Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of the module, students will have:
1. gained an experiential understanding of the relationship between body and vocality,
2. gained experience in the oral learning of vocal music,
3. developed acoustic and vocal skills,
4. developed body coordination skills at individual and group level,
5. developed skills in individual and group expression and improvisation through voice [sound-song-speech (oral/written)] and body movement,
6. gained experience, through experimentation, in the preparation and realization of a collaborative interartistic event.
Course Content (Syllabus)
This module is based on ensemble performance practice. It aims to familiarize students with the processes of preparation of a collective interartistic event, which will be presented in the spring semester.
Experimentation, on both individual and group level, will be based on (a) theme(s) and repertoires of vocal music (oral and/or written, existing and/or original), as well as texts (existing and/or original) selected by ensemble participants. In this context of experimentation the ensemble will make use of different tools, such as vocal improvisation, physical theatre, free creative writing, body percussion, among others.
The module allows for a maximum of 30 students, as long as these are available and committed to attend both semesters of the academic year, since the final collective interartistic event will be realized in the spring semester (for further important obligations, please read the 'Assessment' section).
Keywords
voice, body, event, performance
Description
The module is not marked, but assessed on the basis of a successful pass or fail.
The criteria for the successful completion of the module are:
a) attendance of at least 12 from the 13 ensemble meetings per semester,
b) active participation in weekly group activities per semester,
c) participation in potentially additional meetings, including selected free seminars, per semester,
d) participation in the final interartistic event(s),
e) attendance of the module "The Musical Body: theory and practice II".