Course Description

Course unit 1: Ethnic Music - Music Traditions and Society (20 ECTS)

Students will develop an awareness and ability to reflect upon folk music as a phenomenon of our times, both locally and globally. Music traditions will be examined from anthropological and music-theoretical perspectives: traditional and more recent ethnic music theory will be central.

Students will specialise in at least one foreign musical tradition.

Traditional music in some selected areas will be analysed and practiced (relevant themes: style, repertoire, organology and traditional lines). European traditions will be particularly relevant. Social sciences perspectives will also be relevant in this context.

Practice will be focused on in the course unit.

Course unit 2: R & D and Mediation (5 ECTS)

The course includes work on the preparation of a Bachelor’s thesis project, work on the project question and choice of methodology. A general theoretical discussion will be related to the Bachelor’s thesis project and the student will draft a plan that will form the basis for this specialisation project.

The mediation component will be related to the Bachelor’s thesis project. Some projects may take the form of more performance-oriented work or other types of mediation.

Course unit 3: Main Instrument. Ensemble Playing, Musical Composition Theory and Musical Arrangements (5 ECTS)

Individual instruction, 10 hours, based on instruction from the first and second years of study. Students will organise themselves into fixed ensemble groups. Students will specialise in the relevant topic within composition theory and musical arrangements. This may be related to musical traditions that the student is working with in ethnic musicology.

Assessment Methods

Home Assignment 1 - assessed on a pass / fail basis.

Home Assignment 2 – graded: counts 25%.

4-hour written examination - with a grade which counts 75%.

Grades will be given on a scale from A to F (A-E are passing grades and F is a failing grade.) The final grade will be entered on the student’s diploma.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean