Module Code - Title:
MD6211
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IRISH WORLD ACADEMY ENSEMBLES
Year Last Offered:
2024/5
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
This module provides students with the opportunity to rehearse and perform with one of the Irish World Academy's existing performing ensembles. Through participation in collaborative music making with members of the wider community of musicians at the Irish World Academy, songwriting students broaden their own practice as musicians and their perspectives as writers and performers. Students develop cross-cultural understanding of diverse music repertoires, greater confidence as performers, and build musical relationships through their membership of their chosen ensemble.
Resources for each individual ensemble are provided in class by the relevant ensemble leader.
Syllabus:
Students choose to participate in one ensemble from the Academy's diverse range of music ensembles. Ensemble options include (but are not limited to):
• Vocal Ensemble
• Gospel Choir
• Chant Ensemble
• Irish World Academy Choir
• Gamelan Orchestra
Students learn ensemble-specific repertoire and performance practices through attendance at weekly rehearsals and participation in ensemble performances.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
Develop knowledge of repertoire specific to chosen ensemble.
Collaborate with students from other musical backgrounds and specialisms.
Develop capacity for new musical possibilities and collaborations within their own practice.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
N/A
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
N/A
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Teaching and learning takes place in the context of weekly rehearsals, preparation for, and participation in, informal and formal performances. Teaching approaches are informed by genre- and repertoire-specific transmission practices. Students engage with relevant transmission processes, including oral transmission and music notation systems.Students develop a greater cultural awareness of each repertoire, greater confidence as performers, and build musical relationships through their membership of their chosen ensemble.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
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Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Autumn
Spring
Module Leader:
mel.mercier@ul.ie