Module: MUS6208-20 Employing Music 3A (Community & Education)

Level: 6

Credit Value: 20

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1. Brief description and aims of module:

Through exploration of community and educational issues associated with the wider professional music landscape, students develop skills and knowledge appropriate for a wide range of careers.

This module aims to:

• Explore the field of community music.

• Provide you with opportunities to gain specialist knowledge and experience of areas of community music-making and other educational and therapeutic contexts.

• Extend your self-reflexive analysis and evaluative skills

2. Outline syllabus:

Sessions provide in-depth training and opportunities for practical understanding of issues in community music, music therapy and educational practices. Sessions may include, for example, pedagogic strategies for instrumental/vocal tuition, workshop-leading and structuring programmes of community music-making, ensemble/choral leadership, and/or music therapy. You create a portfolio of work to demonstrate the work undertaken in the module, which may include examples of working processes, a reflective research journal, and/or assessment of workshop leading or instrumental teaching skills.

3. Teaching and learning activities:

Tutors deliver the module through group practical sessions that introduce topics and include practical workshops. These explore and demonstrate pedagogic and animateuring techniques and strategies.

Assessment Item 1:

• Assessment Type: CW

• Description: Project Portfolio

• % Weighting: 100%