Researching Performance: Issues and Approaches

MUSC60401 Researching Performance: Issues and Approaches 15 Semester 1 Postgraduate Taught Level 6 Eleanor Ryan Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 7.5 This course build on the knowledge and skills acquired in MUSC60071 Advanced Music Studies: Research Skills in the Digital Age. It introduces students to a range of skills, methodologies and theoretical perspectives pertinent to researching performance, applying them to personalized tasks relevant to their own interests.  This course build on the knowledge and skills acquired in MUSC60071 Advanced Music Studies: Research Skills in the Digital Age. It introduces students to a range of skills, methodologies and theoretical perspectives pertinent to researching performance, applying them to personalized tasks relevant to their own interests.  ● to equip students with the essential core skills for researching music performance at Masters level ● to introduce students to methods, theories and approaches relevant to research in performance practice and to practice-based research ● to give practical experience of a range of methodologies, and thus a foundation for subsequent work in the field ● to stimulate engagement with broader debates and challenges in practice-based research ● to develop professional skills such as producing research outlines and funding applications  ● Demonstrate a knowledge of topics, issues and trends pertinent to researching performance in music ● Demonstrate familiarity with a range of current methodologies in performance research ● Make effective use of performance-specific bibliographic resources, including databases, and be able to describe, analyse and evaluate a range of textual and musical sources ● Demonstrate the ability to apply research methods to their own areas of interest  ● Research and use primary and secondary sources appropriate to Masters level ● Demonstrate the ability to discuss and critically to assess the strengths and limitations of particular methods and approaches ● Articulate their ideas cogently orally, in writing and through performance ● Contribute to discussions and defend their viewpoints effectively  ● Demonstrate skills in the analysis and interpretation of texts and performances ● Demonstrate skills in oral and written presentation ● Write effective research and funding proposals  ● Demonstrate the ability to communicate complex ideas and information in academic and non-academic contexts ● Demonstrate the ability to engage thoughtfully and critically with a range of texts and concepts ● Exhibit the capacity to work creatively, effectively and empathetically with others  Analytical skills Analytical skills (analysing texts, performances, musical scores and other materials and media) Project management Time management skills (submitting presentations and texts to fixed deadlines) Oral communication Oral presentation skills, individual or in small groups Interacting with critical peers Problem solving Creative problem-solving (fulfilling a set task with the resources available) Research Digital skills (information searches in databases, catalogues and other online environments) Weekly seminars and workshops   0 Other 100% <table aria-rowcount="3" border="1" data-tablelook="480" data-tablestyle="MsoNormalTable"> <tbody> <tr aria-rowindex="1" role="row"> <td data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader">Assessment task  </td> <td data-celllook="4369" role="columnheader">Formative or Summative </td> <td data-celllook="4369" role="columnheader">Length </td> <td data-celllook="4369" role="columnheader">Weighting within unit (if summative) </td> </tr> <tr aria-rowindex="2" role="row"> <td data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader">Weekly tasks </td> <td data-celllook="4369">Formative  </td> <td data-celllook="4369"> </td> <td data-celllook="4369">0%</td> </tr> <tr aria-rowindex="3" role="row"> <td data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader">Research assignment </td> <td data-celllook="4369">Summative </td> <td data-celllook="4369">3,000 words or equivalent </td> <td data-celllook="4369">100% </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table aria-rowcount="4" border="1" data-tablelook="480" data-tablestyle="MsoNormalTable"> <tbody> <tr aria-rowindex="1" role="row"> <td data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader">Feedback method  </td> <td data-celllook="4369" role="columnheader">Formative or Summative </td> </tr> <tr aria-rowindex="2" role="row"> <td data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader">Weekly feedback on oral contributions </td> <td data-celllook="4369">Formative </td> </tr> <tr aria-rowindex="3" role="row"> <td data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader">Regular peer and tutor feedback on class tasks </td> <td data-celllook="4369">Formative </td> </tr> <tr aria-rowindex="4" role="row"> <td data-celllook="4369" role="rowheader">Written feedback on research assignment </td> <td data-celllook="4369">Summative </td> </tr> </tbody></table> MUSC60071 Advanced Music Studies: Skills and Methodologies Pre-Requisite Compulsory N Burke, Robert and Andrys Onsman (ed.), Perspectives on Artistic Research in Music (Lanham, MA: Lexington, 2017) Cook, Nicholas, Music as Creative Practice (New York: Oxford University Press, 2018)  <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Mine+Do%C4%9Fantan&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLSz9U3SDbOM8wpW8TK55uZl6rgkn9kfmJeSWIeAHgKnEEfAAAA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiu0eyq0vD1AhWVi1wKHTM8DSYQmxMoAHoECBMQAg" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Doğantan</a>, Mine (ed.), Artistic Practice as Research in Music: Theory, Criticism, Practice (Farnham: Routledge, 2015) Harrison, Scott D. (ed.), Research and Research Education in Music Performance and Pedagogy (Dordrecht: Springer, 2014). Impett, Jonathan, Artistic Research in Music: Discipline and Resistance (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2017). Reid, Anna, Neal Peres Da Costa and Jeanell Carrigan, Creative Research in Music: Informed Practice, Innovation and Transcendence (London: Taylor and Francis, 2020). Vear, Craig (ed.), The Routledge International Handbook of Practice-Based Research (Routledge, 2021) Williamson, Aaron et al., Performing Music Research: Methods in Music Education, Psychology, and Performance Science (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021).  0 0 0