Joint Principal Study 1
The Joint Principal Study strand allows for a principal study that straddles two different instrumental families, disciplines or genres.
The primary focus of your learning in this module is regular individual lessons with a tutoring team, who will support your learning across different principal study areas.
You will be expected to devote a substantial amount of time to independent learning, as part of a continuous cycle of lessons, individual practice and reflection.
Module aims
This module is designed to:
- Foster technical and expressive mastery in the principal study
- Develop a mature musical personality and provide opportunities for its projection in-and-through practice
- Develop a knowledge base that supports understanding and facilitates the solving of complex musical problems
- Enable students to acquire the skills to pursue and sustain fulfilling, lifelong learning leading to informed performance at a professional level
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module you will be able to:
- LO1 Across a range of contexts and repertoire, demonstrate technical and expressive mastery in your joint principal studies
- LO2 Project a mature musical personality in-and-through your joint principal studies
- LO3 Employ a range of knowledge and understanding in-and-through the process of making music
Assessment
Assessment 1: Principal Study B (25% + 25%)
Assessed LOs: 1, 2, 3.
Assessment 2: Principal Study A (50% or 25% + 25%)
Assessed LOs: 1, 2, 3.
Joint Principal Study assessments will be individually negotiated, drawing equally on the parent Assessment Specifications associated with the respective instruments, disciplines or genres.
Principal Study A 25% assessments will be adapted from the parent assessment, with a lower volume of challenge: for instance, shorter recital/s and/or submission/s.
Each area of study will be assessed at 50% overall, through any combination of A and B assessments.
Assessment criteria
Assessment criteria for each assessment will be drawn from the parent module associated with the relevant instruments, disciplines or genres.
Feedback
You will receive regular formative feedback from tutors in your lessons, and written reports twice a year. In some departments tutor reports will take the form of a mutually constructed feedback session.
You will receive a written feedback report on each A and B assessment.
Resources
Essential
Key resources will be recommended by principal study tutors.
Recommended
Rink, J. S., Gaunt, H., & Williamon, A. (Eds.). (2017). Musicians in the making: Pathways to creative performance (Vol. 1). Oxford University Press.
Tolmie, D. (2020) 2050 And beyond: A futurist perspective on musicians’ livelihoods, Music Education Research, 22:5, 596-610, DOI: 10.1080/14613808.2020.1841133
Welch, G., & Papageorgi, I. (Eds.). (2014). Advanced musical performance: Investigations in higher education learning. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Other information
Possible combinations
- Two instruments from different families within the performance strand: for instance, piano and cello.
- Two genres, such as jazz and traditional music; jazz and (classical) performance; traditional music and (classical) performance.
- Two disciplines, such as composition and percussion.
The following strands are self-contained specialisms, and may not be combined with another strand as part of a JPS route:
- Chamber Music
- Collaborative Piano
- Conducting
- Performance and Pedagogy
- Piano for Dance
- Repetiteur
The following cases do not constitute joint principal study:
- Students pursuing two instruments within the same family: for instance, violin and viola, piano and harpsichord, flute and piccolo, and similar doublings.
- Performing some repertoire from a different genre, such as a jazz improvisation included as part of a classical recital.
- Jazz and Traditional students who both perform and compose as part of their disciple.
Acceptance onto the Joint Principal Study strand is exceptional, and is only offered to students who are able to demonstrate the requisite level of skill and commitment across the relevant discipline.
Summary details
| Module title | Joint Principal Study 1 |
|---|---|
| SCQF level | 11 |
| Credit rating | 80 SCQF (40 ECTS) |
| Status | Core |
| Module coordinator | Head of Department |
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Co-requisites | Supporting Studies 1 |
| Anti-requisites | None |
| Next steps | Joint Principal Study 2 or MA Negotiated Study |
| Learning modes | Indicative hours |
| Scheduled study | 30 (minimum) |
| Independent study | 770 (maximum) |
| Total notional student effort | 800 |