Course Content
Areas of study include
- performance studies which enhance and enrich performance skills in a variety of settings;
- music business which concerns how we organise the sale of music;
- contextual studies which explores the relationship between music culture and society;
- self-management is about how musicians use markets to promote their own music in order to build a career;
- composition is about how musicians select and combine musical ideas for a variety of purposes;
- study skills which focuses on the strategies needed to maximise learning.
At Level 4, Students become familiar with the key ideas, techniques and abilities of the subject. They become able to relate their studies to personal values; to collect and analyse ideas and information from a range of sources and relate those to recognised categories; to contribute effectively to group work tasks such as ensemble performances or research teams; to take responsibility, with staff support, for their own learning.
At Level 5, students are able to control these ideas, techniques and abilities in an increasingly independent fashion. This includes an awareness of varying solutions to problems, and contradictory methods of work and theories. They have a detailed and diverse knowledge of their subject; can use and evaluate different methods of obtaining and using information; select appropriate data from varied sources and develop their own criteria and judgements; are able to develop working relationships of a professional nature within the disciplines of the music industry; can take responsibility for their own learning with minimum direction.