Module: CMU6000-20 Professional Portfolio (Development)

Level: 6

Credit Value: 20

Module Tutor: Jim Dickinson

Module Tutor Contact Details: j.dickinson@bathspa.ac.uk

1.Brief description and aims of module:

Portfolio (development) represents the culmination of your musical studies on Commercial music. You will have the opportunity to create a body of work that best represents your strengths as a creative practitioner. Commercial Music recognises the need for a diverse range of practical skills in order to maximise your employment opportunities and increase the potential for you to monetise your creative outputs. This ethos is reflected in your level 4 and 5 studies, so at level 6 we continue this flexibility, allowing you to either focus your studies on a particular specialism, or mix and fuse different areas into a commercially focused body of work.  There will be parallel series of lectures covering production, performance and composition for media. The generation of original content (songs and instrumental music) will be embedded in all these topics. The exact nature of your submission will be agreed with your tutor, but will be equivalent to six completed songs.

2.Outline syllabus:

• Skills training relating to chosen specialism

• Presentation skills (live and/or digital)

• Personal marketing and career strategies relating to chosen specialism

3.Teaching and learning activities:

Parallel three part lecture series and individual tutorials by appointment

Assessment Item 1:

• Assessment Type: CW

• Description: Create a professional body of work equivalent to six original songs.

• % Weighting: 100%