Course: Performance & Communication 1 credits: 4

The student is offered intensive encounters with best practice of innovative performances combined with teaching/coaching by representatives of these best practices. In terms of communication the student will consider: • The dramaturgy within a piece of music:  Exploring a variety of possibilities to verbally express what is special about a piece of music, a programme, a composer or performing musician, a specific style, a musical tradition, a musical technique or that single moment in a piece that makes you hold your breath. 

• Approaching innovation in different ways:  How can any piece of music, style or musical technique become the starting point for different kinds of innovative projects?
• Connecting to context and fitness for purpose: How can any piece of music, style or musical technique be presented in a new context or environment? 

In relation to performance, the student is brought into contact with established professionals who embrace and implement best practices in innovation and the creation of new audiences.