Unit Synopsis
The effective delivery of an instrumental music curriculum is contingent on the knowledge and ability of the teacher in two associated areas: multi-instrument instruction and conducting technique. Through beginner-intermediate studies of multi-instrument and conducting techniques, you will have the opportunity to develop the pedagogical skills and concepts required to deliver successful group instrumental music instruction and ensemble direction for beginner-intermediate students. Non-percussion majors must study percussion and drummers/percussionists must study an instrument from the woodwind or brass families. You will be required to develop skills on an unfamiliar instrument, performing repertoire and exercises on this instrument relative to the beginner-intermediate level. Additionally, you will continue to develop ensemble directing skills and conducting techniques for beginner-intermediate ensembles. In undertaking this unit, you will be required to have access to the instruments chosen for your study.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 3 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Pre-Requisite: Students must have completed MUSC13413 Multi-Instrument Fundamentals and Ensemble Direction 1 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Practical Assessment | 50% |
| 2. Practical Assessment | 30% |
| 3. Reflective Practice Assignment | 20% |
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%).
Past Exams
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Term 2 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 50.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 25% response rate.
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.
Source: Personal communication
Depth and variety of resources
Continue the use of the external platform in providing extensive learning materials for a wide variety of instruments.
Student have access to an exceptional range of video resources for instrumental and conducting instruction in this unit.
Source: Personal communication
Flexibility and accessibility: Positive comments reflected the access to staff and flexibility of progress check-ins for student as they developed skills in the 2nd instrument study.
Continue to provide flexible arrangements and access to staff for feedback on the 2nd instrument study in this unit.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Perform beginning-intermediate student repertoire on an instrument that is not your primary instrument of study from the woodwind, brass, percussion instrument families
- Demonstrate practical conducting techniques required for the musical direction of a beginner-intermediate ensemble
- Explain the technical challenges of your chosen instruments of study and pedagogical methods for the successful development of beginner and intermediate students.
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| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment | • | ||
| 2 - Practical Assessment | • | ||
| 3 - Reflective Practice Assignment | • | ||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | ||
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • |
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | ||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |