Tuition to develop performance skills in a solo instrument or voice, a second instrument or voice, or an approved popular music or world music context.
Approved World Music Options: Taonga Pūoro (traditional Māori instruments), Taiko (Japanese drumming), Koto (Japanese zither) or Scottish piping or drumming.
Note
for students taking this paper in 2020:
After completing enrolment, Performance
Students should email the Office to advise which musical instrument/s they have chosen
to study in 2020.Please note that Taonga Pūoro is no longer on offer as a World Music
Option in Semester One. It will be available again in Semester Two.
| Paper title | Performance Studies 2 |
|---|---|
| Paper code | MUSI240 |
| Subject | Music |
| EFTS | 0.1500 |
| Points | 18 points 18 points 18 points |
| Teaching period(s) | Full Year, First Semester, Second Semester |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $1,080.30 |
| International Tuition Fees (NZD) | $4,555.35 |
- Prerequisite
- MUSI 140 (passed with a grade of at least C+)
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Notes
- (i) Entrance to MUSI 240 requires Departmental Permission. (ii) Admittance is subject to teacher's availability. iii) May be taken as a preliminary performance paper that can either lead into a higher level 18-point MUSI paper (i.e. MUSI 340) or a 36-point MUSI paper (i.e. MUSI 241, 246) or PERF 202. (iv) The paper can lead on to MUSI 340 but not to MUSI 341, 346, PERF 302. (v) May not be taken in same year as MUSI 241, 246, PERF 202, 203 (except in the World Music Option) and cannot be credited to a degree if either of MUSI 241, 246, PERF 202, 203 has already been passed in the same instrument or voice.(vi) For information regarding auditions, please contact mtpa@otago.ac.nz.
- Eligibility
Evidence of ability as a performer is required.
View more information about auditions.
Enrolments for this paper require departmental permission.
View more information about departmental permission.- Contact
- More information link
View more information on the School of Performing Arts website
- Teaching staff
Paper Coordinator: Tessa Petersen
Paper Coordinator for World Music: Professor Henry Johnson
Teaching staff will depend on the instrument chosen.- Paper Structure
Please contact the School of Performing Arts office (spa@otago.ac.nz) for a copy of the most recent paper profile.
- Teaching Arrangements
- One 30-minute individual lesson, plus a group performance class per week.
- Textbooks
- Textbooks are not required for this paper.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding,
Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
- By the end of the paper, having been guided through a course of technical and musical study especially designed to meet your individual needs, you should have an appropriate command of your instrument/voice and will be more capable of achieving expressive musical results.
- You will also have an enhanced understanding of the repertoire for your instrument or voice.
