MUS 293A/B : Performance Skills for Singers 2
Creative Arts and Industries
2024 Semester One (1243) / Semester Two (1245) (15 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
This course aims to provide students with tools and practical skills needed to engage fully with the professional stage. Modules in languages and stagecraft lead to a professional-level production.
The module teaches linguistic concepts, models and practices phonetics in workshops, and enhances learning through peer collaboration. Students will also study foundational drama and stagecraft techniques through applied assignments, experimenting with scene partnering and scene building in workshop scenarios.
Capabilities Developed in this Course
| Capability 3: | Knowledge and Practice |
| Capability 4: | Critical Thinking |
| Capability 5: | Solution Seeking |
| Capability 6: | Communication |
| Capability 7: | Collaboration |
| Capability 8: | Ethics and Professionalism |
Learning Outcomes
- Prepare, plan and execute music in dramatic contexts (Capability 3.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1 and 8.1)
- Create and refine a character for performance (Capability 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1 and 8.2)
- Work collaboratively with students onstage and staff offstage (Capability 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1 and 8.2)
- Develop an onstage relationship with a scene partner (Capability 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1 and 8.2)
- Demonstrate an understanding of languages in a vocal-dramatic context (Capability 3.1, 4.1 and 8.1)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Stagecraft assessments | 25% | Individual Coursework |
| Assignments (Linguistics) | 25% | Individual Coursework |
| Practical performance assessments | 50% | Individual Coursework |
| 3 types | 100% |
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcome Addressed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Practical Stagecraft assessments | ||||||||||
| Assignments (Linguistics) | ||||||||||
| Practical performance assessments | ||||||||||
As per School of Music policy, any work submitted after the due date will be penalised 10% per day late, unless late work is accompanied by independent evidence (such as a medical note).
Teaching & Learning Methods
This is a participatory workshop context, with the development of skills in the A component and a performance outcome at the end of the B component. All students are expected to collaborate, contribute, and be present for all components of the course. The A component stagecraft and linguistics modules take a seminar structure in which students are expected to engage consistently. Students will be expected to be fully prepared musically before entering the rehearsal space for the performance outcome, and to engage professionally with staff that work with them individually and in groups in shaping their character and bringing the score to life.
Workload Expectations
This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.
For this course, you can expect 24 hours of seminars, approximately 50 hours of guided rehearsal, and 76 hours of independent preparation for the assessments.
Delivery Mode
Campus Experience
Attendance is required at scheduled activities to complete components of the course.
Learning activities including seminars, workshop sessions, and coachings will not be available as recordings.
The course will not include live online events.
Attendance on campus is required for the assessments.
The linguistics and stagecraft seminars are scheduled as weekly timetabled sessions. Performance rehearsals are scheduled with input from students' timetables.
Learning 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.
Health & Safety
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.
Students are encouraged to contact the course coordinator to give informal feedback.
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 for potential plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct, using computerised detection mechanisms.
Class Representatives
Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.
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 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.
Learning Continuity
In the event of an 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. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.
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.
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 students may be asked to submit 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. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.