Module: MUS5107-20 Opera Project 1

Level: 5

Credit Value: 20

Module Tutor: Garth Bardsley

Module Tutor Contact Details: g.bardsley@bathspa.ac.uk

1. Brief description and aims of module:

This module is open to singers and instrumentalists. You will be part of a company and directed/rehearsed by a professional director resulting in four public, fully staged, performances. The production itself is carried out as a group collaborative project with students from Level 6 Opera Project 2, which runs simultaneously. You will keep a rehearsal diary/log.

2. Outline syllabus:

There are weekly intensive rehearsals working with a professional director which replicate the process of staging a professional opera performance in an opera company setting. You will keep a rehearsal diary/log reflecting on the piece, the rehearsal process and your part in it.

3. Teaching and learning activities

Weekly rehearsals on two afternoons each week.

Assessment Item 1:

• Assessment Type: Course Work

• Description: Performance

• % Weighting: 70%

Assessment Item 2:

• Assessment Type: Course Work

• Description: Written portfolio (1,500 words)

• % Weighting: 30%