Musical Knack Lab 2: Staging Music (2025/2026: periode 2)

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Cursusdoel

This class caters to future decision-makers in the music business by means of practical training grounded in musicological background knowledge. The course resonates with the adjacent Music, Media and Infrastructure courses in which the international music world is profiled and contextualized.
Students will be able to interact with the music sector and learn industry best-practice first-hand. Coursework that meets the expected high standards will be showcased and can be included in the student’s professional portfolio.

Vakinhoudelijk

The course Staging Music forms part of the practical training track within the Applied Musicology program and studies various aspects surrounding the staging of music in the 21st Century.
The course is solidly grounded in current debates about the future of music and performance. It will bring students into touch with the latest developments that help artists put out and perform their music. The students will be asked to engage with various conceptual models to help them keep sight of the bigger picture in which new trends emerge.
To understand the difficulties and practicalities of putting a (music) event together, the students have to work together to organize such an event. They will learn key skills around working together across cultural backgrounds; finding the rights tools and frameworks to bring ideas to life; and shipping an actual product – an event.

Aanvullende informatie

Career orientation:
Knowledge of how to stage and distribute music through various methods; experience of community building; experience in organizing (music) events; knowledge of the latest developments in music and technological advances.

Werkvormen

Excursie
Toelichting

Field trip to a exemplary Dutch institution in the field of Staging Music.

Seminar
Toelichting

The course is a seminar with (guest) lectures, classroom debate and hands on work on a music production. Guest lecture given by experts in the field of Staging Music.

Bijdrage

Students will have their own responsibility in realizing productions and critically reflecting on various issues of staging.

Voorbereiding

The students are obliged to thoroughly study and analyze the programs and texts under discussion, and contribute to classroom debate with their own programs, texts and the like.

Toetsing

Actieve deelname

Verplicht | Weging 20% | Minimum cijfer 5,5 | ECTS 1

For every guest lecturer that is invited to this course, you will need to prepare literature and a minimum of 1 question. This question will be part of a Q&A session in class and is to be handed in the day before the guest lecture. Your question should be relevant, interesting and focus on the materials and subjects of this course. You are welcome to hand in more relevant questions.

Opdracht

Verplicht | Weging 50% | Minimum cijfer 5,5 | ECTS 2,5

Portfolio

Verplicht | Weging 30% | Minimum cijfer 5,5 | ECTS 1,5

Ingangseisen en voorkennis

Ingangseisen

Je moet inschreven staan voor de volgende opleiding:

  • Applied Musicology

Voorkennis

Advanced knowledge of music history, advanced repertoire knowledge of either classical or pop/jazz music, knowledge of the international musical infrastructure.

Voorkennis kan worden opgedaan met

BA program Muziekwetenschap, MA Musical Infrastructure in an International Context.

Voertalen

  • Engels

Cursusmomenten

Gerelateerde studies

Tentamens

Er is geen tentamenrooster beschikbaar voor deze cursus

Verplicht materiaal

  • SYLLABUS
    A digital syllabus and all required literature for this course will be available through Blackboard.

Aanbevolen materiaal

Er is geen informatie over de aanbevolen literatuur bekend

Coördinator

dr. M.H.F. Walraven m.h.f.walraven@uu.nl

Docenten

dr. M.H.F. Walraven m.h.f.walraven@uu.nl

Inschrijving

Let op: deze cursus is niet toegankelijk voor studenten van andere faculteiten, bijvakkers mogen zich dus niet inschrijven.

Inschrijving
Van maandag 2 juni 2025 tot en met vrijdag 20 juni 2025

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