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Extended Creative Practice Portfolio - MUS00114M

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• Department: Music
• Credit value: 80 credits
• Credit level: M
• Academic year of delivery: 2023-24
  • See module specification for other years: 2024-25
• Notes: This is an independent study module

Module summary

‘Capstone’ composition module: the production of a creative practice portfolio as a springboard for professional or higher level practice research work.

Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
A	Semester 2 2023-24 to Summer Semester 2023-24

Module aims

In this module you will draw on the creative, technical, and research skills you have developed in previous modules to produce a substantial portfolio of compositions. The portfolio may be a single extended work, a multi-movement composition, a collection of independent pieces or some combination of these, but will in each case represent a coherent and unified project of work exploring a particular approach to creative practice. You will build on your experience of writing critical commentaries in CCP1 and CCP2 alongside the tools developed in Research Skills for Musicians to present your creative work as practice research.

Individual tutorials and group seminars continue in semester 2 to support the development of your ideas, but the focus of this module is on independent work.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module you should be able to:

• Display a sophisticated and individual approach to composition.

• Articulate the distinctiveness of your individual creative practice in terms of practice research.

• Independently seek out relevant textual and musical materials to support the search for aesthetic and technical solutions to challenges in your creative practice.

Indicative assessment

Task	% of module mark	Group
Essay/coursework	10	A
Essay/coursework	90	A
Essay/coursework	60	B
Essay/coursework	40	B

Special assessment rules

None

Additional assessment information

You will complete EITHER
Portfolio of one or more compositions, presented as a unified single project, of total duration 25-35 minutes (90%)
+
Critical commentary of c.1500 words articulating the work as practice research. (10%)

OR

Portfolio of one or more compositions, presented as a unified single project, of total duration 15-25 minutes (60%) accompanied by an essay of c.4000 words (40%) articulating the work as practice research and developing the underlying research themes.

Indicative reassessment

Task	% of module mark	Group
Essay/coursework	10	A
Essay/coursework	90	A
Essay/coursework	60	B
Essay/coursework	40	B

Module feedback

You will receive written feedback in line with standard University turnaround times.

Indicative reading

Reading and listening suggestions will be made by your supervisor, tailored to your own interests and needs.