Explore UCD

UCD Home >

MUS31430

Academic Year 2024/2025

3rd Year Recital (MUS31430)

Subject:
Music
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
Music
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Dr Conor Power
Credit Split by Trimester:
Autumn 1
Spring 9
Trimester:
2 Trimester duration (Aut-Spr)
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module assists students in preparing for a 40-minute recital at the end of the Spring Trimester; students must also supply a printed programme with well-researched concert notes. It is open to all registered 3rd-year music students and music scholars (Ad Astra, Symphony Orchestra, Choral Scholars), but admission is strictly by audition. Students are expected to work privately with an instrumental/voice instructor.
Auditions shall be held during Week 1 of the Autumn Trimester.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module the students should be able to:
Develop their musical communication skills;
Explore a wide variety of suitable repertoire at a diploma standard (eg ABRSM);
Demonstrate a deeper understanding of the repertoire in producing concert notes;
Perform an accomplished and stylistically balanced concert programme at the end of the Spring Trimester.

Indicative Module Content:

Preparation for and delivery of an accomplished music recital programme. Following an initial assessment, students will participate in mentor-led workshop platforms ( 2 per trimester), and are expected to take a course of individual lessons with an approved teacher.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Practical

20
Autonomous Student Learning

180
Total

200

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Private tuition.
Autonomous practice.
Feedback on choice of repertoire and concert notes.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Practical Skills Assessment: 40-minute recital at the end of the Spring Trimester Week 10 Spring Graded No
75
 No
Individual Project: Creation of a printed programme with concert notes Week 10 Spring Graded No
10
 No
Participation in Learning Activities: Progress made in group masterclasses and workshops throughout the academic year Week 1 Autumn, Week 7 Autumn, Week 1 Spring, Week 7 Spring Graded No
15
 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
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
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Gerald Klickstein, The Musician's Way (OUP, 2009)
Xenia Pestova Bennet, Befriending Performance Anxiety: Practical Tips for Performers of All Levels (Brompton Cover Press, 2022)
Print this page
Fill in the following details:
Enter the body of your query here.

From time to time UCD would like to send you further information that we feel, based on your enquiry, would be of interest to you.