Final Audition

Module code
M-JP-AUD4
Curricular domain
Practical Classes
Credits
1
Group size
n/a
Number of course weeks
n/a
Class duration
50 minutes
Total contact hours
50 minutes
Study load
27 hours

Form / content / level

Prerequisites
Admitted to fourth year of the Bachelor program, and students are only admitted once all the other course components have been cleared.
Competencies
See Competencies Matrix.
Aims
Mastering the elements described under Contents.
Relation to other modules
Related to the main subject course, band- and theory lessons.
Content
Students prepare an audition, dealing with all aspects relevant to the audition: selecting pieces, writing new material (optional), arranging pieces, choosing other band members, rehearsals, organizing instrument set-up (where necessary) and stage presentation.
All skills, aims and contents of the entire study curriculum are relevant to the audition. If the student graduates at the end of the fourth year, the audition takes place in a concert hall. In all other cases, the audition will take place in a classroom and no technical support will be offered.
It is normally possible to combine final auditions, with two or three students auditioning in one performance. Students interested in this can contact the educational office. There the request will then be examined to determine whether it is organizationally feasible, especially if the appropriate committee members can be present at the same time. Combined auditions take slightly longer; 30 minutes (playing time) extra per additional student.
Mode(s) of instruction
Audition.
Material & Tools
Depends on the main subject; see the main subject module description.
Student activity
Students independently organize all aspects relevant to performing the audition.

Examination and assessment

Mode(s) of assessment
Audition for a panel of three to five teachers. As a rule, two of the panel members are teachers of the student's main subject (if this cannot be arranged, two or fewer panel members are teachers of the student's main subject). The audition is usually a public concert. If the student graduates at the end of the fourth year, such a concert takes place in a concert hall. In all other cases, the audition will take place in a classroom and no technical support will be offered.
Criteria
Creativity, expression, improvisation, ensemble playing, interaction, harmonic possibilities, accompaniment, tonal balance, technique, sound, intonation, timing/tempo control, rhythm, reading skills, stylistic coherence, repertoire choice, set list, attitude, performance, preparation and (optional) arranging/composing.
Pass requirements
The student has completed this module if being awarded a minimum grade of 5.5.

ADDITION MARCH 30, 2023: FOR FINALS TO BE CONDUCTED IN THE SUMMER OF 2023-24, STUDENTS MAY CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN A PILOT IN WHICH NUMERICAL GRADING WILL BE REPLACED BY ASSESSMENT EXPRESSED IN PASS/FAIL.
STUDENTS WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PILOT MUST CONFIRM SO IN WRITING, AND THIS CONFIRMATION WILL BE PART OF THE FORMS COMPLETED AT THE TIME OF ASSESSMENT. FOR THESE STUDENTS, THE PASS REQUIREMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: THE PANEL MEMBERS SEPARATELY USE AN OUTLINE OF RELEVANT CRITERIA TO ASSESS STUDENTS PER CRITERION, EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF + (SATISFACTORY), +/- (UNCERTAIN) OR - (UNSATISFACTORY) WITH THE AVERAGE (MORE PLUSES THAN MINUSES CONSTITUTE A +, MORE MINUSES THAN PLUSES A -, AS MANY PLUSES AS MINUSES A +/-) BEING USED AS THE PERSONAL FINAL ASSESSMENT PER PANEL MEMBER. THE CHAIR COLLECTS THESE FIVE ASSESSMENTS. STUDENTS PASS THIS MODULE IF THEY RECEIVE MORE PLUSES THAN MINUSES.
Examination procedure
Examiners use an outline of relevant criteria to assess students, with the average grade being used as the final grade.
The examiners hand in their assessment forms 'face-down' to the chair, who then reviews whether the assessments are sufficiently similar, i.e., whether the graded evaluations diverge no more than two points. If there are no problems in this area, the chair subsequently fills out the complete chair form, which contains, in the verbal part, a summary of the reasoned evaluations provided by the several examiners. The average grade of the examiners' evaluations is used as the final grade.
In case the examiners' assessments diverge more than allowed, the chair initiates a panel discussion, and firstly asks the relevant examiners (whose grades diverge more than two points) to provide a further explanation. Subsequently the other examiners are allowed to participate in the discussion, and the chair eventually asks them to re-vote in consideration of the issues raised during the discussion. If the grades now fall within the permissible two-point range of divergence, the chair calculates the average grade of the re-vote and copies it to the chair form, under the heading of 're-vote', and this new average will serve as the final grade.
If the grades are still too dissimilar, the chair also uses the average of the re-vote as final grade, adding a note on the chair form indicating why (from their perspective) the examiners were unable to find common ground.

ADDITION MARCH 30, 2023: FOR STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE PILOT: SEE ALSO UNDER "PASS REQUIREMENTS". THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN THE PROCEDURE IS THAT TEACHERS DO NOT GIVE NUMERICAL GRADES BUT PLUSES AND MINUSES, AND THE FINAL ASSESSMENT IS NOT EXPRESSED AS A NUMERICAL GRADE BUT IN TERMS OF PASS/FAIL.
Resit options
See the Education and Assessment Plan.

Module summary

This audition is the final module of the curriculum of all Jazz & Pop main subjects.