabeth West Marvin, The Musicians’ Guide to Theory and Analysis, third edition (New York: Norton, 2016), Textbook and Workbook.
[It is recommended that you purchase this textbook for the course. Purchase of the Workbook is essential, as this will be used during tutorials.]

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard fifteen-point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each fifteen-point course that they are enrolled in.

For this course, you can expect 36 hours of lectures, a one-hour tutorial, 50 hours of reading and thinking about the content and 52 hours of work on assignments and/or test preparation.

Digital Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website at http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter (https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html).

In the event of unexpected disruption

We undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions, the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. In the event of a disruption, the University and your course coordinators will make every effort to provide you with up to date information via Canvas and the University website.

Copyright Warning Notice

This material is protected by copyright and has been copied by and solely for the educational purposes of the University under license. You may not sell, alter or further reproduce or distribute any part of this course pack/material to any other person. Where provided to you in electronic format, you may only print from it for your own private study and research. Failure to comply with the terms of this warning may expose you to legal action for copyright infringement and/or disciplinary action by the University.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

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