2024

Performance Practice Seminar I

Name: Performance Practice Seminar I
Code: MUS12894M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Music

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

This course promotes the study of concepts and practices of the current musical artistic reality, with special emphasis on the Musicology topic of 'Performance Practice': its research and practical results.

Contents

- The music of today; the relationship between text, performer, and listener - a postmodern perspective.
- The psychology of performance
- The semantics of performance
- The relationship between performance and analysis
- The relationship between performance and reception

Teaching Methods

Theoretical approach related to the professional context of performance practice;
- Theoretical presentation based on scientific articles;
- Analysis, reflection and research on themes related to musical performance;
- Presentation on the semantics of interpretation: all the notes that a score may have that can influence the interpretation.
- The relationship between interpretation and analysis: importance of musical analysis for memorization and effective learning, and its influence on interpretative choices and decisions.

Assessment

Continuous Assessment (with the following parameters to consider):
Attendance and Participation in classes - 20%
Preparation of a critical review and respective oral presentation in the classroom context - 80%
The student can opt for a Final assessment: Written test: 100%

Teaching Staff

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