Principal Study Pedagogy 1
The Principal Study is the primary focus of your learning experience, supported by regular individualised lessons in your discipline. 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 both pedagogy and 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 and teaching 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 principal study
- LO2 Project a mature musical personality in-and-through your principal study
- LO3 Employ a range of knowledge and understanding in-and-through the process of making music
Assessment
Assessment 1: Performance B (50% or 25% + 25%)
Assessed LOs: 1, 2, 3.
Assessment 2: Performance A (50%)
Assessed LOs: 1, 2, 3.
The Assessment Specifications associated with this module outline a number of different options from which to choose, according to your department and specialism, giving you the opportunity to demonstrate the learning outcomes of the module across a range of contexts and repertoire.
Assessment criteria
Assessors will look for:
- accuracy and facility
- expressive control
- imagination, originality
- projection of musical ideas
- interpretation
- understanding of context and style
- where relevant:
- research
- creativity
- spoken voice and movement
- collaboration
Feedback
You will receive regular formative feedback from your tutor in your lessons, and a written report twice a year. In some departments the tutor report 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.
Summary details
| Module title | Principal Study Performance and Pedagogy 1 |
|---|---|
| SCQF level | 11 |
| Credit rating | 60 SCQF (30 ECTS) |
| Total notional student effort hours | 600 |
| Status | Core |
| Module coordinator | Head of Department |
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Co-requisites | Graduate Studies 1 |
| Anti-requisites | None |
| Next steps | Principal Study Pedagogy 2 or MA Negotiated Study |
| Learning modes | Indicative hours |
| Scheduled study | 22 (minimum) |
| Independent study | 578 (maximum) |
| Total notional student effort | 600 |