Description: Applied Music 2206 is a practical course that offers students the opportunity to develop and apply musical and theoretical understandings, concepts and skills primarily through independent and interdependent performance, both as a sole performer (vocalist/instrumentalist) and as a sole part performer within works of two- and three-part textures.
In addition to developing instrument specific technical competencies, students will develop psycho-motor skills, literacy skills, performance skills and aural skills. These will be integrated in the student’s practical application to more effectively foster the development of well-rounded musicianship and comprehensive musical understanding. Also embedded within the course are the touchstone skills of communication, critical thinking, creativity, problem solving and collaboration.
The course is built on a spiral design in which level-specific musical concepts and skills are introduced and revisited multiple times in ever increasing depth and at higher levels of understanding and mastery. Students’ technical skills and musicianship increase as they explore a variety of repertoire.
Music 2206 is to be delivered in small homogeneous or complementary groupings on the basis of skill level and instrumentation.