Advanced Ensemble

Rationale and Purpose of the Module: This is a module for fourth year BA Irish Music and Dance Students who wish to develop their ensemble skills further and who show a propensity to do so in their assessment for module MD4016.

Syllabus: Students in this module will concentrate on developing their knowledge of ensemble skills taken from a number of musical contexts. These skills will be developed in the context of their own performance practices. Students will attend a number of lectures that engage a systematic examination of the musical processes involved in the creation of ensemble. Such processes will then be utilised in performance laboratory classes, which will result in a public performance, developed in the context of a reflective journal.