2024

Primary Instrument IV

Name: Primary Instrument IV
Code: MUS12963L
12 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/312 hours
Scientific Area: Music

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

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

To foster the student's artistic performance, building upon the work done in the UC Instrumento Principal I, II and III, through the development of his/her skills on the following areas:
a) cognitive (score textual assimilation and analysis for the performance);
b) musical/expressive (with particular emphasis on: consciousness and research on timbre);
c) technical (efficiency in the control of his/her instrument?s particularities according to the interpretation objectives required by the chosen repertoires);
d) communication (performance anxiety management).

To develop the theoretical and practical knowledge of relevant repertoires (cfr. Romantic and Contemporary).
To stimulate an interdisciplinary approach to instrumental/vocal performance.
To develop autonomous and responsible work strategies.
To conceive specific valorization projects, as well as public presentations of the work developed, and communication skills.

Contents

Study (and subsequent public presentation) of specific works of the instrumental/vocal repertoire, excluding orchestral excerpts; the individual program for each student will be devised by the teacher in the beginning of the semester, bearing in mind his/her specific aptitudes, general development and technical/artistic maturity, as well as the work done in the UC's Instrumento Principal I, II and III.

Organization of complementary activities (thematic seminars, public presentations, valorization, extension and communication projects), when pertaining.

Specific bibliographical revision.

Teaching Methods

Definition of the individual program and bibliography, according to the student's profile, by the teacher.
Individual lessons based on an interactive teaching methodology, including commentaries, exemplification, suggestions, feedback, reinforcement, practices of formative evaluation and self-evaluation, detailed indications concerning the work to be done in autonomy until the next lesson and planning.

Organization of complementary activities (auditions, seminars, masterclasses).

Evaluation
a) definition and pondering of continuous evaluation parameters (participation, assiduity, performance, progression) — 40%;
b) public exam before a jury: performance of about 40 minutes, including a minimum of 3 contrasting works, of which 1 composed in the last 80 years, excluding orchestral excerpts; the repeats indicated in the chosen works must not be played; part of the program should be interpreted from memory — 60%.

Teaching Staff

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