Repertoire, Improvisation, and Composition 4

Rationale and Purpose of the Module: To provide students with the opportunity to deepen their study and practice voice and dance composition so that they can develop the skills and confidence to work towards the creation of voice and dance compositions in a range of contexts including film and new media and thus broaden their career options in performance.

Syllabus: Students will be required to specialise in voice or dance, and study and practice a range of approaches to composition drawn from the repertoire of western, Asian, African and Irish dance traditions; and Gregorian chant, Irish traditional song, western solo and choral, and jazz and pop music traditions, as well as from a new world music repertoire; study the historical and cultural contexts within which these compositional methods and techniques developed; and study and practice skills to create solo and ensemble compositions.