Performance SkillsLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

In addition to instrument proficiency, performing and discourse communication are important instruments for musicians and music educators. During the course, the student will learn to observe his/her technical and artistic performing skills as well as his/her interpretation skills. The student can communicate as an expert in a structured, understandable and convincing manner. He/she can take into account the group dynamics, the receiver, the performing situation and the demands of his/her field of expertise. The student can reason, direct, lead and impact with language. He/she can give and receive feedback in a communication situation within a working community. The student can listen, observe and interpret wordless and oral messages.

Content

- Preparing for a perfoming situation
- Group dynamics
- Skills of expression
- Performing assuredness: Body language, influecing by speaking, discussing and interacting within a group, and stage presence
- Speech expression and using the voice
- Planning of the speaking situation and demonstration: Statement, introduction, directing and teaching situation, peer assessment, stage speaking (announcing)

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student:
• has participated in teaching
• has completed the agreed tasks
• is able to set their own targets
• is able to work independently
• has practiced performance in a band
• is able to analyze their own performance practice
• has practiced communication in a band
• has practiced communication as a professional
• is able to analyze their own views on music
• is familiar with the requirements of their field
• has practiced report making
• has practiced speech making
• has practiced the construction of an entire performance
• is familiar with performance body language

Assessment criteria, good (3)

In addition, the student:
• understands their performance in relation to themselves, their band and their audience
• understands their own role in the performance situation and is able to communicate their own views on their music
• knows how to prepare for a performance
• knows how to apply lessons learned in future performances
• knows how to plan an entire performance
• is able to express themselves creatively

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

In addition, the student:
• is able to perform creatively and communicate with the audience and their band
• knows how to apply lessons learned creatively and skillfully in future
• understands their own role during performance
• understands dynamic changes in a performance
• knows how to listen, observe and interpret spoken and un-spoken messages

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student:
• has participated in teaching
• has completed the agreed tasks
• is able to set their own targets
• is able to work independently
• has practiced performance in a band
• is able to analyze their own performance practice
• has practiced communication in a band
• has practiced communication as a professional
• is able to analyze their own views on music
• is familiar with the requirements of their field
• has practiced report making
• has practiced speech making
• has practiced the construction of an entire performance
• is familiar with performance body language

Further information

Qualifications: The student has practised different kinds of performing skills and has gained a knowledge about how to prepare for a performance.