Course: Developing Expressive Skills credits: 5
- Course code
- SPCCV26DES2
- Name
- Developing Expressive Skills
- Study year
- 2026-2027
- ECTS credits
- 5
- Language
- English
- Coordinator
- W.H. Buma
- Modes of delivery
-
- Assignment
- Learning community
- Teaching method 1
- Assessments
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- TEST-01 - Other assessment
Learning outcomes
Artistic and performance skills, research and analytical skills, communication skills to convey musical intentions to audiences and to develop expressive skills in various styles. Exploring creative and research-informed strategies for developing expressiveness, led by teachers who specialised in approaches based on improvisatory theatre and music psychology research. In this course students reflect on various elements of expressiveness: (1) What makes a performance expressive? (2) how can expressive skills be developed and shaped? At the start of the course there is an opportunity to formulate and discuss personal learning aims. This course uses a flexible approach to provide student-centred education for the development of expressive skills.
Content
This elective provides a holistic approach to the development of expressive performance skills. The content of the sessions will consist of:
- Group discussions of expressiveness and research-based sources that are relevant for musicians' professional practice
- Practical explorations of different strategies and techniques for developing expressiveness, inspired by Music Psychology Research and Theatre methodologies. Therefore, the elective will include reading of sources related to expressive skills and video recordings of own performances. Students provide peer-feedback during and in between lessons. The main aim is to develop your musical identity in expressive performance.
Included in programme(s)
School(s)
- Arts, Design & Built Environment