Keyboard Skills (Advanced)

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2011:

For students who have completed Keyboard Skills (Beginner and Intermediate), or have achieved an appropriate level of keyboard musicianship as determind by the Lecturer. Areas to be covered include a more extensive understanding of sight-reading, harmonization of melodic lines, improvisation over a chord progression and transposition, and will include preparation of selected repertoire. The class will be conducted in the Yamaha electronic keyboard laboratory.

• to have a greater keyboard facility;
• to harmonise, improvise and transpose melodic phrases;
• to play selected repertoire to a competent standard.

Continuous: Preparation and commitment as demonstrated by performance tasks an/or a regularly updated journal of activities embracing all areas studied (50%) - Hurdle requirement 80% attendance.

Formal: One practical test of approximately 10 minutes' duration consisting of presentation of a combination of prepared material and sight-reading (50%).

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Upon completion of this subject students should be able to:

• Exhibit extensive theoretical and practical knowledge of their discipline including relevant professional knowledge, skills, discipline and ethics as they relate to the practising musician
• Demonstrate an open and independent attitude towards contemporary cultural developments
• Demonstrate a flexible and innovative approach to the challenges for the professional musician in the 21st century
• Critically and creatively engage with topics of cultural significance across the broader community
• Work at various levels, both individually and as a team member, in a wide variety of musical environments
• Understand and appreciate how the arts connect with the broader society and culture
• Be prepared to undertake postgraduate study.