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Please note that this Unit Profile is still in progress. The content below is subject to change.Overview
As the first of the third year advanced units, you will undertake activities that will integrate the various elements of your music theatre craft. At this level, a greater degree of insight and personal reflection, as evidenced through practice, is expected. You will continue to develop your skills in singing and character development through the intertwined possibilities and choices dictated by movement as a unified expression of characterisation. You will study detailed aspects vocal technique in your development as a music theatre singer with an advanced exploration of music theatre vocal repertoire. As part of your singing technique, you will explore the phonetic aspects of the German and Samoan languages in selected repertoire. Your technical skills will be extended through more advanced levels of music theory, including aspects of song-writing and arranging, aural musicianship and piano keyboard for your development as a music theatre singer.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: MUSC12421 Music Theatre Voice 4
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2025
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from In-class
Continued work on Ensemble Repertoire with guests
Repertoire and assessment tasks will fulfil all learning outcomes, whilst catering to the individual students' skill set and ability. Students are invited to work across year levels to become involved in a greater variety of stylistic performance practice.
Feedback from In-class
Industry content relevant to current practice
Content will continue to be sourced based on current industry practice, and tailored to each unit's cohort.
- Demonstrate advanced tonal complexion, agility and vocal security in a selection of songs and related vocal technical work
- Apply advanced principles of breath usage, support and placement of the voice to various complex performance exercises
- Apply advanced principles of foreign pronunciation, intonation and comprehension in various languages within selected songs
- Present advanced level pieces and exercises on the keyboard that relate to your musical development as a singer
- Apply an advanced level of aural musicianship through various practical vocal exercises
- Apply the elements of music relating to pitch, harmony, rhythm, keys, scales and chords as derived from the western art-music tradition and contemporary popular music styles at an advanced level in music writing tasks, including song-writing and arranging.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 50% | ||||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 15% | ||||||
| 3 - Practical Assessment - 15% | ||||||
| 4 - In-class Test(s) - 20% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 50% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 15% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Practical Assessment - 15% | ||||||||||
| 4 - In-class Test(s) - 20% | ||||||||||