Sound Art, Minimalistic Improvisation (Etienne Nillesen)
Module code
M-JP-SAR
Curricular domain
Practical Classes
Credits
5
Group size
8 minimum
Number of course weeks
24
Class duration
One 90-minute session per week
Total contact hours
36 hours
Study load
104 hours
Form / content / level
Prerequisites
Completion of year one of Jazz & Pop or Composition for Film and Theatre. This subject can only be followed on-campus.
Competencies
Aims
Acquiring and developing ensemble playing skills in interdisciplinary working.
Relation to other modules
Related to the main subject module
Content
"What is music? Is this music? What is art? Is music art? What does music mean to me?"
This class is designed for experimentation, discussion, and contemplation of music and art. It aims to create a space where participants can explore ideas based on different approaches to music, improvisation and their instruments. We will stretch conventional notions of what music and art are and explore what they could be.
Together, we will make music in the moment and discuss the results to gain a deeper understanding of spontaneous composition. We will focus on aspects such as form, tension and release, energy, movement, rhythm, melody, communication, responsibility, and extended techniques.
Additionally, we will integrate other art forms and explore interdisciplinary approaches, seeking to communicate with other forms of art in exciting, perhaps even new ways.
Mode(s) of instruction
Sessions.
Material & Tools
n/a
Student activity
Finding students from other arts forms to join the sessions.
Examination and assessment
Mode(s) of assessment
Assessment by the band instructor at the end of each semester.
Criteria
Creativity, improvisation, rhythmic idioms, timing and tempo control, musical interaction, intonation, sound, interpretation, form principles, tonal balance, preparation, accompaniment, collaboration with other arts forms and attitude.
Pass requirements
The student has completed this module if being awarded a minimum grade of 5.5 at the end of the second semester.
Examination procedure
Written assessment by the instructor at the end of both semesters. Assessment at the end of the autumn semester is formative and expressed in terms of satisfactory/unsatisfactory. It indicates a student's progress in this module. No ECs are awarded and there is no resit. Modules can only be absolved, and ECs awarded, after the end of the spring semester. The end-of-semester assessments comprise evaluations of students' performance during the rehearsals and public performances.
Resit options
Module summary
This module allows students to extensively study interdiscilinary working. All relevant elements are discussed, in addition to more general aspects of ensemble playing.