Module Code - Title:
MU5501
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COMMUNITY MUSIC IN CONTEXT
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
To provide instruction in foundations, history and principles of community, to offer students a brief and broad experience of the field; to combine practical and academic perspectives on Community Music; to offer this programme within an environment sensitive to an ethnomusicological and performance perspective and which encourages cross-platform performance and learning.
Syllabus:
History, culture and political developments and issues in Community Music: gender considerations, shifting demographics, models and functions of community music and community arts, diverse learners and community contexts, case studies.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the principles and key themes of community music
2. Display communication and facilitating skills and techniques as community musicians
3. Engage in practitioner-based research and contribute to the growth of research in community music in Ireland.
4. Contribute to the dissemination of research findings throughout the wider realm of community music.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
1. Value the varied practices and styles of performance in community music
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
1. Display musical competencies in community contexts
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Lectures, practicum and site visits
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Perfomance as research
Prime Texts:
Butcher, H. with Glen, Henderson & Smith (1993)
Community and Public Policy
, Pluto Press
Other Relevant Texts:
Everitt, Anthony (1997)
Joining in : an investigation into participatory music
, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Module Leader:
Frances.Garry@ul.ie