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BA, MUSICAL ARTS – SPECIAL (54 credits)

LEVEL III - SEMESTER II

MU30D - Arranging for Calypso Bands, Part II
Pre-requisite: MU 30C

This is designed to further apply techniques introduced in Part I in addition to writing of interludes, modulations and extended endings in composing and scoring one's own calypso.


Assessment:
Course work: 100%

MU31B - Choral Techniques (Compulsory for music teachers)
Pre-requisites: MU32A

Topics covered include the musical, technical and psychological elements of conducting, a survey of choral literature, interpretation, rehearsal and performance techniques.

Assessment:
Coursework: 50%
Examination: 50%

MU33F - Instrumental Music VI (Compulsory for BA, Special)
Pre-requisite: MU 33E

This course for music majors consists of pan lessons, pan ensemble and a half-recital II of 30 minutes of music (solo and chamber music with up to 5 other players).

Assessment:
Coursework: 50%
Examination: 50% (recital)

MU31C - Steel Orchestral Technique (Compulsory for music teachers)
Pre-requisite: MU20C and MU33E

Content to be covered includes baton technique, conducting patterns, score reading, score analysis, general rehearsal procedures, pan adaptations of ensemble arrangements.

Assessment:
Coursework: 100%

MU34B - Ethnomusicology III (See description in Semester I)

MU35B - MUSIC EDUCATION II (Compulsory for music teachers)
Pre-requisite: MU35A

This consists of foundations of music education and exploration of methods and materials for teaching pan in the music classrooms of Trinidad and Tobago.

Assessment:
Coursework: 50%
Examination: 50%

 

 

 
 

 


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