The ability to select and design a programme which shows an understanding of technique principles and practices and their application to a specific context will prepare student to develop an informed and intelligent method to sustain their on-going and evolving practice. This will support students to develop a sustainable practice in professional performance based contexts.

Students will be required to specialise in voice or dance, and through regular technique classes and workshops they will continue to study and practice the basic technical principles of both western and world dance and voice traditions and to further study methods of analysing movement and sound and methods of reflective practice in order to develop critical awareness of technique training; they will also complement the reading/singing skills through the learning of musical analytical and early notational systems; also, each student will be required to design a technique-training programme to reflect their own specific technical needs and interests.

1. Synthesise the theoretical aspects and revise the historical contexts that support Western and world voice and dance practices. 2. Identify Western and world voice and dance techniques employed to develop skills for performance in both voice and dance. 3. Develop further methods of reflective practice necessary to reinforce critical awareness of technical needs for solo and ensemble work. 4. Demonstrate fluency in the use of more complex tools of Western music notation. 5. Examine the principles of diverse early music notations.

1. Integrate other singers/dancersÆ needs in technical ensemble work through self-motivated interaction.

1. Manipulate complex technical vocal and movement practices under the guidance of the teacher and through self-directed work. 2. Display specialist vocal and movement-based competencies in solo work.

Students will be required to specialise in either voice or dance. Through regular technique classes and workshops students will continue to study and practice the basic technical principles of both western and world dance and voice traditions. This will include a range of different techniques and methods designed to deepen their skill and understanding. In addition students will study the theoretical frameworks that underpin these techniques. The module will focus on dance and voice technique training and include techniques and practices, from Irish, Asian and African traditions. The primary focus of the contemporary dance technique classes will be the study and application of contemporary and post-modern techniques designed to extend the studentsÆ technical range and expressive capacity. The primary focus of the world dance technique classes will be to continue the study and practice of the skills unique to each style and tradition. The primary focus of the voice technique will be the continuation of the study and development of the techniques for efficient voice production to extend the studentsÆ technical range and expressive capacity. This will be complemented by continuous ear training û through absolute and relative pitch systems û sight reading/singing skills û using the treble, bass and movable (C) clefs û keyboard harmony û through reading/performing skills for accompaniment û and oral transmission û through the use of world orally-transmitted repertoires. In addition, voice students will be introduced to a second non-western voice technique, such as glottal stop, and microtonal singing, through which they will complement their other vocal production techniques. In addition students will continue to study movement and sound analysis, Body Awareness, Effort/ Weight Qualities/ Movement Dynamic/Phrasing/ Spatial Awareness, Internal/External space. Also, through the continuation of the study of early music notation (palaeography and semiotics), the students will complement their reading/singing skills by understanding the modes of sign production relevant to the studied notations, as well as continuing to explore the development of western notational systems. This will be strengthened by the exploration of musical analytical systems. Each student will be required to design a technique-training programme to reflect their own specific technical needs and interests. This project will be one component of the final year project.