| MU5719 | Principal Study (Composition) Level 7 (I) The Principal Study is a central part of your learning experience at NAFA. It involves advanced exploration and development of musical and technical skills to prepare you for your chosen field at a professional level. The module includes one-to-one tuition, performance classes, workshops, masterclasses, lessons from visiting professors, ensemble activities, seminars, and relevant lecture series.
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| MU5730 | Advanced Schenkerian Analysis Level 7* The module focuses on applied musical analysis in performance, aiming to deepen students' understanding of analytical principles from a practitioner-led perspective. It explores alternative expressive possibilities and the broader use of Schenkerian concepts in various musical contexts. Students would be required to have a mastery in Schenkerian Analysis at Level 6.
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| MU5733 | Composition Supporting Studies Year 1 Level 7 (required for MComp students)
This module is designed to help composers develop their professional practice. It covers diverse topics, such as the composer as performer, approaches to electronic music and field recording, interdisciplinary composition and collaboration, and contemporary approaches to composition. Interspersed with these will be a series of talks by visiting composers and artists, practical workshops, and presentations by composers on their own work.
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| MU5734 | Orchestration Portfolio Level 7* This module offers the opportunity to develop advanced skills in transcribing music from one instrumental medium (e.g., piano) to another, larger one (e.g., orchestra). You will be introduced to a variety of approaches and techniques that may be effective in undertaking this task, before going on to formulate and complete a varied portfolio of orchestrations, in which you will be able to put into practice what you have learnt.
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| MU5735 | Orchestration for Chinese Orchestra Level 7* This module explores relevant models of Chinese orchestral/instrumental transcription, other Chinese orchestral repertoire, as well as how to write effectively for Chinese orchestra and other ensembles. Students learn to use Chinese instrumentation to define and articulate compositional ideas.
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| MU5736 | Teaching Music Level 7* This module enables students to engage with the concept of music teaching as a sociocultural practice, developing skills relating to lesson planning and delivery, and exploring modes of assessment and progression in music education.
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| MU5737 | Practical Teaching Portfolio* This module draws on practical teaching situations whilst enhancing awareness of learning by introducing a range of pedagogical methods and approaches through workshops delivered by expert practitioners.
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| MU5740 | International Placement (Masters) This module provides the opportunity to study in a foreign environment, both as a musical and personal experience. Students will receive Principal Study tuition and attend Faculty and Performance Classes at the partner institution. Students may have the opportunity to take part in the orchestra and/or ensembles at the partner institution, on the premise of audition, and the availability of positions in diverse ensembles.
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| MU5743 | Conducting Level 7 (Year 1)* An introduction to conducting skills, and the art of decision making as needed for conductors, specifically on how to make musical (i.e. interpretative) decisions and then put them into practice through gesture and rehearsal. The course will follow a rolling programme of practical sessions in which you will be required to conduct the group of your classmates towards your own interpretative ideas.
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| MU5751 | Chamber Music Level 7* In this module you will develop the skills required to work effectively as a professional chamber musician. Working closely with the other members of your group, you will rehearse regularly together and receive specialist coaching. Your group will work together to curate and rehearse a short programme for examination at the end of the spring term.
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| MU5754 | Music, Culture, and Society Level 7* This module explores the interdisciplinary nature of ethnomusicology, particularly its relationship with anthropology, diaspora, gender, language, politics, race, and religion. The module introduces the key texts and various approaches to ethnomusicology. Through selected readings and discussion sessions, students will learn about the relationship between music and society.
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| MU5763 | Professional Musician Level 7* This module prepares you for a healthy, proactive, and sustainable career in music through individual career coaching, cross-faculty group workshops, and industry knowledge and insights. Through these activities, you will explore a range of ideas and practices in the classical music profession today. On the completion of this module, you will have a deeper understanding of your artistic identity and areas for professional growth.
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| MU5764 | Professional Project Level 7* In this module, you will develop and deliver a self-directed project with a professional focus. Your project must include an external-facing element. Examples could include: curating and presenting a concert in an external venue or festival; collaborating with an external artist to develop a new work; developing and pitching a business proposal; or undertaking a research project based on an extended work placement. With the support of a supervisor, you will develop an innovative project that builds on your musical strengths, interests, and professional aspirations.
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| MU6719 | Principal Study (Composition) Level 7 (II) The Principal Study is a central part of your learning experience at NAFA. It involves advanced exploration and development of musical and technical skills to prepare you for your chosen field at a professional level. The module includes one-to-one tuition, performance classes, workshops, masterclasses, lessons from visiting professors, ensemble activities, seminars, and relevant lecture series.
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| MU6733 | Composition Supporting Studies Year 2 Level 7 (required for MComp students)
This module is designed to help composers develop their professional practice. It covers diverse topics, such as the composer as performer, approaches to electronic music and field recording, interdisciplinary composition and collaboration, and contemporary approaches to composition. Interspersed with these will be a series of talks by visiting composers and artists, practical workshops, and presentations by composers on their own work.
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| MU6734 | Orchestration Project Level 7* This module offers the opportunity to undertake a more ambitious and extended challenge in orchestral transcription. You will formulate and complete an orchestration project which allows you to demonstrate imagination, range and ambition. To guide and inspire you, you will study innovative examples from 20th and 21st-century orchestral repertoire.
Pre-requisites: MU5734 Orchestration Portfolio Level 7
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| MU6751 | Chamber Project Level 7 (15 credits)* In this module you will continue to develop the skills required to work effectively as a professional chamber musician. Working closely with the other members of your group, you will rehearse regularly together and receive specialist coaching. Your group will work together to curate and rehearse a short programme assessed in Semester 2. Composers are also eligible to take this module in collaboration with an ensemble.
Pre-requisites: MU5751 Chamber Music Level 7
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| MU6752 | Chamber Project Level 7 (30 credits)* Designed for highly committed chamber groups, this module provides extended support and opportunities for your group to develop to a professional level. Working closely with the other members of your group, you will rehearse regularly together and receive specialist coaching. Your group will work together to curate and rehearse a full concert programme for public performance. .
Pre-requisites: MU5751 Chamber Music Level 7
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