MUS20300 UCD Choral Scholars 3

Academic Year 2023/2024

NB. Students wishing to register for this module should have already been awarded a UCD Choral Scholarship through the audition/application process. Details of this audition process are available at www.ucd.ie/music
Registration alone does not guarantee participation.

This module offers students the opportunity to participate as a performer in the Choral Scholars of University College Dublin as a creditable module across levels 1-3. The Scholars perform regularly both in UCD and at concerts and engagements nationally and abroad. Repertoire is diverse, embracing music from renaissance polyphony topopular and traditional-Irish arrangements, and includes both a cappella singing and new choral works. There are 18 places, a certain number of which become available on a yearly basis. Admission is STRICTLY by AUDITION at the start of Autumn.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to
- Participate in the choir both as a soloist and within the ensemble
- Perform from choral scores comprising up to eight parts
- Read from standard and irregular clefs
- Develop sight-reading skills and the ability to perform to a high standard in a mixed choral group
- Perform in a wide variety of choral repertoire to a high standard

Indicative Module Content:

Contemporary Irish choral works, Christmas and Advent music, Irish traditional works in arrangement, and the music of the Venetian masters (17th Century) will form the core repertoire.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Practical

36
Autonomous Student Learning

40
Total

100
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Collaborative rehearsals, sectional rehearsals, private rehearsal, performance workshops and collaborative performances. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Continuous Assessment in Rehearsal Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded Yes

50
Practical Examination: Two practical assessments Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded Yes

20
Practical Examination: Concert Performance Week 12 n/a Graded Yes

30

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Collaborative rehearsal and group performance for peers forms the core of the continuous assessment element of this module. Feedback is given to the entire ensemble, and to individuals if deemed appropriate, in rehearsals ahead of performances. Comment is invited from peers on presentations.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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